ML063560237

Withdrawal of Amendment Extension of Technical Specification 3.8.3.1, Onsite Power Distribution

ML063560237
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	12/27/2006
From:	Miller G E NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Peschel J M, St.Pierre G Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook
miller g e
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TAC MC9165
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December 27, 2006Mr. Gene St. Pierre, Site Vice Presidentc/o James M. Peschel Seabrook Station FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT RE: EXTENSION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.3.1, "ONSITE POWER DISCTIBUTION" (TAC NO. MC9165)

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

By letter dated December 6, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, andOctober 1, 2006, FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) applied for an amendment to the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-86. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1, "Onsite Power Distribution," to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days.

As part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) staff's review, an independent analysis of the proposed change was performed. While the NRC staff's analysis indicated that the proposed change may be acceptable, differences were identified during performance of the confirmatory analysis that would require further NRC and FPLE staff communication to resolve. Subsequently, by letter dated December 20, 2006, FPLE withdrew the amendment request to allow these questions to be addressed, and incorporated in a revised license 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.Sincerely,/RA/ G. Edward Miller, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawalcc w/encl: See next page Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. J. A. StallSenior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420Mr. Peter BrannAssistant Attorney General State House, Station #6 Augusta, ME 04333Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Seabrook Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 1149 Seabrook, NH 03874Town of Exeter10 Front Street Exeter, NH 03823Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Office of the Attorney GeneralOne Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108Board of SelectmenTown of Amesbury Town Hall Amesbury, MA 01913Mr. Robert PooleFederal Emergency Management Agency Region I J.W. McCormack P.O. &

Courthouse Building, Room 401 Boston, MA 02109Mr. Tom CrimminsPolestar Applied Technology One First Street, Suite 4 Los Altos, CA 94019Ms. Cristine McComb, DirectorATTN: John Giarrusso Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399Ms. Kelly Ayotte, Attorney GeneralMr. Orvil Fitch, Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301Mr. Christopher M. Pope, DirectorHomeland Security & Emergency Mgmt.

New Hampshire Department of Safety Bureau of Emergency Management 33 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301Mr. M. S. Ross, Managing AttorneyFlorida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420Mr. Rajiv S. KundalkarVice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420James M. PeschelRegulatory Programs Manager FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874Ms. Marjan MashhadiSenior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004 Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. Mark E. WarnerVice President, Nuclear Operations Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONFPL ENERGY SEABROOK, LLCDOCKET NO. 50-443NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FORAMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted therequest of FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its December 6, 2005, application (as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006) for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 for Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1, located in Rockingham County. The proposed amendment would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1,"Onsite Power Distribution," to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 17, 2006 (71 FR 2592).

However, by letter dated September 26, 2006, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment datedDecember 6, 2005 (as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, and October 1, 2006),

and the licensee's letter dated December 20, 2006, 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 Systems (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 to pdr@nrc.gov

. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of December, 2006FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/ G. Edward Miller, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation December 27, 2006Mr. Gene St. Pierre, Site Vice Presidentc/o James M. Peschel Seabrook Station FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT RE: EXTENSION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.3.1, "ONSITE POWER DISCTIBUTION" (TAC NO. MC9165)

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

By letter dated December 6, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated March 30, 2006, andOctober 1, 2006, FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC (FPLE) applied for an amendment to the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-86. The proposed change would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3.1, "Onsite Power Distribution," to extend the allowed outage time for vital instrument bus inverters 1E and 1F from 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to 7 days.

As part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) staff's review, an independent analysis of the proposed change was performed. While the NRC staff's analysis indicated that the proposed change may be acceptable, differences were identified during performance of the confirmatory analysis that would require further NRC and FPLE staff communication to resolve. Subsequently, by letter dated December 20, 2006, FPLE withdrew the amendment request to allow these questions to be addressed, and incorporated in a revised license 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.Sincerely,/RA/ G. Edward Miller, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-443Distribution

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