ML042950160

Southtexas, Units 1 & 2, Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML042950160
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	10/18/2004
From:	Jaffe D NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Sheppard J South Texas
Jaffe D, NRR/DLPM, 415-1439
References
TAC MC1014, TAC MC1015
Download: ML042950160 (7)

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October 18, 2004 Mr. James J. Sheppard President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RE: WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC1014 AND MC1015)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

By letter dated September 22, 2003, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-76 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TSs) to change the TS 3.3.2 requirements for Loss of Power Instrumentation (Functional Unit 8). Subsequently, by letter dated September 30, 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/

David H. Jaffe, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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October 18, 2004 Mr. James J. Sheppard President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RE: WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC1014 AND MC1015)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

By letter dated September 22, 2003, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-76 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TSs) to change the TS 3.3.2 requirements for Loss of Power Instrumentation (Functional Unit 8). Subsequently, by letter dated September 30, 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/

David H. Jaffe, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its September 22, 2003 (ML032691397), application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-76 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The facility is located in Matagorda County, Texas.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) to change the TS 3.3.2 requirements for Loss of Power Instrumentation (Functional Unit 8).

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 12, 2003 (68 FR 64139).

However, by letter dated September 30, 2004 (ML042800236), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 22, 2003, and the licensees letter dated September 30, 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 System

(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 18th day of October 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

David H. Jaffe, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Senior Resident Inspector A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Morgan, Lewis & Bockius P. O. Box 910 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Bay City, TX 77414 Washington, DC 20004 C. Kirksey/C. M. Canady Mr. T. J. Jordan, Vice President City of Austin Engineering & Technical Services Electric Utility Department STP Nuclear Operating Company 721 Barton Springs Road P. O. Box 289 Austin, TX 78704 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Mr. L. K. Blaylock S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing Mr. J. Nesrsta Nuclear Quality & Licensing Department City Public Service Board STP Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 1771 P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 San Antonio, TX 78296 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Mr. C. A. Johnson Environmental and Natural Resources AEP Texas Central Company Policy Director P. O. Box 289 P. O. Box 12428 Mail Code: N5022 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Jon C. Wood INPO Cox Smith Matthews Records Center 112 East Pecan, Suite 1800 700 Galleria Parkway San Antonio, TX 78205 Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Director Regional Administrator, Region IV Division of Compliance & Inspection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bureau of Radiation Control 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Texas Department of State Health Services Arlington, TX 76011 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom Texas Genco, LP Brian Almon P. O. Box 1700 Public Utility Commission Houston, TX 77251 William B. Travis Building P. O. Box 13326 Judge, Matagorda County 1701 North Congress Avenue Matagorda County Courthouse Austin, TX 78701-3326 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414 October 2004

South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Mr. Terry Parks, Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division P. O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 630 Ft. Worth, Texas 76109