[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 38789] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-18918] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306] Northern States Power Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Northern States Power Company (the licensee) to withdraw a portion of its January 9, 1995, application, as supplemented February 7, March 15, March 22, April 3, and April 20, 1995, for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plants, Units 1 and 2, located in Red Wing, Minnesota. The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications to allow the use of an alternate steam generator tube plugging criteria for tubes with degradation in tubesheet roll expansion region. The licensee requested the use of both F* and L* acceptance criteria. The Commission granted the licensee's request for use of the F* acceptance criteria in amendments 118 and 111 issued May 15, 1995. The licensee submitted an application for withdrawal of the L* portion in a letter dated May 3, 1996. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments published in the Federal Register on March 15, 1995 (60 FR 14023). However, by letter dated May 3, 1996, the licensee withdrew the L* portion of the proposed change. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments dated January 9, 1995, and supplemented February 7, March 15, March 22, April 3, and April 20, 1995, and the licensee's letter dated May 3, 1996, which withdrew the application for license amendments. 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 Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science Department, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of July 1996. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Beth A. Wetzel, Project Manager, Project Directorate III-1, Division of Reactor Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 96-18918 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P