[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21853]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-247]
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Indian Point
Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of
an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-26, issued to
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., (the licensee), for
operation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 (IP2),
located in Westchester County, New York. Therefore, as required by 10
CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the Technical Specifications (TSs)
to incorporate editorial revisions, clarifications, and corrections.
Specifically, the proposed amendment would: (1) Provide updated
information and corrections to the TS cover page, table of contents,
and list of figures, (2) revise TS 4.5.E, ``Control Room Air Filtration
System,'' to remove an incorrect system test description and provide
consistent test values for system flow rate and filter efficiency, (3)
revise TS 6.2.1.a, ``Facility Management and Technical Support,'' to
reference the Quality Assurance Program Description as the location of
the documentation rather than the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report,
(4) revise TS 6.9.1.7, ``Monthly Operating Report,'' to change the
recipient of the Monthly Operating Report, and (5) correct the
periodicity of the Radioactive Effluent Release Report from semi-annual
to annual in TS 6.15, ``Offsite Dose Calculation Manual'' and TS 6.16,
``Major Changes to Radioactive Liquid, Gaseous and Solid Waste
Systems.'' In addition, the amendment would revise TS Figure 5.1-1B
concerning the indicated vent location associated with Indian Point
Unit 3 (IP3). The labels for the IP3 plant vent and the machine shop
were reversed.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated December 11, 2000.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to make the TSs clearer and
editorially accurate and to correct the system test description and
clarify the test values for the control room air filtration system.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the changes correct editorial errors that currently
exist in the TSs and provide additional clarifications. The proposed
action does not modify the facility or affect the manner in which the
facility is operated.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of
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 have a potential to affect 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 NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the 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
The action does not involve the use of any different resource than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for
IP2, dated September 1972.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On August 21, 2001, the staff consulted with the New York State
official, Mr. John P. Spath of the Energy Research and Development
Authority, 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 NRC concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC 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 December 11, 2000. Documents may be examined,
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publically available records will be accessible
electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web
site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public Electronic Reading Room). If you
do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of August 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Peter S. Tam,
Acting Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate, Division of Licensing
Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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