ML062220258

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

ML062220258
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	08/10/2006
From:	Thadani M NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Sheppard J South Texas
Thadani M, NRR/DORL, 415-1476
References
TAC MC3923, TAC MC3924
Download: ML062220258 (6)

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August 10, 2006 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 REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS (TAC NOS. MC3923 AND MC3924)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

By letter dated August 2, 2004, STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) applied for amendments to South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, Operating Licenses NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively. The proposed changes would have allowed implementation of a risk-informed process for determining the allowed outage times for STP Technical Specifications.

Subsequently, by application dated June 6, 2006, STPNOC submitted a revised application, pursuant to Section 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that revised the August 2, 2004, application in its entirety. In a telephone conversation between Mr. Scott Head of your staff and me, it was agreed that the June 6, 2006, application would supercede the August 2, 2004, application and the August 2, 2004, application would be withdrawn.

By letter dated July 27, 2006, we informed you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission would consider the proposed application for amendments, dated August 2, 2004, to be withdrawn unless you notified us, by August 9, 2006, that our understanding was incorrect.

Since the allotted time has passed and you have not responded, we consider the proposed amendment request withdrawn.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML062220258 OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME MThadani LFeizollahi DTerao DATE 8/10/06 8/10/06 8/10/06 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC/the Commission) has granted the request of STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its August 2, 2004, application for the proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, for the South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Matagorda County, Texas.

The purpose of the licensee's request for amendments was to allow implementation of a risk-informed process for determining the allowed outage times for STPs Technical Specifications.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 31, 2004 (69 FR 53112).

However, by letter dated July 27, 2006, the NRC informed the licensee that the NRC would consider the proposed application for amendments to be withdrawn unless the licensee notified the NRC, by August 9, 2006, that our understanding was incorrect. Thus, the August 2, 2004, application for amendments is considered to be withdrawn by the licensee.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated August 2, 2004, and the NRC staff's letter dated July 27, 2006. 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.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 10th day of August 2006.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Senior Resident Inspector S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission STP Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 910 P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 Bay City, TX 77414 Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. Kirksey/C. M. Canady Environmental and Natural Resources City of Austin Policy Director Electric Utility Department P. O. Box 12428 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78711-3189 Austin, TX 78704 Jon C. Wood Mr. J. J. Nesrsta Cox, Smith, & Matthews Mr. R. K. Temple 112 East Pecan, Suite 1800 City Public Service Board San Antonio, TX 78205 P. O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 Director Division of Compliance & Inspection INPO Bureau of Radiation Control Records Center Texas Department of State Health Services 700 Galleria Parkway 1100 West 49th Street Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Austin, TX 78756 Regional Administrator, Region IV Brian Almon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Utility Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 William B. Travis Building Arlington, TX 76011 P. O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Steve Winn Austin, TX 78701-3326 Texas Genco, LP 12301 Kurland Drive Susan M. Jablonski Houston, TX 77034 Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Judge, Matagorda County Texas Commission on Matagorda County Courthouse Environmental Quality 1700 Seventh Street MC-122 Bay City, TX 77414 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Mr. Terry Parks, Chief Inspector 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Texas Department of Licensing Washington, DC 20004 and Regulation Boiler Division E. D. Halpin P. O. Box 12157 Site Vice President/ Austin, TX 78711 Plant General Manager STP Nuclear Operating Company Mr. Ted Enos P.O. Box 289 4200 South Hulen Wadsworth, TX 77483 Suite 630 Ft. Worth, Texas 76109