81 FR 74818 - Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC--the licensee) to withdraw its license amendment application dated November 24, 2014, as supplemented on September 28, 2015; March 3, 2016; and July 25, 2016, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF 2 and NPF 8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Houston County, Alabama. The application contained 24 requests. Twenty-three of those requests were addressed in NRC letter dated August 3, 2016. The amendments adopted previously approved Technical Specifications Task Force Travelers and made two changes not associated with Travelers. A request to incorporate TSTF-312-A, Revision 1, ``Administratively Control Containment Penetrations,'' has been withdrawn by SNC in a letter dated October 17, 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74818-74819]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25987]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-0348 and 50-0364; NRC-2015-0015]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley 
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC--the 
licensee) to withdraw its license amendment application dated November 
24, 2014, as supplemented on September 28, 2015; March 3, 2016; and 
July 25, 2016, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF 2 and NPF 8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, 
Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Houston County, Alabama. The 
application contained 24 requests. Twenty-three of those requests were 
addressed in NRC letter dated August 3, 2016. The amendments adopted 
previously approved Technical Specifications Task Force Travelers and 
made two changes not associated with Travelers. A request to 
incorporate TSTF-312-A, Revision 1, ``Administratively Control 
Containment Penetrations,'' has been withdrawn by SNC in a letter dated 
October 17, 2016.

DATES: The license amendment was withdrawn by the licensee on October 
17, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0015 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0015. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1009, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the 
licensee to withdraw its November 24, 2014, license amendment 
application (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML14335A689), as supplemented 
on September 28, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15271A223); March 3, 2016 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A516); and July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession 
Package No. ML16214A040), for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. NPF 2 and NPF 8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear 
Plant, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in Houston County, Alabama.
    The licensee requested to change the Technical Specifications 
related to TSTF-312-A, Revision 1, ``Administratively Control 
Containment Penetrations.''
    The proposed amendment was noticed in the Federal Register on 
February 3, 2015 (80 FR 5804). By letter dated October 17, 2016 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16291A520), the licensee withdrew its license amendment 
application.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of October 2016.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Markley,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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