ML19283B786

Util Believes NRC Erred in Requesting Payment of $5,600 Fee for Proposed Changes to Tech Specs.Forwards Fee & Reserves Right to Request an Exemption & Refund Per 10CFR170.22

ML19283B786
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	03/19/1979
From:	Whitmer C GEORGIA POWER CO.
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC-08043, TAC-08095, TAC-8043, TAC-8095, NUDOCS 7903260229
Download: ML19283B786 (1)

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20555 NRC DOCKETS 50-321, 50-366 OPERATING LICENCES DPR-57, NPF-5 EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1, 2 PAYMENT OF FEES PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 170 Gentlemen:

The January 12, and March 1,1979, letters from the License Fee Management Branch of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested payment of a $5,600 fee for proposed changes to the Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications submitted by our December 21, 1978, letter.

Georgia Power Company does not believe a correct determination has been made by the NRC License Fee Management Branch.

We present the following information as justification for not being subject to the license amendment fees for this change:

Quoting from footnote 2 to the table of facility license amendment fees schedule, " Class I, II, or III amendments which result from a written Commission request for the application may be exempt from fees when the amendment is to simplify or clarify license or technical specifications; the amendment has only minor safety significance, and is issued for the convenience of the Commission".

It is felt that the amendments in question were submitted per written Commission request of July 10 and 11, 1978, for the purpose of clarification and standardization to " provide reasonable assurance that the requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix I are implemented at all nuclear power f acilities...." for the convenience of the Commission.

We are submitting a payment cf $5,600 to the NRC License Fee Management Branch, reserving our rights to request an exemption and a refund in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 170.22.

A copy of this letter is also being sent to the License Fee Management Branch.

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