Northeast Nuclear Energy Co.; Withdrawal of Application for Amendment To Facility Operating License

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-423]

Northeast Nuclear Energy Co.; Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment To Facility Operating License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted

the request of Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (the licensee) to

withdraw its June 30, 1997, application for proposed amendment to

Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 for the Millstone Nuclear Power

Station, Unit 3, located in New London County, Connecticut.

Technical Specifications 4.6.1.1, 3/4.6.1.2, and 3/4.6.1.3 require

the testing of the containment to verify leakage limits at a specified

test pressure. The proposed amendment would have (1) modified the list

of valves that can be opened in Modes 1 through 4, (2) added a footnote

on procedure controls, (3) removed a footnote on Type A testing, and

(4) made editorial changes to the Technical Specifications and

associated Bases sections.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 30,

1997 (62 FR 40854). However, by letter dated October 7, 1997, the

licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the

application for amendment dated June 30, 1997, and the licensee's

letter dated October 7, 1997, which withdrew the application for

license amendment. The above documents are available for public

inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public

document room located at the Learning Resources Center, Three Rivers

Community-Technical College, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich,

Connecticut, and the Waterford Library, ATTN: Vince Juliano, 49 Rope

Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 15th day of October 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Stephen Dembek,

Project Manager, Special Projects Office--Licensing Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98-5528 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]

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