ML032090255

Withdrawal of Amendment Request

ML032090255
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	07/28/2003
From:	Minns J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Sheppard J South Texas
Minns J, NRR/DLPM, 415-3166
References
TAC MB4059, TAC MB4060
Download: ML032090255 (6)

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July 28, 2003 Mr. James J. Sheppard President 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 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MB4059 AND MB4060)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

By letter dated February 14, 2002, and its supplement dated January 7, 2003, you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 for the South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, respectively. The proposed change would have modified STP, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications pertaining to reactor coolant system leakage detection.

Subsequently, by letter dated May 22, 2003, you requested to withdraw the amendment request; the NRC staff did not have any objections to your request to withdraw the amendment request.

Since the amendment request has been withdrawn, the Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John L. Minns, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

ML032090255 NRR-106 OFFICE PDIV-1/PM PDIV-1/LA PDIV-1/PM OGC PDIV-1/SC NAME JMinns MMcAllister MThadani SCole* RGramm DATE 7/22/03 7/33/03 7/254/03 06/18/03 7/25/03 South Texas, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Mr. Cornelius F. OKeefe A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

Senior Resident Inspector Morgan, Lewis & Bockius U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

P.O. Box 910 Washington, DC 20004 Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. T. J. Jordan, Vice President A. Ramirez/C. M. Canady Engineering & Technical Services City of Austin STP Nuclear Operating Company Electric Utility Department P.O. Box 289 721 Barton Springs Road Wadsworth, TX 77483 Austin, TX 78704 S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing Mr. L. K. Blaylock Nuclear Quality & Licensing Department Mr. W. C. Gunst STP Nuclear Operating Company City Public Service Board P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 P.O. Box 1771 Wadsworth, TX 77483 San Antonio, TX 78296 Environmental and Natural Resources Mr. C. A. Johnson/A. C. Bakken Policy Director AEP Texas Central Company P.O. Box 12428 P.O. Box 289 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Mail Code: N5022 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Jon C. Wood Matthews & Branscomb INPO 112 East Pecan, Suite 1100 Records Center San Antonio, TX 78205 700 Galleria Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Arthur C. Tate, Director Division of Compliance & Inspection Regional Administrator, Region IV Bureau of Radiation Control U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Texas Department of Health 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 1100 West 49th Street Arlington, TX 76011 Austin, TX 78756 D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom Brian Almon Texas Genco, LP Public Utility Commission P.O. Box 1700 William B. Travis Building Houston, TX 77251 P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Judge, Matagorda County Austin, TX 78701-3326 Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414

South Texas, Units 1 & 2 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Mr. Terry Parks, Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 630 Ft. Worth, Texas 76109

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of STP Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) to withdraw its February 14, 2002, and its supplement dated January 7, 2003, applications for proposed amendments to Facility Operating Licenses No. NPF-76 and No. NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2002, (67 FR 15629) . However, by letter dated May 22, 2003, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated February 14, 2002, and its supplement dated January 7, 2003, and the licensees letter dated May 22, 2003, 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 01 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/adams/html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encountered 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 28th day of July 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John L. Minns, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation