[Federal Register: October 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 193)]
[Notices]
[Page 50696-50697]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]
TXU Electric; Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and
2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of amendments to delete the anti-trust conditions contained in
Appendix C to Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89,
issued to TXU Electric (the licensee), for operation of the Comanche
Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, and issuance of
associated conforming and nonconforming license amendments. CPSES,
Units 1 and 2, are located in Somervell and Hood counties, Texas.
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 delete the anti-trust conditions
contained in Appendix C to the FOLs for CPSES, Units 1 and 2. The
licensee has proposed to amend the FOLs to delete anti-trust conditions
in the context of its application for the Commission's consent to
transfer the FOLs to an affiliated generating company.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated June 19, 2001.
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The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed, according to the licensee's
application, in order to, among other things, remove certain
requirements that are no longer necessary following Texas's adoption of
a comprehensive restructuring system.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed license amendments represent administrative
actions which have no effect on plant equipment or operation.
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 NUREG-0775, ``Final Environmental
Statement Related to the Operation of Comanche Peak Steam Electric
Station, Units 1 and 2,'' dated September 1981.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On August 8, 2001, the staff consulted with the Texas State
official, Mr. Arthur Tate of the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of
Radiation Control 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 June 19, 2001. Documents may be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, a 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 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 PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737,
or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of September, 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David H. Jaffe,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate IV, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-24866 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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