ML082321422

Project, Units 1 and 2, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request for Deviation from Fire Protection Program Requirements

ML082321422
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	09/18/2008
From:	Donohew J N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Halpin E D South Texas
Donohew J N, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 415-1307
References
NOC-AE-07002212, NOC-AE-08002295, TAC MD8112, TAC MD8113
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September 18, 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, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RE: WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR DEVIATION FROM FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (TAC NOS. MD8112 AND MD8113)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

In the application dated February 4, 2008 (NOC-AE-07002212), as supplemented by the letter dated April 24, 2008 (NOC-AE-08002295) (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML080390483 and ML081220708, respectively), South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) requested a license amendment to the fire protection program requirements for a deviation from the requirements in Appendix R to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R). The supplemental letter dated April 24, 2008, provided a justification for withholding from the public sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information provided in Attachment 2 to the application. Currently, this information is declared in ADAMS as non-publicly available.

In the letter dated June 16, 2008 (NOC-AE-08002322, ADAMS Accession No. ML081820441),

STPNOC withdrew the license amendment request in its application dated February 4, 2008, and withdrew the commitments that it made in Attachment 3 to the application.

The purpose of this letter is to advise that the above-cited application is being treated as withdrawn and the subject TAC numbers shall be closed. A Notice of Consideration of Issuance of the proposed amendment had not been published in the Federal Register. Since the application is withdrawn, Attachment 2 to the application, which contains the information requested to be withheld from the public, will be deleted from ADAMS.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jack N. Donohew, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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ML081820441),

STPNOC withdrew the license amendment request in its application dated February 4, 2008, and withdrew the commitments that it made in Attachment 3 to the application.

The purpose of this letter is to advise that the above-cited application is being treated as withdrawn and the subject TAC numbers shall be closed. A Notice of Consideration of Issuance of the proposed amendment had not been published in the Federal Register. Since the application is withdrawn, Attachment 2 to the application, which contains the information requested to be withheld from the public, will be deleted from ADAMS.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jack N. Donohew, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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Mr. David W. Rencurrel, Site Vice President STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code N5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483

C. T. Bowman, General Manager, Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

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Mr. Ken Coates Plant General Manager STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

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