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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No. 50-397Washington Public Power Supply System; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted a request by Washington Public Power Supply System (the licensee) to withdraw its July 17, 1998, application for an exigent amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21, issued to the licensee for operation of the Nuclear Project No. 2 (WNP-2), located in Benton County, Washington. The request for withdrawal of the subject amendment was made by the licensee in a letter dated August 13, 1998. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the Federal Register on July 24, 1998 (63 FR 39913).

The July 17, 1998, exigent amendment application was in response to a Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) that was issued by the NRC staff on July 17, 1998, for WNP-2. The technical specification (TS) change would have authorized the licensee to conduct TS Surveillance 3.8.4.8 (performance test) in lieu of TS Surveillance 3.8.4.7 (service test) for the WNP-2 Division 2 Class 1E 125 VDC battery on a one-time basis. Since WNP-2 occurred an outage of sufficient duration that would allow them to perform the surveillance, the change to the TS is no longer required.

For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for exigent amendment dated July 17, 1998, as supplemented by letter dated July 28, 1998, and (2) the staff's letter dated August 25, 1998.

These 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 Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of August 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Chester Poslusny, Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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