ML071090090

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML071090090
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/01/2007
From:	Boska J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-1
To:	Kansler M Entergy Nuclear Operations
Boska J, NRR, 301-415-2901
References
TAC MD2539
Download: ML071090090 (7)

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May 1, 2007 Mr. Michael R. Kansler President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NO. 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MD2539)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

By letter dated July 10, 2006, you applied for an amendment to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, Facility Operating License No. DPR-26. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications pertaining to spent fuel cask loading operations.

Subsequently, by letter dated April 11, 2007, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Please contact me at (301) 415-2901 if you have any questions on this issue.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John P. Boska, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-247

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML071090090 OFFICE LPL1-1/PM LPL1-1/LA LPL1-1/BC NAME JBoska SLittle MKowal DATE 4/30/07 5/01/07 5/01/07 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 cc:

Mr. Gary J. Taylor Ms. Charlene D. Faison Chief Executive Officer Manager, Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway 440 Hamilton Avenue Jackson, MS 39213 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. John T. Herron Mr. Michael J. Columb Senior Vice President and Director of Oversight Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 440 Hamilton Avenue 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. James Comiotes Mr. Fred R. Dacimo Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Indian Point Energy Center Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Mr. Patric Conroy Mr. Paul Rubin Manager, Licensing General Manager, Plant Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Indian Point Energy Center Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB 450 Broadway P. O. Box 249 P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Assistant General Counsel Mr. Oscar Limpias Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vice President Engineering 440 Hamilton Avenue Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. White Plains, NY 10601 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Mr. Christopher Schwarz Development Authority Vice President, Operations Support 17 Columbia Circle Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Albany, NY 12203-6399 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Paul Eddy New York State Department Mr. John F. McCann of Public Service Director, Licensing 3 Empire State Plaza Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Albany, NY 12223 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. Jim Riccio U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Greenpeace 475 Allendale Road 702 H Street, NW King of Prussia, PA 19406 Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Senior Resident Inspectors Office Indian Point 2 Mr. Phillip Musegaas U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Riverkeeper, Inc.

P.O. Box 59 828 South Broadway Buchanan, NY 10511 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire Mr. Mark Jacobs Assistant Attorney General IPSEC New York Department of Law 46 Highland Drive 120 Broadway Garrison, NY 10524 New York, NY 10271 Mayor, Village of Buchanan 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511 Mr. Raymond L. Albanese Four County Coordinator 200 Bradhurst Avenue Unit 4 Westchester County Hawthorne, NY 10532 Mr. William DiProfio PWR SRC Consultant 139 Depot Road East Kingston, NH 03827 Mr. Garry Randolph PWR SRC Consultant 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E Sarasota, FL 34236 Mr. William T. Russell PWR SRC Consultant 400 Plantation Lane Stevensville, MD 21666-3232

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-247 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its July 10, 2006, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-26 for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, located in Westchester County, New York.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications pertaining to spent fuel cask loading operations.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 29, 2006 (71 FR 51227).

However, by letter dated April 11, 2007, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 10, 2006, and the licensee's letter dated April 11, 2007, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs 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 System (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 by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of May 2007.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John P. Boska, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation