[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64063-64064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30609]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318]
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc., Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an exemption to Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-53 and DPR-69, issued to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.
(CCNPPI, the licensee), for operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1
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and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action is a one-time exemption from the requirements
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50,
Appendix E, Items IV.F.2.b and c regarding conduct of a full-
participation exercise of the onsite and offsite emergency plans every
2 years. Under the proposed exemption, the licensee would reschedule
the exercise originally scheduled for September 25, 2001, and complete
the exercise requirements by September 31, 2002.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for an exemption dated September 28, 2001.
The Need for the Proposed Action
10 CFR part 50, Appendix E, Items IV.F.2.b and c requires each
licensee at each site to conduct an exercise of its onsite and offsite
emergency plan every 2 years. Federal agencies (the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the onsite exercise portion and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the offsite exercise portion)
observe these exercises and evaluate the performance of the licensee,
State and local authorities having a role under the emergency plan.
The licensee had initially planned to conduct an exercise of its
onsite and offsite emergency plan on September 25, 2001, within the
required 2-year interval. However, because of consideration for
increased security risk due to ingress and egress of personnel during
the current period of heightened security, and consideration that
activities associated with the exercise could create undue public
alarm, the licensee has decided to postpone the exercise.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed action involves an administrative activity
(a schedular change in conducting an exercise) unrelated to plant
operations.
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 offsite, 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 NRC 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
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for
the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On October 9, 2001, the staff consulted with the Maryland State
official, Mr. Richard McLean of the Maryland State Department of
Natural Resources, 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 September 28, 2001, which is available for
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically
from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web site,
http:\\www.nrc.gov (the Electronic Reading Room).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of December 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donna Skay,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-30609 Filed 12-10-01; 8:45 am]
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