[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 82 (Monday, May 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 20396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08734]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-2016-0151]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, 
Units 1 and 2

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 Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to withdraw its 
application dated May 12, 2016, for the proposed amendments to Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 for Diablo Canyon Power Plant 
(DCPP), Units 1 and 2. The proposed amendments would have modified the 
DCPP Technical Specifications (TSs) to adopt Nuclear Energy Institute 
(NEI) 94-01, Revision 2A, ``Industry Guideline for Implementing 
Performance-Based Option of 10 CFR part 50, Appendix J.''

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0151 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-2016-0151. 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 in this document 
(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: Balwant K. Singal, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3016, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of PG&E to 
withdraw its application dated May 12, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML16146A100), for the proposed amendments to Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 for DCPP, Units 1 and 2, located in San Luis 
Obispo County, California.
    The proposed amendments would have modified DCPP, Units 1 and 2, TS 
5.5.16, ``Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program,'' to replace the 
reference to Regulatory Guide 1.163, ``Performance-Based Containment 
Leak-Test Program,'' September 1995 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003740058), 
and 10 CFR part 50, Appendix J, Option B, ``Performance-Based 
Requirements,'' with a reference to NEI 94-01, Revision 2-A, ``Industry 
Guideline for Implementing Performance-Based Option of 10 CFR part 50, 
Appendix J,'' October 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML100620847). In 
addition, the proposed amendments would have modified TS 5.5.16 to 
remove an exception under paragraph 5.16.a.3 for a one-time 15-year 
Type A test interval.
    The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the 
amendment involves no significant hazards determination published in 
the Federal Register on August 2, 2016 (81 FR 50733). However, by 
letter dated March 30, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17089A688), PG&E 
requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of April 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Balwant K. Singal,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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