ML051090205

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML051090205
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	04/25/2005
From:	Richard Guzman NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Vanderheyden G Calvert Cliffs
Guzman R, NRR/DLPM 415-1030
References
TAC MC3595, TAC MC3596
Download: ML051090205 (5)

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April 25, 2005 Mr. George Vanderheyden, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702

SUBJECT:

CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -

WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC3595 AND MC3596)

Dear Mr. Vanderheyden:

By letter dated June 7, 2004, you applied for an amendment to the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 and DPR-69, respectively. The proposed change would have revised Technical Specification 3.9.4, Shutdown Cooling and Coolant Circulation-High Water Level, to incorporate the use of an alternate cooling method to function as a path for decay heat removal when in Mode 6 with the refueling pool fully flooded. Subsequently, by letter dated March 30, 2005, 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/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

April 25, 2005 Mr. George Vanderheyden, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702

SUBJECT:

CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -

WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC3595 AND MC3596)

Dear Mr. Vanderheyden:

By letter dated June 7, 2004, you applied for an amendment to the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 and DPR-69, respectively. The proposed change would have revised Technical Specification 3.9.4, Shutdown Cooling and Coolant Circulation-High Water Level, to incorporate the use of an alternate cooling method to function as a path for decay heat removal when in Mode 6 with the refueling pool fully flooded. Subsequently, by letter dated March 30, 2005, 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/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318

Enclosure:

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

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Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

President Patricia T. Birnie, Esquire Calvert County Board of Co-Director Commissioners Maryland Safe Energy Coalition 175 Main Street P.O. Box 33111 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 Baltimore, MD 21218 Carey Fleming, Esquire Mr. Loren F. Donatell Sr. Counsel - Nuclear Generation NRC Technical Training Center Constellation Generation Group, LLC 5700 Brainerd Road 750 East Pratt Street, 17th floor Chattanooga, TN 37411-4017 Baltimore, MD 21202 Lou Larragoite Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 287 St. Leonard, MD 20685 Mr. R. I. McLean, Administrator Radioecology Environ Impact Prog Department of Natural Resources Nuclear Evaluations 580 Taylor Avenue Tawes State Office Building Annapolis, MD 21401 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Kristen A. Burger, Esquire Maryland People's Counsel 6 St. Paul Centre Suite 2102 Baltimore, MD 21202-1631

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-317 AND 50-318 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its June 7, 2004, application for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-53 and No. DPR-69, for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Lusby, MD.

The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification 3.9.4, Shutdown Cooling and Coolant Circulation-High Water Level, to incorporate the use of an alternate cooling method to function as a path for decay heat removal when in Mode 6 with the refueling pool fully flooded.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 29, 2004 (69 FR 69417).

However, by letter dated March 30, 2005, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 7, 2004, and the licensee's letter dated March 30, 2005, 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 25th day of April 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation