ML20204E516

Application for Amends to Licenses NPF-35 & NPF-52,deleting TS for Cravs & Auxiliary Bldg Filtered Ventilation Exhaust Sys Actuation Instrumentation & Adding Note to TS for Cravs Re Chlorine Protection Function

ML20204E516
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	03/15/1999
From:	Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
Shared Package
ML20204E522	List: ML20204E516 ML20204E528
References
TAC-MA4950, TAC-MA4951, NUDOCS 9903250055
Download: ML20204E516 (4)

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526 South Church Street P.O. Box 1006 (EC07H)

Charlotte, NC 28201 1006 M. S. Tuckman (704)382-2200 omCE

. Erecutiu Yve Pmident (704) 382-4360 ux Nudear Generation March 15, 1999 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk

Subject:

Duke Energy Corporation Catawba Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 LMcket No. 50-413 and 50-414 Proposed Amendment to the Facility Operating Licenses (FOL) and Technical Specifications (TS)

TS 3.3.7, Control Room Area Ventilation System (CRAVS)

Actuation Instrumentation TS 3.3.8, Auxiliary Building Filtered Ventilation Exhaust System (ABFVES) Actuation Instrumentation TS 3.7.10, Control Room Area Ventilation System (CRAVS) l TAC Numbers MA4950 and MA4951 Pursuar.t to 10 CFR 50.90, this letter submits a license amendment request (LAR)-for the Catawba Nuclear Station FOL and TS. This amendraent applies to the TS for the CRAVS Actuation Instrumentation, the ABFVES Actuation Instrumentation, and the .

CRAVS itself. The changes being proposed by Duke Energy j Corporation in the LAR will delete the TS for the CRAVS and ABFVES j Actuation Instrumentation and add a note to the TS for the CRAVS  !

concerning the chlorine protection function. i i

The circumstances surrounding this LAR were discussed with the NRC l in a telephone conference call on March 11, 1999, during which Catawba requested, and NRC subsequently granted, enforcement  !

discretion for TS 3.3.7 and 3.3.8. The enforcement discretion i request was transmitted to NRC separately on March 11, 1999.

i The contents of this amendment package are as follows: l l

Attachment 1 provides a marked copy of the current TS and Bases, showing the proposed changes.

1 Attachment 2 provides the proposed reprinted TS and Bases pages. l I

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. Attachment 3 provides a Description of the Proposed Changes and Technical Justification.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.92, Attachment 4 documents the determination that the amendment contains No Significant Hazards Considerations.

- Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22 (c) (9) , Attachment 5 provides the basis for the crtegorical exclusion from performing an Environmental Assessment / Impact Statement.

Implementation of this amendment to the Catawba FOL'and TS will require clarifying changes to the. Catawba Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR).

In accordance with Duke administrative procedures and the Quality Assurance Program Topical Report, this proposed amendment has been previously reviewed and approved by the Catawba. Plant Operations Review Committee and the Duke Corporate Nuclear Safety Review Board.

Pursuant to 10-CFR 50.91, a copy of this proposed amendment is being sent to the appropriate state official.

Inq iries on this matter should be directed to L. J. Rudy at (803) 831-3084.

Very.truly yours,

-M. S. Tuckman Attachments

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.xc: w/ attachments L. A. Reyes U. S. Nuclear' Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator, Region II

-Atlanta' Federal ~ Center 61 Forsyth1St., SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GAL 30303 P. S. Tam NRC Senior Project Manager (CNS) ,

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-8 H12 Washington, DC 20555-0001 D. J. Roberts Senior Resident Inspector (CNS) l U..S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catawba Nuclear Site V. R. Autry, Director, . Division of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management '

South Carolina-Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 l

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M. S. Tuckman, sing duly sworn, states that he Es Exec ,tive Vice President of se Energy Corporation; that he is at'horized on the part of said corporation to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this amendment to the Catawba Nuclear Station Facility Operating License Numbers NPF-35 and NPF-52 and ,

Technical Specifications; and that all statements and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, b,b _ )

M. S. Tuckman, Executive Vice President Subscribed and sworn to me: k4 f 16 IMi Date i

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Nota'ry Public My commission expires: Ad 22; 209/

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