ML042710144

Withdrawal of Amendment Request

ML042710144
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	10/07/2004
From:	Stang J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Domonique Malone Nuclear Management Co
Stang JF, NRR/DLPM, 415-1345
References
TAC MC3120
Download: ML042710144 (6)

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October 7, 2004 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC3120)

Dear Mr. Malone:

By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) dated May 10, 2004, supplemented by letter dated June 22, 2004, you applied for an amendment to the Palisades Nuclear Plant, Facility Operating License No. DPR-20. The proposed change would have replaced the current License Condition 2.C.(5) and its corresponding Table 2.C.(5) with a new License Condition. The new License Condition would have delayed performance of Technical Specification (TS) surveillance requirement (SR) 3.1.4.3 for control rod drive (CRD) 19 until the fall 2004 refueling outage. However, the new condition would have required that performance of TS SR 3.1.4.3 for CRD 19 resume, at the SRs specified frequency, no later than September 30, 2004. Only CRD 19 would have been affected by the change.

However, equipment issues not related to the amendment request later developed and necessitated reduction of reactor power. Surveillance of CRD 19 was then performed while the reactor was at reduced power. Therefore, by letter dated August 10, 2004, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John F. Stang, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

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Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Michigan Department of Attorney General Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Special Litigation Division Consumers Energy Company 525 West Ottawa St.

1945 Parnall Rd. Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Jackson, MI 49201 Lansing, MI 48913 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Manager, Regulatory Affairs Consumers Energy Company Nuclear Management Company, LLC 1 Energy Plaza 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Jackson, MI 49201 Covert, MI 49043 Regional Administrator, Region III Director of Nuclear Assets U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Consumers Energy Company 801 Warrenville Road Palisades Nuclear Plant Lisle, IL 60532-4351 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Supervisor Covert Township John Paul Cowan P. O. Box 35 Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Covert, MI 49043 Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC Office of the Governor 700 First Street P. O. Box 30013 Hudson, WI 54016 Lansing, MI 48909 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Resident Inspectors Office Nuclear Management Company, LLC Palisades Plant 700 First Street 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Hudson, WI 54016 Covert, MI 49043 Douglas E. Cooper Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Senior Vice President - Group Operations Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Palisades Nuclear Plant Hazardous Waste and Radiological Nuclear Management Company, LLC Protection Section 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Nuclear Facilities Unit Covert, MI 49043 Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 October 2003

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-255 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (the licensee), to withdraw its May 10, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant located in Van Buren County, Michigan.

The proposed amendment would have replaced the current License Condition 2.C.(5) and its corresponding Table 2.C.(5) with a new License Condition. The new License Condition would have exempted control rod drive (CRD) 19 from performance of Technical Specification (TS) surveillance requirement (SR) 3.1.4.3 until the fall 2004 refueling outage. However, the new condition would have required that performance of TS SR 3.1.4.3 for CRD 19 resume, at the SRs specified frequency, no later than September 30, 2004. Only CRD 19 would have been affected by the change.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 21, 2004 (69 FR 29335).

However, equipment issues not related to the amendment request later developed and necessitated reduction of reactor power. Surveillance of CRD 19 was then performed while the reactor was at reduced power. Therefore, by letter dated August 10, 2004, the licensee withdrew the amendment request.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 10, 2004, the application supplement dated June 22, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated

August 10, 2004, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of October, 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John F. Stang, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation