# Entergy Operations Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1
**AGENCY:**
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
**ACTION:**
License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
**SUMMARY:**
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee) to withdraw its application dated March 23, 2020, for a proposed amendment to River Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend), Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47. The proposed amendment would have extended the implementation date for Amendment No. 197 to upgrade the River Bend Emergency Action Level scheme based on Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 99-01, Revision 6, “Development of Emergency Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors,” from May 13, 2020, to September 30, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on the station.
**DATES:**
May 27, 2020.
**ADDRESSES:**
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0090 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 website:* Go to *https://www.regulations.gov* and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0090. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in *Regulations.gov* to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; email: *[email protected].* For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* section of this document.
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**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Thomas J. Wengert, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4037, email: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The NRC has granted the request of Entergy to withdraw its March 23, 2020, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML20083N719) for a proposed amendment to River Bend, Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
The proposed amendment would have extended the implementation date for Amendment No. 197 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19070A062), which approved a revision to the River Bend Emergency Plan to revise the emergency action level scheme to one based on the NEI document NEI 99-01, Revision 6, “Development of Emergency Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors,” from May 13, 2020, to September 30, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on the station.
This proposed amendment request was noticed in the *Federal Register* on April 2, 2020 (85 FR 18590). Entergy requested to withdraw the request by letter dated April 24, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20115E516).
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated: May 21, 2020.
Thomas J. Wengert,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.