[Federal Register: August 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 162)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-293]

 
Boston Edison Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for 
Approval of Indirect Transfer of Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted 
the request of Boston Edison Company (BECo) to withdraw its February 3, 
1999, application, as supplemented on May 27, 1999, by BECo for 
approval of the indirect transfer of the Facility Operating License for 
the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim).
    The application was seeking approval of the indirect transfer of 
the Facility Operating License for Pilgrim held by BECo. The indirect 
transfer would have resulted from the planned formation of a new 
holding company, NSTAR, of which Commonwealth Energy System and BEC 
Energy, the parent company of BECo, are to become wholly owned 
subsidiaries. The approval is no longer needed since BECo sold its 
interest in Pilgrim to Entergy Nuclear Generation Company on July 13, 
1999, and no longer holds the license for Pilgrim.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Approval of Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Merger and 
Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register on June 17, 
1999 (64 FR 32556). However, by letter dated July 20, 1999, the 
applicant, through counsel, withdrew the application.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application dated February 3, 1999, as supplemented May 27, 1999, and 
the applicant's letter dated July 20, 1999, which withdrew the 
application for approval of the indirect transfer. 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 Plymouth Public Library, 
132 South Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of August 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alan B. Wang,
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-21793 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]
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