ML072420285

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML072420285
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	08/30/2007
From:	Vaaler M G NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Duncan R J Carolina Power & Light Co
Vaaler, Marlayna, NRR/DORL 415-1998
References
TAC MD5395
Download: ML072420285 (5)

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August 30, 2007Robert J. Duncan II, Vice PresidentShearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OFAN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MD5395)

Dear Mr. Duncan:

By letter dated April 30, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System(ADAMS) Accession No. ML071280283), you applied for an amendment to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-63. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to thenarrow range containment sump water level instruments. Subsequently, by letter dated July 19, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML072110216), you withdrew the amendment request. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Applicationfor Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Marlayna Vaaler, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawalcc w/encl: See next page

ML072110216), you withdrew the amendment request. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Applicationfor Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RAMarlayna Vaaler, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-400

Enclosure:

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Legal Department Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551Resident Inspector/ Harris NPSc/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5421 Shearon Harris Road New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998Ms. Margaret A. ForceAssistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602Public Service CommissionState of South Carolina Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211Ms. Beverly Hall, Section ChiefDivision of Radiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721Mr. J. Paul FulfordManager, Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551Mr. Chris L. BurtonDirector of Site Operations and Acting Plant General Manager Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165Mr. Robert P. GruberExecutive Director Public Staff NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Post Office Box 29510 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0510Mr. Tony Gurley, ChairBoard of County Commissioners of Wake County P. O. Box 550 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602Mr. Carl Thompson, ChairBoard of County Commissioners of Chatham County P. O. Box 87 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312Mr. Thomas J. Natale, ManagerSupport Services Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165Mr. David H. Corlett, SupervisorLicensing/Regulatory Programs Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165Mr. John H. O'Neill, Jr.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street NW.

Washington, DC 20037-1128 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONSHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FORAMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has granted therequest of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) to withdraw its April 30, 2007, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63 for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1, located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.The proposed amendment would have revised the technical specifications pertaining tothe narrow range containment sump water level instruments to allow different water level measurement instruments to be used.The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance ofAmendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 22, 2007 (72 FR 28720).

However, by letter dated July 19, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment datedApril 30, 2007, and the licensee's letter dated July 19, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public DocumentRoom (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 thedocuments 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 30 day of August, 2007.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Marlayna Vaaler, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation