[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48507-48508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22765]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 51
RIN 3150-AG05
Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of
Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses To Include Consideration of
Certain Transportation Impacts, Availability of Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; Notice of availability of supplemental document.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
completion and availability of NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants: Main Report Section 6.3-- `Transportation,' Table 9.1 `Summary
of findings on NEPA issues for license renewal of nuclear power
plants,' Final Report'' (August 1999).
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1 may be obtained by
writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also
available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port
Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also
available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public
Document Room, 2120
[[Page 48508]]
L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Cleary, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3903; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The report provides the technical basis for
the final rule ``Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for
Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses'' that amends
requirements to the Commission's rule in 10 CFR Part 51--Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions.
The NRC staff has completed the analyses of transportation issues
as reported in NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1, which provides the bases
for designating the transportation of high level waste as a Category 1
issue. Addendum 1 would supplement the analysis and amend the findings
and the Category 2 designation for the issue of Transportation in
Section 6.3 and Table 9.1 of NUREG-1437. This report expands the
generic findings about the environmental impacts due to transportation
of fuel and waste to and from a single nuclear power plant.
Specifically, the report adds to findings concerning the cumulative
environmental impacts of convergence of spent fuel shipments on a
single destination, rather than multiple destinations, and the
environmental impact of transportation of higher enriched and higher
burnup spent fuel during the renewal term. The report conclusions would
permit those findings to be used by incorporation by reference in the
environmental review of an application for renewal of an individual
nuclear plant operating license. The results are being codified in 10
CFR Part 51.
Electronic Access
NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1, is also available electronically by
visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear
Materials,'' then ``Business Process Redesign Project,'' then
``Library,'' and then ``NUREG-1437, Volume 1, Addendum 1.''
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, the NRC has determined that this action is not a
major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-22765 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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