In the Matter of Centerpoint Energy, Inc., Texas Genco, LP (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2); Order Approving Application Regarding Indirect License Transfers, 49322-49323 [E5-4596]
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higher in science, engineering, or
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Dated: August 17, 2005.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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[Docket Nos. 50–498 and 50–499; License
Nos. NPF–76 and NPF–80]
In the Matter of Centerpoint Energy,
Inc., Texas Genco, LP (South Texas
Project, Units 1 and 2); Order
Approving Application Regarding
Indirect License Transfers
I
STP Nuclear Operating Company
(STPNOC or the licensee) and owners
Texas Genco, LP (Texas Genco or the
applicant), the City Public Service
Board of San Antonio (CPS), and the
City of Austin, Texas (COA) are holders
of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–
76 and NPF–80, which authorize the
possession, use, and operation of the
South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (the
facility or STP). STPNOC is licensed by
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) to
operate STP. The facility is located at
the licensees’ site in Matagorda County,
Texas.
II
By application dated June 28, 2005, as
supplemented by letter dated August 4,
2005, (collectively referred to herein as
the application), STPNOC, acting on
behalf of Texas Genco, requested that
the NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80,
consent to the proposed indirect transfer
of control of the STP licenses to the
extent held by Texas Genco. Texas
Genco is a 44 percent owner and nonoperating licensee of STP.
According to the application filed by
STPNOC on behalf of Texas Genco,
Texas Genco is indirectly owned by
Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., which in
turn is wholly owned by Texas Genco
LLC. Texas Genco LLC is owned by
investment funds affiliated with The
Blackstone Group, Hellman & Friedman
LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.,
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and Texas Pacific Group (the Investment
Funds) and certain members of the
management team (Management
owners).
As stated in the application, the
ultimate owners of Texas Genco are
proposing a corporate restructuring such
that several new entities would be
interposed between (i) the Investment
Funds and Management owners and (ii)
Texas Genco LLC. This proposed
restructuring is in anticipation of a
proposed initial public offering of a
minority interest in Texas Genco Inc.
Texas Genco Inc. was incorporated on
May 20, 2005, as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of another new entity, Texas
Genco Sponsor LLC. Immediately prior
to the initial public offering, Texas
Genco Sponsor LLC and Texas Genco
Inc. will form a new limited liability
company, Texas Genco Holdings LLC.
Following certain transactions
described in the application, and
following the initial public offering,
Texas Genco Inc. will become the sole
managing member of Texas Genco
Holdings LLC, and Texas Genco
Holdings LLC will become the sole
owner of Texas Genco LLC and the
indirect owner of licensee Texas Genco,
which shall at all times continue to be
a licensed owner of STP. According to
the application, the Investment Funds
and Management owners would control
Texas Genco Inc. through their
ownership of a majority of the voting
power in Texas Genco Inc., and
continue to ultimately control Texas
Genco.
Approval of the indirect transfer of
the facility operating licenses was
requested by STPNOC pursuant to 10
CFR 50.80. Notice of the request for
approval and an opportunity for a
hearing was published in the Federal
Register on July 25, 2005 (70 FR 42592).
No comments or hearing requests were
received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or
any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission shall
give its consent in writing. Upon review
of the information in the application by
STPNOC and other information before
the Commission, the NRC staff
concludes that the proposed
transactions and resulting indirect
transfer of control of Texas Genco will
not affect the qualifications of Texas
Genco as a holder of the STP licenses,
and that the indirect transfer of control
of the licenses as held by Texas Genco,
to the extent effected by the proposed
transactions discussed above, is
otherwise consistent with the applicable
provisions of laws, regulations, and
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orders issued by the NRC, pursuant
thereto.
The findings set forth above are
supported by a safety evaluation dated
August 16, 2005.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o),
and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby
ordered that the application regarding
the indirect license transfers is
approved, subject to the following
condition:
Should the proposed indirect license
transfer not be completed within one year
from the date of issuance, this Order shall
become null and void, provided, however,
upon written application and good cause
shown, such date may in writing be
extended.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial application dated
June 28, 2005, as supplemented by letter
dated August 4, 2005, and the safety
evaluation dated August 16, 2005,
which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area 01
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland and accessible
electronically from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://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, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day
of August 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Director, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50–271; License No. DPR–28]
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC
and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
Notice of Issuance of Director’s
Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that the
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) has
issued a Director’s Decision with regard
to a petition dated July 29, 2004, filed
by Mr. Paul Blanch and Mr. Arnold
Gundersen, hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘Petitioners.’’ The petition was
supplemented on December 8, 2004.
The petition concerns the operation of
the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station (Vermont Yankee).
