ML071090090

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML071090090
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/01/2007
From:	Boska J P NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-1
To:	Kansler M R Entergy Nuclear Operations
Boska J P, NRR, 301-415-2901
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TAC MD2539
Download: ML071090090 (7)

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May 1, 2007Mr. Michael R. KanslerPresident Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NO. 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF ANAMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MD2539)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

By letter dated July 10, 2006, you applied for an amendment to Indian Point Nuclear GeneratingUnit No. 2, Facility Operating License No. DPR-26. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications pertaining to spent fuel cask loading operations.

Subsequently, by letter dated April 11, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment toFacility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Please contact me at (301) 415-2901 if you have any questions on this issue.Sincerely,/RA/John P. Boska, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-247

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawalcc w/encl: See next page

ML071090090OFFICELPL1-1/PMLPL1-1/LALPL1-1/BCNAMEJBoskaSLittleMKowalDATE4/30/075/01/075/01/07 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 cc:

Mr. Gary J. TaylorChief Executive Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213Mr. John T. HerronSenior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Fred R. DacimoSite Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249Mr. Paul RubinGeneral Manager, Plant Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249Mr. Oscar LimpiasVice President Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Christopher SchwarzVice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. John F. McCannDirector, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Ms. Charlene D. FaisonManager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Michael J. ColumbDirector of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. James ComiotesDirector, Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249Mr. Patric ConroyManager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P. O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249Assistant General CounselEntergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Peter R. Smith, PresidentNew York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399Mr. Paul EddyNew York State Department of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Senior Resident Inspector's OfficeIndian Point 2 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 59 Buchanan, NY 10511Mr. Charles Donaldson, EsquireAssistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271Mayor, Village of Buchanan236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511Mr. Raymond L. AlbaneseFour County Coordinator 200 Bradhurst Avenue Unit 4 Westchester County Hawthorne, NY 10532Mr. William DiProfioPWR SRC Consultant 139 Depot Road East Kingston, NH 03827Mr. Garry RandolphPWR SRC Consultant 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E Sarasota, FL 34236Mr. William T. RussellPWR SRC Consultant 400 Plantation Lane Stevensville, MD 21666-3232Mr. Jim RiccioGreenpeace 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001Mr. Phillip MusegaasRiverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591Mr. Mark JacobsIPSEC 46 Highland Drive Garrison, NY 10524 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.DOCKET NO. 50-247 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FORAMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request ofEntergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its July 10, 2006, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-26 for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, located in Westchester County, New York.The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications pertaining tospent fuel cask loading operations.The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 29, 2006 (71 FR 51227).

However, by letter dated April 11, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment datedJuly 10, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated April 11, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or whoencounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737 or by email topdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of May 2007.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/John P. Boska, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation