ML042990031

Ltr, Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML042990031
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	10/14/2004
From:	Robert Pascarelli NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
Pascarelli, R J
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ML042990033	List: ML042990031
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TAC MC2292
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October 14, 2004 Mr. Karl W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice president Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MC2292)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter dated March 10, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML040750519), you applied for an amendment to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-90.

The proposed amendment would have revised the allowable value as shown in Technical Specification table 3.3.8-1, Auxilary Building Gas Treatment System (ABGTS) Actuation Instrumentation, for the Spent Fuel Pool Radiation Monitors. Subsequently, by letter dated September 24, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML042740452), from Mr. Paul Pace of your staff, this request was withdrawn.

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/

Robert J. Pascarelli, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-390

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML040750519), you applied for an amendment to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-90.

The proposed amendment would have revised the allowable value as shown in Technical Specification table 3.3.8-1, Auxilary Building Gas Treatment System (ABGTS) Actuation Instrumentation, for the Spent Fuel Pool Radiation Monitors. Subsequently, by letter dated September 24, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML042740452), from Mr. Paul Pace of your staff, this request was withdrawn.

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/

Robert J. Pascarelli, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-390

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page Distribution:

PUBLIC PDII-2 R/F EHackett MMarshall BClayton (Hard Copy)

SCahill, RII DLPM DPR OGC ACRS RPascarelli Package: ML042990033 Tech Spec1: ML040750519 Tech Spec2: ML042740452 Accession Number: ML042990031 NRR-106 OFFICE PDII-2/PM PDII-2/LA PDII-2/SC (A)

NAME RPascarelli BClayton MMarshall DATE 10/12/04 10/12/04 10/14/04 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DOCKET NO. 50-390 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee) to withdraw its March 10, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, located in Rhea County, Tennessee.

The proposed amendment would have revised the allowable value as shown in Technical Specification table 3.3.8-1, Auxilary Building Gas Treatment System (ABGTS)

Actuation Instrumentation, for the Spent Fuel Pool radiation Monitors.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 30, 2004 (69 FR 16624).

However, by letter dated September 24, 2004, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated March 10, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated September 24, 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 O-1F21, 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 14th day of October 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Robert J. Pascarelli, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. Karl W. Singer Tennessee Valley Authority WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President Mr. Paul L. Pace, Manager Nuclear Operations Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 6A Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Spring City, TN 37381 Mr. James E. Maddox, Vice President Mr. Larry S. Bryant, Manager Engineering & Technical Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street Spring City, TN 37381 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. William R. Lagergren Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Site Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Tennessee Valley Authority Spring City, TN 37381 P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 County Executive Rhea County Courthouse General Counsel 375 Church Street Tennessee Valley Authority Suite 215 ET 11A Dayton, TN 37321 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 County Mayor P. O. Box 156 Mr. John C. Fornicola, Manager Decatur, TN 37322 Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Lawrence E. Nanney, Director 6A Lookout Place Division of Radiological Health 1101 Market Street Dept. of Environment & Conservation Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Third Floor, L and C Annex 401 Church Street Mr. Mark J. Burzynski, Manager Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Ms. Ann P. Harris 4X Blue Ridge 341 Swing Loop Road 1101 Market Street Rockwood, Tennessee 37854 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801