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Letter, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request, Revise Application of Control Risk Management Program in Technical Specification 3.7.7, Control Room Makeup and Cleanup Filtration System
ML112091700
Person / Time
Site: South Texas  STP Nuclear Operating Company icon.png
Issue date: 08/04/2011
From: Balwant Singal
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To: Halpin E
South Texas
Singal, Balwant, 415-3016, NRR/DORL/LPL4
References
TAC ME5074, TAC ME5075
Download: ML112091700 (4)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 4, 2011 Mr. Edward D. Halpin President and Chief Executive Officer/

Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P.O. Box 289 VVadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - VVITHDRAVVAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. ME5074 AND ME5075)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated November 22,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML103330172), STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) submitted an application for an amendment to the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively.

The proposed amendment would have revised the application of Risk-Managed Technical Specifications to Technical Specification 3.7.7, "Control Room Makeup and Cleanup Filtration System." The purpose of the change was to correct a misapplication of the Configuration Risk Management Program that is currently allowed by the Technical Specifications. Subsequently, by letter dated July 11,2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11210B495), you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of VVithdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

~ ~ \lU~lA--t t~lk:re Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Notice of VVithdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT. UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated November 22, 2010, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 for the South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas.

The proposed amendment would have revised the application of Risk-Managed Technical Specifications to Technical Specification 3.7.7, "Control Room Makeup and Cleanup Filtration System." The purpose of the change was to correct a misapplication of the Configuration Risk Management Program that is currently allowed by the Technical Specifications.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 5, 2011 (76 FR 18803). However, by letter dated July 11, 2011, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 22, 2010, and the licensee's letter dated July 11, 2011, 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 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available

-2 documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.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.resource@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August 2011.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

August 4, 2011 Mr. Edward D. Halpin President and Chief Executive Officerl Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P.O. Box 289 VVadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - VVITHDRAVVAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. ME5074 AND ME5075)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated November 22,2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML103330172), STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) submitted an application for an amendment to the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively.

The proposed amendment would have revised the application of Risk-Managed Technical Specifications to Technical Specification 3.7.7, "Control Room Makeup and Cleanup Filtration System." The purpose of the change was to correct a misapplication of the Configuration Risk Management Program that is currently allowed by the Technical Specifications. Subsequently, by letter dated July 11, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 1121 OB495), you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of VVithdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/raJ Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Notice of VVithdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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