ML081990446
| ML081990446 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 07/18/2008 |
| From: | Tam P NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-1 |
| To: | O'Connor T Nuclear Management Co |
| tam P, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-1451 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD8398 | |
| Download: ML081990446 (5) | |
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July 18, 2008 Mr. Timothy J. O=Connor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (MNGP) - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD8398)
Dear Mr. OConnor:
By letter dated March 31, 2008 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession No. ML081010189), supplemented by letters dated May 20, May 28, May 30, June 3, June 5, June 12, and June 25, 2008 (Accession Nos. ML081430494, ML081490639, ML081550504, ML081550640, ML081570467, ML081640435, and ML081770562), Nuclear Management Company (NMC) submitted an application for license amendment for MNGP. The proposed amendment would increase the current maximum thermal power level authorized by Section 2.C(1) of the renewed facility operating license from 1,775 megawatts to 1,870 megawatts. Subsequently, by letter dated June 25, 2008 (Accession No. ML081770562), you withdrew the amendment application.
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/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page
ML081990446 OFFICE LPL3-1/PM LPL3-1/LA LPL3-1/BC NAME PTam THarris LJames DATE 7/18/08 7/18/08 7/18/08 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-263 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (the licensee), to withdraw its March 31, 2008 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession No. ML081010189) application, as supplemented by letters dated May 20, May 28, May 30, June 3, June 5, June 12, and June 25, 2008 (Accession Nos. ML081430494, ML081490639, ML081550504, ML081550640, ML081570467, ML081640435, and ML081770562) for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 for the Monticello Nuclear Generation Plant, located in Wright County, Minnesota.
The proposed amendment would have increased the current maximum thermal power level authorized by Section 2.C(1) of the renewed facility operating license from 1,775 megawatts to 1,870 megawatts.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 6, 2008, (73 FR 25042). However, by letter dated June 25, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081770562), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated March 31, 2008, as supplemented, and the licensee's letter dated June 25, 2008, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC=s 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 18TH day of July 2008.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:
Peter M. Glass Assistant General Counsel Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall (MP4)
Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 2807 W. County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney General=s Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall (MP4)
Minneapolis, MN 55401 Dennis L. Koehl Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 414 Nicollet Mall (MP4)
Minneapolis, MN 55401 December 2007