ML052710093

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML052710093
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	09/29/2005
From:	Stewart Bailey NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Bailey S , NRR/DLPM,415-1321
References
TAC MC3096, TAC MC3097
Download: ML052710093 (5)

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September 29, 2005 Mr. William Levis Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - X04 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 -

WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC3096 AND MC3097)

Dear Mr. Levis:

By letter dated April 15, 2004, PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) requested amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. Specifically, the amendments would have changed the fire protection program to decrease the carbon dioxide concentration, hold time, and number of discharges for the fire suppression systems in the 4160-volt switchgear rooms, 460-volt switchgear rooms, and lower electrical penetration area rooms. By letter dated September 26, 2005, PSEG withdrew the amendment requests.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stewart N. Bailey, Sr. Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

ML052710093 OFFICE PDI-2/PM PDI-2/LA PDI-2/SC NAME SBailey CRaynor DRoberts DATE 9/29/05 9/28/05 9/29/05 Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Michael Gallagher Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Vice President - Eng/Tech Support Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236 Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessment Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. Thomas P. Joyce Regional Administrator, Region I Site Vice President - Salem U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Darin Benyak Salem Nuclear Generating Station Director - Regulatory Assurance U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear - N21 Drawer 0509 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Carl J. Fricker Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Manager Plant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear - N21 PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PSEG NUCLEAR, LLC EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG), on behalf of PSEG and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensees), to withdraw its April 15, 2004, application for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, located in Salem County, New Jersey.

The proposed change to the fire protection program would have decreased the carbon dioxide concentration, hold time, and number of discharges for the fire suppression systems in the 4160-volt switchgear rooms, 460-volt switchgear rooms, and lower electrical penetration area rooms. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 23, 2004 (69 FR 68184).

However, by letter dated September 26, 2005, PSEG withdrew the above-referenced proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated April 15, 2004, and the request for withdrawal dated September 26, 2005. 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 01 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 29th day of September 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Stewart N. Bailey, Sr. Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation