ML072420285

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML072420285
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	08/30/2007
From:	Vaaler M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Duncan R Carolina Power & Light Co
Vaaler, Marlayna, NRR/DORL 415-1998
References
TAC MD5395
Download: ML072420285 (5)

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August 30, 2007 Robert J. Duncan II, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MD5395)

Dear Mr. Duncan:

By letter dated April 30, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML071280283), you applied for an amendment to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-63.

The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the narrow range containment sump water level instruments. Subsequently, by letter dated July 19, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML072110216), you withdrew the amendment request.

The Nuclear Regulatory 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/

Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML072110216), you withdrew the amendment request.

The Nuclear Regulatory 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 Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

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

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David T. Conley Mr. Robert P. Gruber Associate General Counsel II - Executive Director Legal Department Public Staff NCUC Progress Energy Service Company, LLC 4326 Mail Service Center Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Chairman of the North Carolina Resident Inspector/ Harris NPS Utilities Commission c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 29510 5421 Shearon Harris Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0510 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998 Mr. Tony Gurley, Chair Ms. Margaret A. Force Board of County Commissioners Assistant Attorney General of Wake County State of North Carolina P. O. Box 550 Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Carl Thompson, Chair Public Service Commission Board of County Commissioners State of South Carolina of Chatham County Post Office Drawer 11649 P. O. Box 87 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Mr. Thomas J. Natale, Manager Division of Radiation Protection Support Services N.C. Department of Environment Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant and Natural Resources Carolina Power & Light Company 3825 Barrett Drive P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Mr. J. Paul Fulford Mr. David H. Corlett, Supervisor Manager, Performance Evaluation and Licensing/Regulatory Programs Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. Chris L. Burton Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

Director of Site Operations Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP and Acting Plant General Manager 2300 N Street NW.

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Washington, DC 20037-1128 Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has granted the request of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) to withdraw its April 30, 2007, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63 for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1, located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would have revised the technical specifications pertaining to the narrow range containment sump water level instruments to allow different water level measurement instruments to be used.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 22, 2007 (72 FR 28720).

However, by letter dated July 19, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated April 30, 2007, and the licensee's letter dated July 19, 2007, 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 30 day of August, 2007.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation