[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2133]
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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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