ML17254A768
| ML17254A768 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 05/03/1984 |
| From: | Miller W NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Maier J ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8405160618 | |
| Download: ML17254A768 (4) | |
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Docket No. 50-244 Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation ATTN:
Mr. John E. Maier, Vice President Electric and Steam Production 89 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14649 Gentlemen:
He have received a copy of your application dated August 1, 1983, which was filed with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (ONRR) for review.
This application proposed certain Technical Specification changes relating to the overpressure protection system operability requirements, lNST water volume requirements, response time testing requirements, service water pump power alignment, and battery testing for the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant.
Fees pursuant to 10 CFR 170.22 were not remitted with your application since your Corporation determined that these changes had been previously reviewed by the NRC staff as par t of the Systematic Evaluation Program (SEP).
While the cost for the major technical review portions of the SEP (which culminated in the determination that certain Technical Specification (TS) changes were necessary) are being borne by the USNRC, TS changes and other license amendments resulting from the SEP review are not exempt from fees by virtue of the issue having been previously reviewed by the NRC.
In February 1979. the matter of fees for the SEP review was discussed and it was determined that the SEP review per se (as reflected in the December 1982 issuance of the Integrated Plant Safety Assessment Report (NUREG-0821) for the Ginna Plant) was not subject to the fee requirements of 10 CFR 1?0 since the program was initiated by the NRC, but that where the review in-dicated a need for a license amendment, the license amendment would be sub-ject to fees.
This was because such amendments would be requested in con-nection with the continued safe operation of the facility and would be no different from other applications for license amendments which the USNRC periodically requests (by way of generic letters and rule changes) from licensees due to its role of assuring that facilities are operated in a safe manner.
Therefore, we did not contemplate the need to notify those plants undergoing SEP review that any license amendments/TS changes re-sulting from this review would be fee-bearing.
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some of them might be administrative in nature at this point, they are not being requested to simplify or clarify the license or TS for the NRC's convenience.
For example, the TS change on Topic V-10.B on over pressure protection system operability requirements in your August 1. 1983 appli-cation was requested to prevent overpressurization of the residual heat removal system that could lead to a LOCA outside containment.
The assess-ment of fees for your plant for this and o'ther applications resulting from the SEP is viewed as a consistent administration of the fee provisions of 10 CFR 170 and the accomplishment of tasks mandated to the USNRC in con-nection with the safety of nuclear facilities.
Based on information provided by the ONRR staff as the result of their pre-liminary review of your August 1 application, it has been determined that a Glass II fee ($1,200) is appropriate since the changes appear to be ad-ministrative in nature.
Therefore, you are requested to remit the sum of
$1,200 for the August 1 application. If the ONRR staff's final review of your application reveals that this fee is not appropriate, you will be notified and any necessary adjustments will be made.
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