[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34465-34466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14794]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-263; NRC-2014-0207]


Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Monticello Nuclear 
Generating Plant

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, 
doing business as Xcel Energy, to withdraw its application dated June 
17, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-22, for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The 
proposed amendment would have revised the required pressure for 
operability of the Alternate Nitrogen System as specified in Technical 
Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.5.1.3.b.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0207 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0207. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document 
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry A. Beltz, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3049, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Northern 
States Power Company--Minnesota (the licensee) to withdraw its 
application dated June 17, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14168A486), for 
a proposed amendment to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, 
located in Wright County, Minnesota.

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    The proposed amendment would have revised the required pressure for 
operability of the Alternate Nitrogen System as specified in Technical 
Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.5.1.3.b.
    The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on 
September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58822), that gave notice that this proposed 
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated 
May 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15149A405), the licensee requested 
to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of June 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Terry A. Beltz,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-1, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-14794 Filed 6-15-15; 8:45 am]
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