ML17186A282

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML17186A282
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	07/19/2017
From:	Michael Mahoney Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Simril T Duke Energy Carolinas
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References
CAC MF8977, CAC MF8978
Download: ML17186A282 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Tom Simril Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy 4800 Concord Road I CN01VP York, NC 297 45 July 19, 2017

SUBJECT:

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED TSTF-285-A, REVISION 1 AMENDMENTS (CAC NOS. MF8977 AND MF8978)

Dear Mr. Simril:

By letter dated December 15, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16350A422), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy) applied for amendments to the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52 to adopt multiple Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)

Travelers. In that submittal, Duke Energy would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.12, "Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L TOP) System," to increase the time allowed for swapping charging pumps to one hour. Subsequently, by letter dated June 29, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17180A154), you withdrew the amendment request related to TSTF-285-A, Revision 1, "Charging Pump Swap LTOP Allowance."

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

Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

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Michael Mahoney, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414; NRC-2017-xxxx]

[7590-01-P]

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy) to withdraw its application dated December 15, 2016, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52. In that submitted, Duke Energy proposed to adopt multiple Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Travelers that would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.12, "Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L TOP) System, to increase the time allowed for swapping charging pumps to one hour. The portion related to TSTF-285-A, Revision 1, "Charging Pump Swap L TOP Allowance, is being withdrawn.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-xxxx 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-2017-xxxx. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact

2 the individual(s) 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: Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-3857, e-mail: Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated December 15, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16350A422), for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 and NPF-52 for the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in York County, South Carolina.

The submittal dated December 15, 2016, proposed to adopt multiple Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Travelers that would have modified Technical Specification

3 (TS) 3.4.12, "Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System," to increase the time allowed for swapping charging pumps to one hour. The portion related to TSTF-285-A, Revision 1, "Charging Pump Swap L TOP Allowance," is being withdrawn. The licensee's application was noticed previously in the Federal Register on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 19099).

The licensee provided a request to withdraw the application by letter dated on June 29, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17180A154).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of July 2017.

For 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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