ML063560237

Withdrawal of Amendment Extension of Technical Specification 3.8.3.1, Onsite Power Distribution

ML063560237
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	12/27/2006
From:	Geoffrey Miller NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Peschel J, St.Pierre G Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook
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References
TAC MC9165
Download: ML063560237 (6)

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December 27, 2006 Mr. Gene St. Pierre, Site Vice President c/o James M. Peschel Seabrook Station FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT RE:

EXTENSION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.3.1, ONSITE POWER DISCTIBUTION (TAC NO. MC9165)

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

By letter dated December 6, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006, FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) applied for an amendment to the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-86. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1, Onsite Power Distribution, to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days.

As part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) staffs review, an independent analysis of the proposed change was performed. While the NRC staffs analysis indicated that the proposed change may be acceptable, differences were identified during performance of the confirmatory analysis that would require further NRC and FPLE staff communication to resolve. Subsequently, by letter dated December 20, 2006, FPLE withdrew the amendment request to allow these questions to be addressed, and incorporated in a revised license 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/

G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Ms. Cristine McComb, Director Senior Vice President, Nuclear and ATTN: John Giarrusso Chief Nuclear Officer Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Florida Power & Light Company 400 Worcester Road P.O. Box 14000 Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Ms. Kelly Ayotte, Attorney General Mr. Peter Brann Mr. Orvil Fitch, Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorney General 33 Capitol Street State House, Station #6 Concord, NH 03301 Augusta, ME 04333 Mr. Christopher M. Pope, Director Resident Inspector Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission New Hampshire Department of Safety Seabrook Nuclear Power Station Bureau of Emergency Management P.O. Box 1149 33 Hazen Drive Seabrook, NH 03874 Concord, NH 03301 Town of Exeter Mr. M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney 10 Front Street Florida Power & Light Company Exeter, NH 03823 P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar 475 Allendale Road Vice President - Nuclear Engineering King of Prussia, PA 19406 Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Office of the Attorney General Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 James M. Peschel Regulatory Programs Manager Board of Selectmen FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC Town of Amesbury PO Box 300 Town Hall Seabrook, NH 03874 Amesbury, MA 01913 Ms. Marjan Mashhadi Mr. Robert Poole Senior Attorney Federal Emergency Management Agency Florida Power & Light Company Region I 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 J.W. McCormack P.O. & Washington, DC 20004 Courthouse Building, Room 401 Boston, MA 02109 Mr. Tom Crimmins Polestar Applied Technology One First Street, Suite 4 Los Altos, CA 94019

Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. Mark E. Warner Vice President, Nuclear Operations Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FPL ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-443 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its December 6, 2005, application (as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006) for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 for Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1, located in Rockingham County.

The proposed amendment would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1, Onsite Power Distribution, to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 17, 2006 (71 FR 2592).

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 December 6, 2005 (as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006),

and the licensee's letter dated December 20, 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 27th day of December, 2006 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

December 27, 2006 Mr. Gene St. Pierre, Site Vice President c/o James M. Peschel Seabrook Station FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT RE:

EXTENSION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.3.1, ONSITE POWER DISCTIBUTION (TAC NO. MC9165)

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

By letter dated December 6, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006, FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) applied for an amendment to the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-86. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1, Onsite Power Distribution, to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days.

As part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) staffs review, an independent analysis of the proposed change was performed. While the NRC staffs analysis indicated that the proposed change may be acceptable, differences were identified during performance of the confirmatory analysis that would require further NRC and FPLE staff communication to resolve. Subsequently, by letter dated December 20, 2006, FPLE withdrew the amendment request to allow these questions to be addressed, and incorporated in a revised license 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/

G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443 Distribution:

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