[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25388]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-410]
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC, Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Station, Unit No. 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption from title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Section 54.17(c) for Facility Operating License
No. NPF-69, issued to Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (NMPNS), for
operation of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2 (NMP2) located
in Oswego 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 grant a schedular exemption from the
provision of 10 CFR 54.17(c), which stipulates that a licensee may not
apply for a renewed operating license earlier than 20 years before the
current license expires. The exemption would allow NMPNS to submit a
renewal application for NMP2 earlier than 20 years before expiration of
its operating license.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow NMPNS to submit one application for
renewal of the operating licenses of both nuclear units located at the
site, with the goal of attaining efficiencies for preparation and
review of the application.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the issuance of the proposed exemption will not have a
significant environmental impact. The proposed schedular exemption
pertains solely to the future submission of an application to renew the
NMP2 operating license. It causes no changes to the current design or
operation of NMP2, and imparts no prejudice in the future review of the
application for license renewal.
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 nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does
not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other
environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant
nonradiological 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
NMP2, dated June 1973.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On September 27, 2002, the NRC staff consulted with the New York
State official, Mr. John P. Spath of the New York State 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 January 4, 2002, as supplemented on June 27,
2002. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on
the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact
the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of October 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Peter S. Tam,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-25388 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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