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| number = ML083570464
| number = ML083570464
| issue date = 12/23/2008
| issue date = 12/23/2008
| title = South Texas Project, Unit 2, Letter, Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, 14-day Exigent Circumstances, Revise TS 3.7.1.7, Main Feedwater System, to Allow One-Time Allowed Outage Time
| title = Letter, Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, 14-day Exigent Circumstances, Revise TS 3.7.1.7, Main Feedwater System, to Allow One-Time Allowed Outage Time
| author name = Thadani M C
| author name = Thadani M
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIV
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIV
| addressee name = Halpin E D
| addressee name = Halpin E
| addressee affiliation = South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co
| addressee affiliation = South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co
| docket = 05000499
| docket = 05000499
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| project = TAC:ME0271
| project = TAC:ME0271
| stage = Approval
| stage = Other
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{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 -INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)  
{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483
 
==SUBJECT:==
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 - INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)


==Dear Mr. Halpin:==
==Dear Mr. Halpin:==
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@NRC.gov . Sincerely, Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499  
This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@NRC.gov .
Sincerely, I*JJ?t~;~*64~02&~
Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499


==Enclosure:==
==Enclosure:==


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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-499 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-80, issued to STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), for operation of the South Texas Project (STP), Unit 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas.
The proposed amendment would extend the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve (MFIV).
The Action Statement for TS 3.7.1.7 requires that, with one MFIV inoperable in MODES 1 and 2 but open, operation may continue provided the inoperable valve is restored to OPERABLE status within 4 hours; otherwise, the Unit must be placed in HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours. There is no action required for an inoperable MFIV that is closed.
The Unit 2 Train D MFIV is currently operable, but degraded. The degraded condition is a nitrogen leak of the tubing to the valve accumulator. Temporary repairs have reduced the tube leak such that operator action is maintaining the nitrogen accumulator pressure, assuring the MFIV operability. The licensee states that, although these actions are sufficient at the present time, it is unknown if the leak will degrade to a point where operator action would not be able to assure operability of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV. In that case, Unit 2 must be shut down in accordance with the Action Statement.


UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-499 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-80, issued to STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), for operation of the South Texas Project (STP), Unit 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas. The proposed amendment would extend the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve (MFIV). The Action Statement for TS 3.7.1.7 requires that, with one MFIV inoperable in MODES 1 and 2 but open, operation may continue provided the inoperable valve is restored to OPERABLE status within 4 hours; otherwise, the Unit must be placed in HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours. There is no action required for an inoperable MFIV that is closed. The Unit 2 Train D MFIV is currently operable, but degraded.
2 The licensee has proposed to repair the Unit 2 Train D MFIV nitrogen tubing. The licensee estimates that the repair of the tubing leak will render the MFIV inoperable for approximately 8 hours, which exceeds the 4-hour AOT. Therefore, the licensee requests a one-time extension of AOT to 24 hours to permit repair of the MFIV valve without shutting the Unit down. The licensee requests that the amendment be approved on an exigent basis to assure that further degradation of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV will not result in a Unit shutdown.
The degraded condition is a nitrogen leak of the tubing to the valve accumulator.
Temporary repairs have reduced the tube leak such that operator action is maintaining the nitrogen accumulator pressure, assuring the MFIV operability.
The licensee states that, although these actions are sufficient at the present time, it is unknown if the leak will degrade to a point where operator action would not be able to assure operability of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV. In that case, Unit 2 must be shut down in accordance with the Action Statement.
The licensee has proposed to repair the Unit 2 Train D MFIV nitrogen tubing. The licensee estimates that the repair of the tubing leak will render the MFIV inoperable for approximately 8 hours, which exceeds the 4-hour AOT. Therefore, the licensee requests a one-time extension of AOT to 24 hours to permit repair of the MFIV valve without shutting the Unit down. The licensee requests that the amendment be approved on an exigent basis to assure that further degradation of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV will not result in a Unit shutdown.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91 (a)(6) for amendments to be granted under exigent circumstances, the NRC staff must determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91 (a)(6) for amendments to be granted under exigent circumstances, the NRC staff must determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91 (a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:
Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91 (a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below: Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
: 1.      Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response:
 
No. The proposed change extends the action completion time for Unit 2 Train D MFIV from 4 hours to 24 hours. Extending the completion time is not an accident initiator and thus does not change the probability that an accident will occur. However, it could potentially affect the consequences of an accident if an accident occurred during the extended unavailability of the [ MFIV, which is inoperable].
===Response===
The increase in time, that the MFIV is unavailable, is small and the probability of an event occurring during this time period, which would require isolation of the main feedwater flow paths, is low. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
No. The proposed change extends the action completion time for Unit 2 Train D MFIV from 4 hours to 24 hours. Extending the completion time is not an accident initiator and thus does not change the probability that an accident will occur. However, it could potentially affect the consequences of an accident if an accident occurred during the extended unavailability of the [ MFIV, which is inoperable]. The increase in time, that the MFIV is
Response:
 
