ML15261A666

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Regarding Deletion of Operating License Conditions Related to the Decommissioning Trust Provisions

ML15261A666
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	11/10/2015
From:	James Kim Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Kim J, NRR/DORL/LPLIV-2
References
NRC-2015-0029, TAC MF4798
Download: ML15261A666 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 10, 2015 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 250 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354

SUBJECT:

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING DELETION OF OPERATING LICENSE CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE DECOMMISSIONING TRUST PROVISIONS (CAC NO. MF4798)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated September 4, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14254A405), you applied for an amendment to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY), Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28. The proposed change would have replaced VY's Decommissioning Trust Fund (DTF) license conditions with the DTF provisions in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50. 75(h).

Subsequently, by letter dated September 22, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15267A074), you withdrew the amendment request.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for an Amendment to your Renewed Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv

ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DOCKET NO. 50-271

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-271; NRC-2015-0029]

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated September 4, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No.

DPR-28, for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY). The proposed amendment would have replaced VY's decommissioning trust fund (DTF) license conditions with the NRC's regulations governing decommissioning trust funds.

DATES: [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDRAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID <NRC-2015-0029> 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-2015-0029>. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher;

telephone: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual 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 in this document (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: James Kim, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-4125; e-mail: James.Kim@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated September 4, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A405), for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No.

DPR-28, for VY, located in Windam County, Vermont. The proposed amendment would have

replaced VY's DTF license conditions with the DTF provisions in paragraph 50.75(h) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8359), that gave notice that this proposed amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated September 22, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15267A074),

the licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this /O~ay of November 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Meena K. Khanna, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

ML15267A074), you withdrew the amendment request.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for an Amendment to your Renewed Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, IRA/

James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271

Enclosure:

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