[Federal Register: January 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 19)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-508]

 
Washington Public Power Supply System, Washington Nuclear Project 
Unit 3; Order Revoking Construction Permit No. CPPR-154

    Construction Permit No. CPPR-154 issued to Washington Public Power 
Supply System (the Supply System) on April 11, 1978, authorized the 
construction of the Washington Nuclear Project Unit 3 (WNP-3) located 
at the Satsop site, approximately 5 miles south of the town of Elma in 
Grays Harbor County, Washington. On November 2, 1984 and March 10, 
1986, the Supply System filed timely requests to extend the completion 
date to July 1, 1999, which request was granted on May 16, 1998. The 
Supply System also held a second construction permit, CPPR-155, issued 
on April 11, 1978, for the construction of WNP-5 on the same site as 
Unit 3. The NRC allowed the construction permit for Unit 5 to expire, 
with the responsibility for site restoration to be subsumed under the 
construction permit for WNP-3.
    On March 28, 1995, the Supply System submitted a site restoration 
plan, for WNP-1 and WNP-3, as well as for the previously terminated 
projects, WNP-4 and WNP-5. In a letter dated June 15, 1998, the Supply 
System submitted additional information concerning the termination of 
the construction permit for WNP-3 (the Satsop site).
    On August 16, 1996, the Supply System filed a motion for withdrawal 
of application for an operating license (OL) and for termination of the 
proceeding before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB). On 
October 16, 1996, the ASLB issued an order granting the motion, and 
noted that the NRC staff would terminate the construction permit. 44 
NRC 134 (1996). The staff conducted an inspection to verify that the 
Supply System has maintained the site in an environmentally stable 
condition and that the facilities are not capable of being operated as 
utilization facilities (Inspection Report No. 50-508/98-201 dated 
November 2, 1998). An Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 
1999 (64 FR 1644).
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the 
revocation of this construction permit will have no significant impact 
on the environment.
    For the reasons given above, it is hereby ordered that Construction 
Permit No. CPPR-154 is terminated. This order is effective upon its 
date of issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of January 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel J. Collins,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-2133 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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