No. The proposed change does not involve any physical alteration of plant equipment and does not change the method by which any related structure, system, or component performs its function or is tested. Closure of the MFIVs is required to mitigate the consequences of the Main Steam Line Break and Main Feedwater Line Break accidents.
3 unavailable, is small and the probability of an event occurring during this time period, which would require isolation of the main feedwater flow paths, is low.
Therefore, the proposed change will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety? Response:
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
No. The proposed change [ ] does not adversely affect existing plant safety margins or the reliability of the equipment assumed to operate in the safety analysis.
: 2.      Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
There are no changes being made to safety analysis assumptions, safety limits or safety system settings that would adversely affect plant safety [margins]
 
as a result of the proposed change. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied.
===Response===
Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
No. The proposed change does not involve any physical alteration of plant equipment and does not change the method by which any safety related structure, system, or component performs its function or is tested.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Closure of the MFIVs is required to mitigate the consequences of the Main Steam Line Break and Main Feedwater Line Break accidents.
Any comments received within 14 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
Therefore, the proposed change will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 14-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 14-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration.
: 3.      Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
The final determination will consider all public and State comments received.
 
Should the Commission take this action, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance.
===Response===
The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
No. The proposed change [ ] does not adversely affect existing plant safety margins or the reliability of the equipment assumed to operate in the safety analysis. There are no changes being made to safety analysis assumptions, safety limits or safety system settings that would adversely affect plant safety [margins] as a result of the proposed change.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 14 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
 
4 Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 14-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 14-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received. Should the Commission take this action, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, TWB-05-B01 M, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, TWB-05-B01 M, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below. Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the person(s) may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person(s) whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request via electronic submission through the NRC E-filing system for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the person(s) may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person(s) whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request via electronic submission through the NRC E-filing system for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, collections/cfr.
Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
 
In addition, the petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner/requestor must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner/requestor is aware and on which the petitioner/requestor intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The petitioner/requestor must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration.
5 Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc collections/cfr. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.
The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner/requestor must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner/requestor is aware and on which the petitioner/requestor intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The petitioner/requestor must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing. If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration.
 
The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment.
6 Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below. To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor must contact the Office of the Secretary bye-mail at hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digitallD certificate, which allows the participant (or its counselor representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2) creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances in which the petitioner/requestor (or its counselor representative) already holds an NRC-issued digital 10 certificate).
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below.
Each petitioner/requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms ViewerŽ to access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-Filing system. The Workplace Forms ViewerŽ is free and is available at viewer.htm!.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor must contact the Office of the Secretary bye-mail at hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digitallD certificate, which allows the participant (or its counselor representative) to digitally sign documents and
Information about applying for a digital 10 certificate is available on NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html.
 
Once a petitioner/requestor has obtained a digital 10 certificate, had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene.
7 access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2) creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances in which the petitioner/requestor (or its counselor representative) already holds an NRC-issued digital 10 certificate). Each petitioner/requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms Viewer' to access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-Filing system. The Workplace Forms Viewer' is free and is available at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals/install viewer.htm!. Information about applying for a digital 10 certificate is available on NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html.
Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the NRC public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals.htrnl.
Once a petitioner/requestor has obtained a digital 10 certificate, had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the NRC public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals.htrnl.
A filing is considered complete at the time the filer submits its documents through EIE. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the EIE system no later than 11 :59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document.
A filing is considered complete at the time the filer submits its documents through EIE. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the EIE system no later than 11 :59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counselor representative) must apply for and receive a digital 10 certificate before a hearing request/petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system.
The EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the documents on those participants separately.
 
Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counselor representative) must apply for and receive a digital 10 certificate before a hearing request/petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system.
8 A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the "Contact Us" link located on the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.htmlor by calling the NRC electronic filing Help Desk, which is available between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The electronic filing Help Desk can be contacted by telephone at 1-866-672-7640 or bye-mail at MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov.
8 A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the "Contact Us" link located on the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.htmlor by calling the NRC electronic filing Help Desk, which is available between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The electronic filing Help Desk can be contacted by telephone at 1-866-672-7640 or bye-mail at MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file a motion, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) first class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file a motion, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) first class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville, Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville, Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants.
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service.
Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at http://ehd.nrc.gov/ehd proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of 9 the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submissions.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at http://ehd.nrc.gov/ehd proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1  
 
)(i)-(viii).
9 the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submissions.
For further details with respect to this exigent license application, see the application for amendment dated December 19, 2008, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1 )(i)-(viii).
Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html.
For further details with respect to this exigent license application, see the application for amendment dated December 19, 2008, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (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 who encounter 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 bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter 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 bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of December 2008.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of December 2008. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch LPL IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 VVadsworth,TX 77483 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 -INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)  
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch LPL IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
 
December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 VVadsworth,TX 77483
 
==SUBJECT:==
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 - INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)


==Dear Mr. Halpin:==
==Dear Mr. Halpin:==
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@f\lRC.gov . Sincerely, IRAI Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499  
This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@f\lRC.gov .
Sincerely, IRAI Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499


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Letter, Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, 14-day Exigent Circumstances, Revise TS 3.7.1.7, Main Feedwater System, to Allow One-Time Allowed Outage Time
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 - INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@NRC.gov .

