ML112010417
| ML112010417 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/2011 |
| From: | Giitter J Division of Operating Reactor Licensing |
| To: | Schimmel M Northern States Power Co |
| Wengert, Thomas | |
| References | |
| TAC ME6675, TAC ME6676 | |
| Download: ML112010417 (2) | |
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SUBJECT:
COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT A LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO TRANSITION TO 10 CFR 50.48(c), NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD NFPA 805, AND REQUEST TO EXTEND ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. ME6675 AND ME6676)
Dear Mr. Schimmel:
By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) dated June 22, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML111740866), Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation doing business as Xcel Energy, committed to submit a license amendment request (LAR) by September 30, 2012, to transition to National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 805 in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.48( c), and (2) requested that enforcement discretion for fire protection issues be extended to correspond with the LAR submittal date for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2.
The NRC staff has reviewed your letter and finds it consistent with Commission direction as provided in SRM-SECY-11-0061, dated June 10, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML111610616,.
Therefore, your request to extend enforcement discretion is granted in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy concerning Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire PiOtection Issues as published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2011 (76 FR 40777).
If you are unable to meet the above LAR submittal date, you are requested to contact the NRC staff at least 90 days in advance. Please contact Thomas Wengert at 301-415-4037 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
-j::v-Joseph G. GUtter, Director Division of C:>erating Reactor licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 cc: Distribution via listserv
July 29, 2011 Mr. Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089-9642
SUBJECT:
COMMITMENT TO SUBMIT A LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO TRANSITION TO 10 CFR 50.48(c), NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD NFPA 805, AND REQUEST TO EXTEND ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. ME6675 AND ME6676)
Dear Mr. Schimmel:
By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) dated June 22, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML111740866), Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation doing business as Xcel Energy, committed to submit a license amendment request (LAR) by September 30,2012, to transition to National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 805 in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.48(c), and (2) requested that enforcement discretion for fire protection issues be extended to correspond with the LAR submittal date for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2.
The NRC staff has reviewed your letter and finds it consistent with Commission direction as provided in SRM-SECY-11-0061, dated June 10,2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML111610616).
Therefore, your request to extend enforcement discretion is granted in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy concerning Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire Protection Issues as published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2011 (76 FR 40777).
If you are unable to meet the above LAR submittal date, you are requested to contact the NRC staff at least 90 days in advance. Please contact Thomas Wengert at 301-415-4037 if you have any questions.
Sincerely, IRAJ Louise Lund for Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:
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