NPL-99-0337, to TS Change Request 211,reflecting Administrative Changes in Sections 15.6 & 15.7 by Changing Titles,Increasing Min Operating Crew Shift Staffing & Deleting Duty & Call Superintendent Function

to TS Change Request 211,reflecting Administrative Changes in Sections 15.6 & 15.7 by Changing Titles,Increasing Min Operating Crew Shift Staffing & Deleting Duty & Call Superintendent Function

ML20195F749
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/09/1999
From:	Reddemann M WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NPL-99-0337, NPL-99-337, NUDOCS 9906150084
Download: ML20195F749 (2)

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MARK E. REDDEMANN g gg, Site VicJ President A w/SCONS/N ENERGV COMPANY Point Beach Nuclear Plant 6610 Nuclear Rd.

.. Two Rivers. WI 54241 Phone 920 755-6527 NPL 99-0337 10 CFR 50.90 10 CFR 51.22 June 9,1999 Document Control Desk U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mail Stop PI-137 Washington, DC 20555 Ladies / Gentlemen:

DOCKETS 50-266 AND 50-301 SUPPLEMENT 1 TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST 211 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES TO REFLECT PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL CHANGES TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2 On January 29,1999, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WE), licensee for the Point Beach Nuclear / g Plant (PBNP), submitted a proposal to the NRC to arnend Facility Operating Licenses DPR-24 and DPR-27 for PBNP Units 1 and 2, respectively (reference letter NPL 99-0057). The requested amendment reflected changes in sections 15.6 and 15.7 of the plant Technical Specifications (TS). The major changes encompassed in the proposed amendment consisted of: changes in title from the Manager - Point Beach Nuclear Plant to the Plant Manager; changes in title from the Duty Technical g ,

Advisor to the Shift Technical Advisor; increases in minimum operating crew shift staffing; deletion of the Duty and Call Superintendent function; relocation of the Manager's Supervisory Staff (MSS) composition and functional requirements to owner controlled documents; and revisions to the procedure review and approval process.

The purpose of this Supplement to Technical Specification Change Request (TSCR) 211 is to clarify exactly where the composition and functional requirements of the MSS, currently described in the Technical Specifications, will be relocated to based on questions from the NRR Project Manager for Point Beach Nuclear Plant (PBNP) on the original submittal.

Discussion 13 The current PBNP Technical Specifications (TS) describe the composition and functional requirements of the MSS in detail in TS section 15.6.5," Review and Audit." Part of the original TSCR proposed to delete this section of the Technical Specifications and relocate the MSS requirements to " owner controlled documents." This proposed change would closely align plant processes and programs with current nuclear standards and would allow flexibility in revising, refining and improving the MSS process without requesting approval from the NRC via a license amendment request.

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.; *3 Questions arose during the NRC review of the TSCR with respect to exactly where the MSS function would be relocated to in the owner controlled documents. PBNP proposes to relocate TS section 15.6.5.1 (MSS function) to Section 1.4 " Quality Assurance Program" of the PBNP Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). This section of the FSAR describes the PBNP Quality Assurance Program (QAP) in detail. Changes to this section of the FSAR are controlled in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a) per the requirements of PBNP Nuclear Procedure (NP) 11.1.3 "QA Program Revisions." NP 11.1.3 mirrors the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54 in that it requires a QAP I change that results in a reduction in commitment to be approved by the NRC prior to implementation.

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Relocating the MSS function out of the TS and into FSAR Q1.4 is consistent with the guidance contained in NRC Administrative Letter (AL) 95-06 " Relocation of Technical Specification Administrative Controls Related to Quality Assurance," dated December 12,1995. NRC AL 95-06 states that the NRC encourages relocation of the review and audit functions out of the licensee's  !

Technical Specifications and into QAP descriptions as long as future revisions to said functions are controlled in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54.

Upon approval of TSCR 211, PBNP commits to revise FSAR f1.4 to incorporate the MSSfunctional requirements currently includedin TS 15.6.5.1. The revised FSAR would then be transmitted to the NRC via the normal FSAR update process in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e).

WE requests approval of this amendment prior to June 30,1999. An implementation date of 90 days after approval is requested to allow time to complete the numerous procedure changes required for the proposed changes described in the original submittal and to allow training of the plant staff. Should you have any questions on this submittal or require additional information, please contact me.

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