[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46630-46631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21857]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0296]


Exelon Corporation and NRG South Texas LP; Notice of Withdrawal 
of Application for Indirect Transfer of Control of Facility Operating 
Licenses South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission, NRC) has 
granted the request of Exelon Corporation (the applicant, Exelon) to 
withdraw its January 29, 2009, application, as supplemented by letter 
dated March 18, 2009, for the proposed indirect transfer of control of 
the following Facility Operating Licenses:

NRG South Texas LP (NRG South Texas) Units:
    South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon Generation Company) Units:
    Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-72 and NPF-77;

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    Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-
37 and NPF-66;
    Clinton Power Station, Facility Operating License No. NPF-62;
    Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-2 and Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 
and DPR-25;
    LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License 
Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18;
    Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85;
    Oyster Creek Generating Station, Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-16;
    Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-12 and Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56;
    Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30;
    Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75;
    Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-50; and
    Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating 
License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48.

    The application sought NRC's consent to the indirect transfer of 
control of the NRC licenses for NRG South Texas' 44 percent ownership 
interest in STP, Units 1 and 2, and to the extent required, the Exelon 
Generation Company facilities' licenses as described in Exelon's 
January 29, 2009, application and supplemental letter dated March 18, 
2009. As described in the application, the indirect transfer of STP 
would have occurred in connection with Exelon's plan to acquire control 
of NRG South Texas' parent, NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG), through a tender 
offer. A Notice of Hearing has not been issued subject to the 
application. This action relates to application for indirect transfer 
of control of licenses of STP, Units 1 and 2. The action related to 
Exelon's application for indirect transfer of Exelon Generation 
Company's units listed above is addressed in a separate action.
    The Commission had previously issued Notice of Consideration of 
Approval of Application regarding proposed merger of NRG Energy, Inc. 
and Exelon Corporation published in the Federal Register on July 9, 
2009 (74 FR 32967). However, by letter dated July 30, 2009, the 
applicant withdrew its application.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application dated January 29, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated 
March 18, 2009, the licensee's letter dated July 30, 2009, which 
withdrew the application, and the Commission's separate action for 
Exelon Generation Company's units, which is being published in the 
Federal Register in parallel with this action.
    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 O1 F21, 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, 
http://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, or 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of September 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohan C. Thadani,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-21857 Filed 9-9-09; 8:45 am]
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