Sincerely, I*JJ?t~;~*64~02&~

Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-499 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-80, issued to STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), for operation of the South Texas Project (STP), Unit 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas.

The proposed amendment would extend the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve (MFIV).

The Action Statement for TS 3.7.1.7 requires that, with one MFIV inoperable in MODES 1 and 2 but open, operation may continue provided the inoperable valve is restored to OPERABLE status within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />; otherwise, the Unit must be placed in HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. There is no action required for an inoperable MFIV that is closed.

The Unit 2 Train D MFIV is currently operable, but degraded. The degraded condition is a nitrogen leak of the tubing to the valve accumulator. Temporary repairs have reduced the tube leak such that operator action is maintaining the nitrogen accumulator pressure, assuring the MFIV operability. The licensee states that, although these actions are sufficient at the present time, it is unknown if the leak will degrade to a point where operator action would not be able to assure operability of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV. In that case, Unit 2 must be shut down in accordance with the Action Statement.

2 The licensee has proposed to repair the Unit 2 Train D MFIV nitrogen tubing. The licensee estimates that the repair of the tubing leak will render the MFIV inoperable for approximately 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />, which exceeds the 4-hour AOT. Therefore, the licensee requests a one-time extension of AOT to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to permit repair of the MFIV valve without shutting the Unit down. The licensee requests that the amendment be approved on an exigent basis to assure that further degradation of the Unit 2 Train D MFIV will not result in a Unit shutdown.

Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91 (a)(6) for amendments to be granted under exigent circumstances, the NRC staff must determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91 (a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:

1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?

Response

No. The proposed change extends the action completion time for Unit 2 Train D MFIV from 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. Extending the completion time is not an accident initiator and thus does not change the probability that an accident will occur. However, it could potentially affect the consequences of an accident if an accident occurred during the extended unavailability of the [ MFIV, which is inoperable]. The increase in time, that the MFIV is

3 unavailable, is small and the probability of an event occurring during this time period, which would require isolation of the main feedwater flow paths, is low.

Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?

Response

No. The proposed change does not involve any physical alteration of plant equipment and does not change the method by which any safety related structure, system, or component performs its function or is tested.

Closure of the MFIVs is required to mitigate the consequences of the Main Steam Line Break and Main Feedwater Line Break accidents.

Therefore, the proposed change will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.

3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?

Response

No. The proposed change [ ] does not adversely affect existing plant safety margins or the reliability of the equipment assumed to operate in the safety analysis. There are no changes being made to safety analysis assumptions, safety limits or safety system settings that would adversely affect plant safety [margins] as a result of the proposed change.

Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.

The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 14 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.

4 Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 14-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 14-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received. Should the Commission take this action, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.

Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, TWB-05-B01 M, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.

Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the person(s) may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person(s) whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request via electronic submission through the NRC E-filing system for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.

Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the

5 Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc collections/cfr. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.

Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner/requestor must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner/requestor is aware and on which the petitioner/requestor intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The petitioner/requestor must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.

6 Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing.

If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.

All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below.

To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor must contact the Office of the Secretary bye-mail at hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digitallD certificate, which allows the participant (or its counselor representative) to digitally sign documents and

7 access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2) creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances in which the petitioner/requestor (or its counselor representative) already holds an NRC-issued digital 10 certificate). Each petitioner/requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms Viewer' to access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-Filing system. The Workplace Forms Viewer' is free and is available at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals/install viewer.htm!. Information about applying for a digital 10 certificate is available on NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html.

Once a petitioner/requestor has obtained a digital 10 certificate, had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the NRC public website at http://www.nrc.qov/site-help/e-submittals.htrnl.

A filing is considered complete at the time the filer submits its documents through EIE. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the EIE system no later than 11 :59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counselor representative) must apply for and receive a digital 10 certificate before a hearing request/petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system.

8 A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the "Contact Us" link located on the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.htmlor by calling the NRC electronic filing Help Desk, which is available between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The electronic filing Help Desk can be contacted by telephone at 1-866-672-7640 or bye-mail at MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov.

Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file a motion, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) first class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville, Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants.

Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service.

Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at http://ehd.nrc.gov/ehd proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of

9 the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submissions.

Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1 )(i)-(viii).

For further details with respect to this exigent license application, see the application for amendment dated December 19, 2008, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (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 who encounter 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 bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of December 2008.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch LPL IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

December 23, 2008 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Chief Nuclear Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P. O. Box 289 VVadsworth,TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 - INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING (EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) (TAC NO. ME0271)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has forwarded the enclosed "Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing," to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

This notice relates to your application dated December 19, 2008, in which you request a one-time exigent change for extension to the Allowed Outage Time (AOT) for Technical Specification 3.7.1.7, "Main Feedwater System." This AOT extension is requested to facilitate repairs to the South Texas Project, Unit 2 Train D Main Feedwater Isolation Valve.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1476 or email Mohan.Thadani@f\lRC.gov .

Sincerely, IRAI Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-499

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