ML19133A072

FENOC Fleet - Beaver Valley 1 & Davis Besse 1 Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Administrative License Amendment Request to Reflect a Change in the Entity Providing a $400 Million Support Agreement (CAC Nos. MF9714 & MF9715, EPID L-2017-LL

ML19133A072
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley, Davis Besse
Issue date:	05/16/2019
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Hamilton D FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Vaidya B 415-3308
References
EPID L-2017-LLA-0239, NRC-2017-0169
Download: ML19133A072 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 M.:1.y. 1 6 , 2019 Mr. David B. Hamilton Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 341 White Pond Drive Akron, OH 44320

SUBJECT:

FENOC FLEET-BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1, AND DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE ENTITY PROVIDING A $400 MILLION SUPPORT AGREEMENT" (CAC NOS. MF9714 AND MF9715; EPID L-2017-LLA-0239)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

By letter dated May 18, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated August 23, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17138A381 and ML18235A194, respectively), you applied for an amendment to the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 (BVPS-1 ), and to the Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (DBNPS).

The amendments request was to modify the BVPS-1 and DBNPS Renewed Facility Operating Licenses to reflect that FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. is providing the $400 million support agreement instead of FirstEnergy Corp. Subsequently, by letter dated May 8, 2019, you withdrew the amendment request.

D. Hamilton 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, Bhalchandra Vaidya , Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch Ill ,

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Docket Nos. 50-334, 50-346

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc:

Mr. Frank R. Payne Mr. Mark Bezilla Mr. Richard D. Bologna Acting Site Vice President Site Vice President Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear FirstEnergy Nuclear FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Operating Company Operating Company Perry Nuclear Power Plant c/o Davis-Besse NPS Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-PY-A290 Mail Stop A-DB-3080 Mail Stop A-BV-SSB P.O. Box 97, SB306 5501 North State, Route 2 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Perry, OH 44081-0097 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Shippingport, PA 15077 Listserv

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket Nos. 50-334, 50-346; NRC-2017-0169 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, et al. , dated May 8, 2019, to withdraw its application dated May 18, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated August 23, 2018, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 (BVPS-1 ), and to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (DBNPS).

The proposed amendments would have modified the BVPS-1 and DBNPS Renewed Facility Operating Licenses to reflect that FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. is providing the

$400 million support agreement instead of FirstEnergy Corp.

DATES: May 21, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0169 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-2017-0169. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; e-mail:

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 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 "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 it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3308, e-mail: Bhalchandra.Vaidya@nrc.gov.

• 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) {the licensee) dated May 8, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19128A076), to withdraw its May 18, 2017, application, as supplemented by letter dated August 23, 2018 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17138A381 and ML18235A194, respectively), for proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 for the BVPS-1, and to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for DBNPS. The proposed amendment would have modified the BVPS-1 and DBNPS Renewed Facility Operating Licenses to 2

reflect that FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. is providing the $400 million support agreement instead of FirstEnergy Corp.

FENOC's May 18, 2017, request was noticed in the Federal Register on August 1, 2017 (82 FR 35840).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of May 2019.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

IRA/

Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch Ill, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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SUBJECT:

FENOC FLEET-BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1, AND DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 -WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE ENTITY PROVIDING A $400 MILLION SUPPORT AGREEMENT" (CAC NOS. MF9714 AND MF9715; EPID L-2017-LLA-0239) DATED MAY 16, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:

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