ML073240341

Project, Units 1 & 2 - Fr Notice of Withdrawal of Request for Amendments Revising the Spent Fuel Pool and In-Containment Storage Area Criticality Analysis (TAC Nos. MD2343 and MD2344)

ML073240341
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	11/28/2007
From:	Thadani M C NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Sheppard J J South Texas
Thadani, M C, NRR/DORL/LP4, 415-1476
References
TAC MD2343, TAC MD2344
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November 28, 2007Mr. James J. SheppardPresident and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RE: WITHDRAWAL OF AREQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS REVISING THE SPENT FUEL POOL AND IN-CONTAINMENT STORAGE AREA CRITICALITY ANALYSIS (TAC NOS.

MD2343 AND MD2344)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

By letter dated June 7, 2006, STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) applied foramendments to the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively. The proposed amendments would have modified the facility Spent Fuel Pool and In-Containment Storage Area Criticality Analysis. Subsequently, by letter dated November 28, 2007, STPNOC withdrew the amendment request. The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendments toFacility Operating Licenses with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA by Carl F. Lyon for/Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML073240341*Previously concurredOFFICENRR/LPL4/PMNRR/LPL4/LANRR/LPL4/BCNAMEMthadani, CFL forJBurkhardt*THiltz DATE11/28/0711/21/0711/28/07 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONSTP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANYDOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FORAMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSESThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request ofSTP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its June 7, 2006, application for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively, for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, located in Matagorda County.The proposed amendments would have revised the facility's Spent Fuel Pool andIn-Containment Storage Area Criticality Analysis. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendments published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 12, 2006 (71 FR 53721).

However, by letter dated November 28, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed request for amendments.For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated June 7, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated November 28, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendments. 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 who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRCPDR 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 28th day of November, 2007.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Carl F. Lyon, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation November 2007South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483C. M. CanadyCity of Austin Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. TempleE. Alercon/Kevin Pollo CPS Energy P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296INPORecords Center 700 Galleria Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339-3064Regional Administrator, Region IVU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011Steve Winn/Christie JacobsEddy Daniels/Marty Ryan NRC Energy, Inc.

211 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540Judge, Matagorda CountyMatagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414A. H. Gutterman, Esq.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004E. D. HalpinSite Vice President STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483S. M. Head, Manager, LicensingSTP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483C. T. BowmanGeneral Manager, Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483Marilyn KistlerSr. Staff Specialist, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code 5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483Environmental and Natural ResourcesPolicy Director P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-3189Jon C. WoodCox, Smith, & Matthews 112 East Pecan, Suite 1800 San Antonio, TX 78205DirectorDivision of Compliance & Inspection Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 November 2007South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 cc:Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 422 Ft. Worth, TX 76109Brian AlmonPublic Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326Susan M. JablonskiOffice of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087Ken CoatesPlant General Manager STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483Mr. Anthony P. JonesChief Boiler Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division E.O. Thompson State Office Building P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711