ML112020559

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Commitment to Submit a License Amendment Request to Transition to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, and Request to Extend Enforcement Discretion
ML112020559
Person / Time
Site: San Onofre  
(NPF-010, NPF-015)
Issue date: 07/28/2011
From: Giitter J
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
To: Peter Dietrich
Southern California Edison Co
Hall, J R, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 301-415-4032
References
TAC ME6696, tac me6697
Download: ML112020559 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 JUly 28, 2011 Mr. Peter T. Dietrich Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT:

SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 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 (TAC NOS. ME6696 AND ME6697)

Dear Mr. Dietrich:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated June 24, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML111780512).

Southern California Edison, the licensee for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3, committed to submit a license amendment request (LAR) by March 31,2013, to transition to National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 805 in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.48(c), and requested that enforcement discretion for fire protection issues be extended to correspond with the LAR submittal date.

The NRC staff has reviewed your letter and finds it consistent with Commission direction as provided in SRM-SECY-11-0061, "Staff Requirements SECY-11-0061 - A Request to Revise the Interim Enforcement Policy for Fire Protection Issues on 10 CFR 50.48(c) to Allow Licensees to Submit License Amendment Requests in a Staggered Approach (RIN 3150-AG48)," dated June 1 0, 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).

P. Dietrich

- 2 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 Mr. Randy Hall at 301-415-4032 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362 cc: Distribution via Listserv

P. Dietrich

-2 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 Mr. Randy Hall at 301-415-4032 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, IRA by Louise Lund forI Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRI BUTION:

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