The petition requested that the NRC
issue a Demand for Information
requiring Entergy Nuclear Vermont
Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. (Entergy or the
licensee) to provide information that
clearly and unambiguously describes
how Vermont Yankee complies with the
General Design Criteria (GDC) specified
in Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 Appendix
A, or the draft GDC published by the
Atomic Energy Commission in 1967.
As the basis for their request, the
Petitioners stated that this information
is essential for two NRC regulatory
activities at Vermont Yankee: (1) the
NRC’s review of Entergy’s application
for an extended power uprate (EPU),
and (2) the NRC’s engineering
assessment. The Petitioners stated that
until the design bases are clearly
identified, any inspection or assessment
is meaningless.
By teleconference on August 26, 2004,
the Petitioners discussed the petition
with the NRC’s Petition Review Board.
This teleconference gave the Petitioners
and the licensee an opportunity to
provide additional information and to
clarify issues raised in the petition.
By letter dated May 13, 2005, the NRC
staff requested Entergy provide
information related to the petition.
Entergy responded by letter dated June
14, 2005, and the information provided
was considered by the staff in its
evaluation of the petition.
The NRC staff sent a copy of the
proposed Director’s Decision to the
Petitioners and to the licensee for
comment by letters dated May 17, 2005.
The staff did not receive any comments
on the proposed Director’s Decision.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation has determined that
the request to issue a Demand for
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[Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499; License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80]
In the Matter of Centerpoint Energy, Inc., Texas Genco, LP (South
Texas Project, Units 1 and 2); Order Approving Application Regarding
Indirect License Transfers
I
STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC or the licensee) and owners
Texas Genco, LP (Texas Genco or the applicant), the City Public Service
Board of San Antonio (CPS), and the City of Austin, Texas (COA) are
holders of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, which
authorize the possession, use, and operation of the South Texas
Project, Units 1 and 2 (the facility or STP). STPNOC is licensed by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) to operate STP.
The facility is located at the licensees' site in Matagorda County,
Texas.
II
By application dated June 28, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated
August 4, 2005, (collectively referred to herein as the application),
STPNOC, acting on behalf of Texas Genco, requested that the NRC,
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, consent to the proposed indirect transfer of
control of the STP licenses to the extent held by Texas Genco. Texas
Genco is a 44 percent owner and non-operating licensee of STP.
According to the application filed by STPNOC on behalf of Texas
Genco, Texas Genco is indirectly owned by Texas Genco Holdings, Inc.,
which in turn is wholly owned by Texas Genco LLC. Texas Genco LLC is
owned by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group, Hellman
& Friedman LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.,
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and Texas Pacific Group (the Investment Funds) and certain members of
the management team (Management owners).
As stated in the application, the ultimate owners of Texas Genco
are proposing a corporate restructuring such that several new entities
would be interposed between (i) the Investment Funds and Management
owners and (ii) Texas Genco LLC. This proposed restructuring is in
anticipation of a proposed initial public offering of a minority
interest in Texas Genco Inc. Texas Genco Inc. was incorporated on May
20, 2005, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of another new entity, Texas
Genco Sponsor LLC. Immediately prior to the initial public offering,
Texas Genco Sponsor LLC and Texas Genco Inc. will form a new limited
liability company, Texas Genco Holdings LLC.
Following certain transactions described in the application, and
following the initial public offering, Texas Genco Inc. will become the
sole managing member of Texas Genco Holdings LLC, and Texas Genco
Holdings LLC will become the sole owner of Texas Genco LLC and the
indirect owner of licensee Texas Genco, which shall at all times
continue to be a licensed owner of STP. According to the application,
the Investment Funds and Management owners would control Texas Genco
Inc. through their ownership of a majority of the voting power in Texas
Genco Inc., and continue to ultimately control Texas Genco.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the facility operating
licenses was requested by STPNOC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. Notice of
the request for approval and an opportunity for a hearing was published
in the Federal Register on July 25, 2005 (70 FR 42592). No comments or
hearing requests were received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in writing. Upon
review of the information in the application by STPNOC and other
information before the Commission, the NRC staff concludes that the
proposed transactions and resulting indirect transfer of control of
Texas Genco will not affect the qualifications of Texas Genco as a
holder of the STP licenses, and that the indirect transfer of control
of the licenses as held by Texas Genco, to the extent effected by the
proposed transactions discussed above, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of laws, regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto.
The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation
dated August 16, 2005.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b),
2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that
the application regarding the indirect license transfers is approved,
subject to the following condition:
Should the proposed indirect license transfer not be completed
within one year from the date of issuance, this Order shall become
null and void, provided, however, upon written application and good
cause shown, such date may in writing be extended.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial
application dated June 28, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated August
4, 2005, and the safety evaluation dated August 16, 2005, which are
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland and accessible
electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://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, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of August 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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