ML15239A688
| ML15239A688 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 09/17/2015 |
| From: | Beltz T Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Davison K Northern States Power Co, Xcel Energy |
| Beltz T | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML15239A696 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MF3280, TAC MF3281 | |
| Download: ML15239A688 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Kevin K. Davison Site Vice President September 17, 2015 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089
SUBJECT:
PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1AND2 -
WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MF3280 AND MF3281)
Dear Mr. Davison:
By letter December 20, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated October 15, 2014, and May 28, 2015, Northern States Power Company - Minnesota, doing business as Xcel Energy, applied for an amendment to the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (Prairie Island), Units 1 and 2, Renewed Facility Operating Licenses DPR-42 and DPR-60. The proposed change would have revised the Prairie Island Emergency Plan to increase the staff augmentation times for certain emergency response organization positions. Subsequently, by letter dated August 28, 2015, you withdrew the amendment request. A notice of the NRC's consideration of the proposed amendment was published in the Federal Register on February 19, 2014 (79 FR 9497).
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.
Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306
Enclosure:
Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv Sincerely,
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(' Terry A. Beltz, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306; NRC-2014-0028]
Northern States Power Company - Minnesota Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
[7590-01-P]
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Northern States Power Company - Minnesota, doing business as Xcel Energy, to withdraw its application dated December 20, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated October 15, 2014, and May 28, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses DPR-42 and DPR-60. The proposed amendment would have revised the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Emergency Plan to increase staff augmentation times for certain emergency response organization positions.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0028 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0028. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
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: Terry A. Beltz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone:
301-415-3049, e-mail: Terry.Beltz@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NRC has granted the request of Northern States Power Company - Minnesota (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated December 20, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13358A405), as supplemented by two letters dated October 15, 2014, and May 28, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14288A543 and ML15148A775, respectively) for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses DPR-42 and DPR-60 for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
The proposed amendment sought to revise the Emergency Plan for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, to increase the staff augmentation times for certain emergency response organization positions.
The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on February 19, 2014 (79 FR 9497), that gave notice that this proposed amendment was under consideration by the NRC. The licensee submitted its request to withdraw the proposed amendment on August 28, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15240A089).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this J7~ay of September, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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~Beltz, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 111-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Package (ML15239A696); Letter (ML15239A688); FRN (ML15239A693)
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