ML13015A495

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML13015A495
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	01/24/2013
From:	Feintuch K Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Richard Anderson NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
Feintuch K
References
TAC ME8300
Download: ML13015A495 (5)

Text

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 24, 2013 Mr. Richard L. Anderson Vice President Duane Arnold Energy Center NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. ME8300)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By letter dated March 22, 2012, you applied for an amendment to the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-49. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to existing surveillance requirements (SRs) regarding the battery terminal and charger voltages and amperage provided in SR 3.8.4.1 and SR 3.8.4.6. Subsequently, by letter dated November 16, 2012, you withdrew the amendment request.

The U.S. 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, Karl D. Feintuch, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2012-0260 Duane Arnold Energy Center Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket 10 NRC-2012-0260 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, using any of the following methods:

• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket 10 NRC-2012-0260. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: CaroI.Galiagher@nrc.gov.

• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select "ADAMS Public Documents" and then select "Begin Web-based ADAMS Search." For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

-2

• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl D. Feintuch, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 3-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone:

301-415-3079; e-mail: karl.feintuch@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its March 22, 2012, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML12082A105) for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-49 for the Duane Arnold Energy Center, located in Iowa, Linn County.

The proposed amendment would have revised the technical specifications regarding the battery terminal and charger voltages and amperage provided in surveillance requirements (SR)

SR 3.8.4.1 and SR 3.8.4.6.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on October 30,2012 (77 FR 65724). However, by letter dated November 16, 2012, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

- 3 For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated March 22, 2012, and the licensee's letter dated November 16, 2012, which withdrew the application for the license amendment (ADAMS Accession No. ML12321A435).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of January ,2013.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Karl Feintuch, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

January 24, 2013 Mr. Richard L. Anderson Vice President Duane Arnold Energy Center NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. ME8300)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By letter dated March 22, 2012, you applied for an amendment to the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-49. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to existing surveillance requirements (SRs) regarding the battery terminal and charger voltages and amperage provided in SR 3.8.4.1 and SR 3,8.4.6. Subsequently, by letter dated November 16,2012, you withdrew the amendment request.

The U.S. 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, IRAJ Karl D. Feintuch, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

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

PUBLIC Branch Reading RidsAcrsAcnw_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl3-1 Resource RidsNrrLASRohrer Resource RidsNrrPMDuaneArnold Resource RidsOgcRp Resource RidsRgn3MailCenter Resource 1/BC NRR/LPL KFeintuch ELee SRohrer KFeintuch 01/17/13 01/16113 01118/13 01/24/13 OFFICIAL AGENCY RECORD