[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8146-8147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3947]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-302]


Florida Power Corporation, et al. (Crystal River, Unit 3); 
Correction of Exemption

I

    The Florida Power Corporation, et. al. (FPC or the licensee) is the 
holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-72, which authorizes 
operation of Crystal River Unit 3. The license provides that the 
licensee is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) now or hereafter in 
effect.

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    The facility consists of a pressurized-water reactor at the 
licensee's site located in Citrus County, Florida.

II

    With respect to certain generic issues for facilities operating 
prior to January 1, 1979, except to the extent set forth in 10 CFR 
50.48(b), 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, sets forth fire protection 
features required to satisfy general design Criterion 3 of the 
Commission's regulations. On October 29, 1997, the NRC granted to the 
licensee an exemption from certain of these requirements. By letter 
dated March 25, 1998, as revised March 27, 1998, the licensee informed 
the NRC that the exemption contained errors primarily regarding the 
designations of fire zones and fire areas and requested that the 
exemption be reissued to correct the errors.

III

    The NRC has reviewed the proposed corrections submitted by the 
licensee and concludes that the requested corrections to the exemption 
are appropriate. The specific corrections are as follows:
    1. In Section III, page 3, change lines 5 and 6 to read ``* * * 
auxiliary building fire zones AB-95-3B and G, AB-119-6A (elevations 95 
and 119) and the intermediate building fire zones IB-119-201A and IB-
119-201B (elevation 119).'' In Section IV, page 9, change lines 3 and 4 
to read ``* * * fire zones AB-95-3B and G, AB-119-6A (elevations 95 and 
119) and the intermediate building fire zones IB-119-201A and IB-119-
201B (elevation 119), would provide. * * *'' A fire zone is a subpart 
of a fire area and is designated by the addition of a letter 
identifier. Thus, fire zone AB-95-3B is a part of fire area AB-95-3. 
The staff inadvertently used the terminology for a fire area when 
listing the fire zones for which an exemption had been requested, and 
thus the correction to change the wording to fire zone is appropriate. 
In addition, in the list of fire zones for which the exemption applied, 
the staff inadvertently omitted fire zone IB-119-201B. An exemption for 
this fire zone was requested by the licensee, was discussed in the 
Safety Evaluation (SE) supporting the exemption, and approved by the 
staff. Therefore, correcting the wording to include fire zone IB-119-
201B in the list of fire zones is appropriate.
    2. In Section III, page 3, change the 5th line from bottom of page 
to read, ``Auxiliary building hallway AB-95-3B.'' Due to a 
typographical error the fire zone identification for the auxiliary 
building hallway was identified as AB-95-3BA. The correct designation 
is AB-95-3B.
    3. In Section III, page 5, change line 1 to read ``Auxiliary 
building hallway AB-119-6A.'' The discussion of fire zone AB-119-6A was 
inadvertently labeled as AB-95-3G. Fire zone AB-AB-95-3G was discussed 
in the previous paragraph of the SE. The description of the fire zone 
in this paragraph is for fire zone AB-119-6A. Therefore, the change to 
accurately reflect the correct fire zone is appropriate.
    4. In Section III, page 5, change the 8th line from bottom of page 
to read ``This zone connects the industrial cooler room to the 
auxiliary building. * * *'' Fire zone IB-119-201A is a corridor which 
connects the industrial cooler room to the auxiliary building. Due to a 
typographical error, the words were transposed to read industrial room 
cooler. Therefore, the correction of the wording is appropriate.

IV

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission hereby corrects 
the specific exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III. G, 
granted on October 29, 1997, for Crystal River Unit 3, as reflected 
above.

    This Correction of Exemption is effective upon issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of February 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel J. Collins,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-3947 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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