Arizona Public Service Company; Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License, 58758 [E5-5529]

Download as PDF 58758 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices NSF/MPS CyberScience Activities, Discussion of MPS Long-term Planning Activities. Summary Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above. Dated: October 4, 2005. Susanne E. Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 05–20273 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–528, 50–529, and 50–530] Arizona Public Service Company; Notice of Partial Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee) to partially withdraw its May 28, 2003, application for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License No. NPF–41, NF–51, and NPF–74 for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in Maricopa County, Arizona. The proposed amendments would modify several surveillance requirements (SRs) in Technical Specifications (TSs) 3.8.1 and 3.8.4 on alternating current and direct current sources, respectively, for plant operation. The revised SRs would have notes deleted or modified to allow the SRs to be performed, or partially performed, in reactor modes that are currently not allowed by the TSs. The current SRs are not allowed to be performed in Modes 1 and 2. Several of the current SRs also cannot be performed in Modes 3 and 4. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2003 (68 FR 40709). However, the licensee partially withdrew the proposed change in two separate letters. By letter dated June 23, 2004, the licensee withdrew the proposed changes to the notes in SR 3.8.4.7 and SR 3.8.4.8 and by letter dated September 27, 2005, the licensee withdrew the proposed changes to SRs 3.8.1.9, 3.8.1.10, and 3.8.1.14. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated May 28, 2003, and the licensee’s letters dated June 23, 2004, and September 27, 2005, which partially withdrew the application for license amendments. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:29 Oct 06, 2005 Jkt 208001 NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 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, 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 29th day of September 2005. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mel B. Fields, Senior Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate IV, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E5–5529 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–309, License No. DPR–36] Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company; Notice of Release of Land from the Jurisdiction of Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company’s Facility Operating License No. DPR–36 On March 15, 2004, as supplemented by letters on September 2, 2004, and May 16, 2005, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (Maine Yankee) submitted a request to amend its license to release the remaining land under License No. DPR–36 with the exception of the land where the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is located, and a 3.17 acre parcel of land adjacent to the ISFSI. Notification of the amendment request was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2004 (Vol. 69, No. 101, Page 69769). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviewed the Final Status Survey Report (FSSR) and concludes that: (i) Dismantlement and decontamination activities were performed in accordance with the approved License Termination Plan (LTP), and (ii) Maine Yankee’s FSSR Supplements 1–10A demonstrate that the land to be released from Facility Operating License No. DPR–36, meets the radiological criteria for unrestricted use, as defined by 10 CFR 20.1402, by meeting site release criteria of 10 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 millirem (Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) per year over background (all pathways) and 4 millirem (as distinguishable from background) TEDE per year for groundwater sources of drinking water in accordance with the approved LTP. Therefore, NRC is releasing all land from the jurisdiction of license DPR–36 except the land where the ISFSI is located, and a 3.17 acre parcel of land adjacent to the ISFSI. For further details with respect to this action, see the license amendment request dated March 15, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated September 2, 2004, and May 16, 2005, and the Environmental Assessment dated February 12, 2003, available for public inspection at the Commission’s 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 Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML040990045, ML042600417, ML051440411, and ML030340122). 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 30th day of September, 2005. For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Daniel M. Gillen, Deputy Director, Decommissioning Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. E5–5527 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 72–27] Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Regarding a Proposed Exemption The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption, pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, from the provisions of 10 CFR 72.72(d) to Pacific E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530]


Arizona Public Service Company; Notice of Partial Withdrawal of 
Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted 
the request of Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee) to 
partially withdraw its May 28, 2003, application for proposed 
amendments to Facility Operating License No. NPF-41, NF-51, and NPF-74 
for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, 
located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
    The proposed amendments would modify several surveillance 
requirements (SRs) in Technical Specifications (TSs) 3.8.1 and 3.8.4 on 
alternating current and direct current sources, respectively, for plant 
operation. The revised SRs would have notes deleted or modified to 
allow the SRs to be performed, or partially performed, in reactor modes 
that are currently not allowed by the TSs. The current SRs are not 
allowed to be performed in Modes 1 and 2. Several of the current SRs 
also cannot be performed in Modes 3 and 4.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2003 
(68 FR 40709). However, the licensee partially withdrew the proposed 
change in two separate letters. By letter dated June 23, 2004, the 
licensee withdrew the proposed changes to the notes in SR 3.8.4.7 and 
SR 3.8.4.8 and by letter dated September 27, 2005, the licensee 
withdrew the proposed changes to SRs 3.8.1.9, 3.8.1.10, and 3.8.1.14.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendments dated May 28, 2003, and the licensee's 
letters dated June 23, 2004, and September 27, 2005, which partially 
withdrew the application for license amendments. Documents may be 
examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room 
(PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 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, 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 29th day of September 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mel B. Fields,
Senior Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate IV, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E5-5529 Filed 10-6-05; 8:45 am]
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