[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4956]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304]


Commonwealth Edison Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Amendment to 
Facility Operating Licenses

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted 
the request of Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the licensee) to 
withdraw its November 7, 1996, applications for proposed amendments to 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48, issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 
2, located in Ogle County, Illinois. Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance for these amendments was published in the Federal Register on 
December 18, 1996 (61 FR 66704-05).
    The first proposed amendment would have modified the facility 
technical specification (TS) surveillance requirements from verifying 
greater than or equal to 17 percent steam generator secondary side wide 
range water level to greater than or equal to 17 percent steam 
generator secondary side narrow range water level. The second proposed 
amendment would have changed the TS values for the reduced power range 
neutron flux high setpoint trip that are specified when one or more 
code main steam safety valves are inoperable. The third proposed 
amendment would have clarified the TS operability requirements for the 
residual heat removal loops during core alteration operations. By 
letter dated February 12, 1998, ComEd withdrew the amendment requests 
because they are no longer needed. By letter dated February 13, 1998, 
ComEd certified that they have permanently ceased operations at Zion 
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. Since ComEd has permanently 
ceased operations at Zion Station, the license amendment requests 
submitted on November 7, 1996, are no longer needed.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The three 
applications for amendment dated November 7, 1996, and (2) the staff's 
letter dated February 23, 1998.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commissions Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at 
the Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County Street, Waukegan, Illinois 
60085.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of February 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence W. Rossbach,
Project Manager, Project Directorate III-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-4956 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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