ML062710295

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML062710295
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	10/17/2006
From:	Olshan L NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Power Co
Olshan L N, NRR/DORL, 415-1419
References
TAC MC8330, TAC MC8331, TAC MC8332
Download: ML062710295 (6)

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October 17, 2006 Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC8330, MC8331, AND MC8332)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated September 15, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the Technical Specifications (TSs) to relocate the pressure temperature limit curves of TS 3.4.3 to the Selected Licensee Commitments Manual and TS Section 5.6.9 to reflect the requirments of Generic Letter 96-09 for this relocation. Subsequently, by letter dated September 26, 2006, 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/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.

Duke Energy Corporation Manager - Nuclear Regulatory 526 South Church Street Issues and Industry Affairs P. O. Box 1006 Duke Energy Corporation Mail Code = EC07H 526 S. Church St.

Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Mail Stop EC05P Charlotte, NC 28202 Manager, LIS NUS Corporation Division of Radiation Protection 2650 McCormick Dr., 3rd Floor NC Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural Clearwater, FL 34619-1035 Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.

Senior Resident Inspector Raleigh, NC 27609-7721 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Highway Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV Seneca, SC 29672 VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company Mr. Henry Porter, Director 6000 Fairview Road Division of Radioactive Waste Management 12th Floor Bureau of Land and Waste Management Charlotte, NC 28210 Dept. of Health and Env. Control 2600 Bull St. Mr. Henry Barron Columbia, SC 29201-1708 Group Vice President, Nuclear Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Mr. Michael A. Schoppman P.O. Box 1006-EC07H Framatome ANP Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 1911 North Ft. Myer Dr.

Suite 705 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Mr. B. G. Davenport Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Site Duke Energy Corporation ON03RC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General NC Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUKE POWER COMPANY LLC DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Duke Power Company LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its September 15, 2005, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in Oconee County.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) to relocate the pressure temperature limit curves of TS 3.4.3 to the Selected Licensee Commitments Manual and TS Section 5.6.9 to reflect the requirements of Generic Letter 96-09 for this relocation.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55425).

However, by letter dated September 26, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 15, 2005, and the licensee's letter dated September 26, 2006, 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.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 October 17 day of 2006 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

October 17, 2006 Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MC8330, MC8331, AND MC8332)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated September 15, 2005, you applied for an amendment to the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the Technical Specifications (TSs) to relocate the pressure temperature limit curves of TS 3.4.3 to the Selected Licensee Commitments Manual and TS Section 5.6.9 to reflect the requirments of Generic Letter 96-09 for this relocation. Subsequently, by letter dated September 26, 2006, 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/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

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

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