ML030220002

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML030220002
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/21/2003
From:	Thadani M NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Cottle W South Texas
Thadani M, NRR/DLPM, 415-1476
References
TAC MB4051, TAC MB4052
Download: ML030220002 (6)

Text

January 21, 2003 Mr. William T. Cottle 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 AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MB4051 AND MB4052)

Dear Mr. Cottle:

By letter dated February 14, 2002, you applied for an amendment to the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TS) pertaining to TS 3.4.2.2, Reactor Coolant System. to relax the lift setting tolerance of the pressurizer safety valves from +/-2 percent to +/-3 percent. Subsequently, by letter dated December 2, 2002, 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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mohan C. Thadani, Senior 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:

As stated cc w/encl.: See next page

ML030220002 *No legal objection with changes OFFICE PDIV-1/PM PDIV-1/PM PDIV-1/LA OGC *NLO PDIV-1/SC NAME BVaidya:rkb MThadani MMcAllister TSherwin RGramm DATE 1-3-2003 1/10/2003 1/03/03 1/16/03 1/21/03 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, NW 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. M. T. Hardt Nuclear Quality & Licensing Department Mr. W. C. Gunst STP Nuclear Operating Company City Public Service Board P.O. Box 289 P.O. Box 1771 Mail Code: N5014 San Antonio, TX 78296 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Mr. C. A. Johnson/R. P. Powers Environmental and Natural Resources AEP - Central Power and Light Company Policy Director P.O. Box 289 P.O. Box 12428 Mail Code: N5022 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Jon C. Wood INPO Matthews & Branscomb Records Center 112 East Pecan, Suite 1100 700 Galleria Parkway San Antonio, TX 78205 Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Arthur C. Tate, Director Regional Administrator, Region IV Division of Compliance & Inspection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bureau of Radiation Control 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Texas Department of Health Arlington, TX 76011 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom Texas Genco, LP Brian Almon P.O. Box 1700 Public Utility Commission Houston, TX 77251 William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 Judge, Matagorda County 1701 North Congress Avenue Matagorda County Courthouse Austin, TX 78701-3326 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414

Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 G. R. Bynog, Program Manager/

Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division P.O. Box 12157, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 630 Fort 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 LICENSE 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, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Matagorda County, Texas. .

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) pertaining to TS 3.4.2.2, "Reactor Coolant System," to relax the lift setting tolerance of the pressurizer safety valves for +/-2 percent to +/-3 percent.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 2, 2002 (67 FR 15628). However, by letter dated December 2, 2002, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated February 14, 2002, and the licensee's letter dated December 2, 2002, 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, 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 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 21 of January 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation