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Notice of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-59.Amend Modifies SRV Performance Limits
ML20073L768
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Site: FitzPatrick Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 09/28/1994
From: Michael Case
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK DOCKET NO. 50-333 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued Amendment No.217 to Facility Operating License.No. DPR-59 issued to Power Authority of i

l the State of New York,-which revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) for operation of the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant located in Oswego County, New York.-

The amendment modifies the Safety / Relief Valve (SRV) performance limits.

Specifically, the requested changes:

(1) modify TS 2.2.1.B, and its associated Bases, to establish a single nominal SRV setpoint of 1110 psig; (2) modify TS 4.6.E, and its associated Bases, to increase the SRV setpoint l

tolerance to 3%; and (3) modify TSs 3.5.0, 3.6 E and 4.5.0, and their associated Bases, to allow for two SRVs (or automatic depressurization system

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(ADS) valves) to be inoperable during continuous power operation.

1 In addition, the amendment clarifies terminology, corrects typographical

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errors, removes a surveillance requirement which should have been deleted as

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part of Amendment No. 130, and deletes a duplicate TS.

Specifically, the requested changes:

(1) modify TS 1.2.1, and the Bases sections for TS 3.6.E and 4.6.E, to clarify terminology; (2) modify TS 3.5.D.2, and the Bases sections for TSs 1.2 and 2.2, to correct typographical errors; (3) modify i

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l TS 4.2.B Table 4.2-2, to correct an error made in Amendment No.130 that i

failed to delete the requirement to perform logic functional testing on the

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ADS bellows pressure switch; (4) modify TS 4.5.D.1.b, to move the TS to 4.6.E.4, a new section, and clarify the requirements associated with SRV j

manual actuation testing; (5) modify Bases sections for TSs 3.6.E and 4.6.E, to move the Bases for the SRV manual actuation testing to the applicable sections; and (6) modify TS 4.6.E.4, to delete a duplicate specification lf pertaining to the annual report of SRV failures.

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The application for the~ amendment complies with the standards and 4

j requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate f

findings as required by the Act and the Comission's rules and regulations in 1

l 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.

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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 15, 1990 (55 FR 20228) and on May 25, 1994 (59 FR 27064). No request I

for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this i

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The Comission has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) related to the 1

action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.

i Based upon the EA, the Comission has concluded that the issuance of this amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

For further details with respect to the action, see:

(1) the application for amendment dated December 20, 1989, as supplemented by letters dated

I January 16, 1990, January 3, 1992, January 30, 1992, May 5, 1993, and May 26, 1993 and superseded March 2, 1994, (2) Amendment No.217 to License No. DPR-59, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation and EA. These letters are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, i

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. and at the Reference aid Documents Department, Penfield Library, State University of New York, Oswego, New York.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of Septemberl494.

l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i

l Michael J.

ase, Acting Director Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office'of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l

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Mr. William J. Cahill, Jr. September 28, 1994 A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is enclosed. A Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next regular biweekly Federal Reaister notice.

Sincerely, Original signed by:

John E. Menning, Project Manager Project Directorate I-l Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

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Amendment No. 217 to DPR-59 2.

Safety Evaluation 3.

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