[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60463-60464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29050]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et al.; Millstone Nuclear Power 
Station, Unit No. 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact

[Docket No. 50-423]
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-49, issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO or the 
licensee), for operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 
No. 3 (MP3), located in New London County, Connecticut.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action:

    The proposed action would correct existing editorial and 
typographical errors in the Technical Specifications (TS). Each 
proposed change has been verified to meet the intent of what was 
originally proposed by NNECO and approved by the NRC in previously 
processed amendments to the TS. These changes are purely administrative 
and do not impact the operation of the facility. The proposed changes 
are summarized below.
    1. TS 3.8.3.2--Change 3.8.3.2.b.4.1 to 3.8.3.2.b.4.a.
    2. TS 4.6.2.1.a.1 and TS 4.6.2.2.a--Add the word ``that'' after the 
words ``flow path.''
    3. TS 4.8.1.1.2.i--Change TS 4.8.1.1.2.i.1 to TS 4.8.1.1.2.i.
    4. TS 4.9.12--Change TS 4.9.12 to TS 4.9.12.1.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated August 5, 1999.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    Changes to TS 3.8.3.2 and TS 4.9.12 are needed to correct 
sequential numbering in the TS. Changes to TS

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4.6.2.1.a.1 and TS 4.6.2.2.a are needed to address a TS modification 
that was previously approved by the NRC in Amendment 50. The word 
``that'' was inadvertently omitted from these TS Sections when 
Amendments 100 and 122 were approved. The change to TS 4.9.12 is needed 
to clarify that there is only one surveillance requirement in this 
paragraph.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that the modifications to the TS are administrative in 
nature.
    The proposed action will not increase the probability or 
consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no 
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. 
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts 
associated with the proposed action.
    With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect non-
radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. 
Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental 
impacts associated with the proposed action.
    Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered 
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). 
Denial of the application would result in no change in current 
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action 
and the alternative action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in the ``Final Environmental Statement Related to 
the Operation of Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3,'' dated 
December 1984 (NUREG-1064).

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on August 19, 1999, the staff 
consulted with the Connecticut State official, Mr. Denny Galloway of 
the Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental 
impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the environmental assessment, the Commission 
concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect 
on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission 
has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the 
proposed action.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated August 5, 1999, which is 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 rooms located at the Learning Resources Center, Three Rivers 
Community-Technical College, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, 
Connecticut, and the Waterford Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, 
Connecticut.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John A. Nakoski, Sr.
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-29050 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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