ML20196G608

Submits Correction to Which Advises Licensee That EOP Flow Charts, C.5-1100 RPV Control, Rev 5 & C.5-1100 RPV Control, Rev 6,marked Proprietary,Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure.Ltr Reissued to Correct Date of Issuance

ML20196G608
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	11/19/1998
From:	Lyon C NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Director Licensing and Management issues Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By Northem States Power Company's (NSP's) application and affidavit executed by Michael F.

Hammer dated October 1,1998, NSP submitted its response to an NRC request for additional information on NSP's November 18,1997, request for deviation from the Boiling Water Reactor Owners' Group Emergency Procedures Guidelines, Revision 4 (NEDO-31331, March 1987) and requested that two flow charts (Attachments 3 and 4) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

NSP stated that the two Emergency Operating Procedure (EOP) flow charts, "C.5-1100 RPV Control," Revision 5, and "C.5-1100 RPV Control," Revision 6, should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons-l Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause harm to NSP's competitive position and reduce the availability of profit-making I

opportunities. The research, development, engineering, and analytical costs comprise a substantialinvestment of time and money by NSP. The value of this information to NSP would be lost if the information were disclosed to the public.

Making such information available to competitors without their having been l

required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly provide l

competitors with a windfall, and deprive NSP of the opportunity to exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate retum on its investment in l

developing this information.

We have reviewed NSP's application and the material in accordance with the requiroments of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of NSP's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be l

withheld from public disclosure.

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Therefore, EOP flow charts "C.5-1100 RPV Control," Revision 5, and "C.5-1100 RPV Control,"

Revision 6, marked as proprietary and submitted as Attachments 3 and 4 to NSP's letter of October 1,1998, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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-2 November 19, 1998 Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concemed to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects -lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263 cc:

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121 Seventh Place East Washington DC 20037 Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspector's Office Adonis A. Nebiett 2807 W. County Road 75 Assistant Attomey General Monticello, Minnesota 55362 Office of the Attomey General 445 Minnesota Street Plant Manager Suite 900 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2127 ATTN: Site Licensing Northern States Power Company 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, Minnesota 55362-9637 Robert Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road j

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