[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27140-27141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12471]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-267]
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact;
Public Service Company of Colorado Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating
Station
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC) is considering the
issuance of an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w) to
maintain onsite property insurance to the Public Service Company of
Colorado (PSC or the licensee) for the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear
Generating Station (FSV) pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 50.12.
Environmental assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The exemption will delete the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w) for
the licensee to maintain onsite property insurance. FSV is permanently
shut down and all the fuel assemblies are currently stored in an
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI), and the ISFSI is
licensed under 10 CFR Part 72. In addition, decommissioning of FSV is
approximately 65 percent complete, and PSC estimates that the facility
license will be terminated and the facility released for unrestricted
use in 1996.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The exemption is needed to eliminate the requirements of 10 CFR
50.54(w), which are appropriate for an operating plant but are not
needed at the shutdown FSV. Granting the proposed exemption would
reduce unnecessary costs for PSC.
Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action
The proposed action to eliminate the requirements for the licensee
to have in effect and to continue to maintain onsite property insurance
will have no environmental impact because FSV is permanently shut down,
defueled, and 65 percent decommissioned. Thus, the risk of an accident
requiring reactor stabilization or extensive decontamination does not
exist at FSV. In addition, for the worst-case accident at FSV, the
radiological release from the accident is a whole-body dose to an
individual of 8.30 mrem. This dose is considerably less than 1 percent
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ``Protective Action
Guidelines'' dose of 1000 mrem that requires protective action.
The requested exemption would not authorize construction or
operation, would not authorize a change in licensed activities, and
would not effect changes in the permitted types or amounts of
radiological effluent. With regard to potential nonradiological
impacts, the NRC concludes that no measurable radiological or
nonradiological impacts are associated with the exemption.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Because the NRC concluded that there are no significant
environmental effects [[Page 27141]] that would result from the
proposed action, alternatives need not be evaluated.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for FSV.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The license initiated this exemption, and the NRC staff is
reviewing its request. The State of Colorado was notified of the
proposed exemption. State Officials had no comments on the exemption.
Finding of No Significant Impact
NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement
for the proposed exemption.
Based on this environmental assessment, the staff concludes that
the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality
of the human environment.
For further details on this action, see the licensee's application
dated February 16, 1995, which is available for public inspection at
the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC
20037, and at the local public document room at the Weld Library
District.--Downtown Branch, 919 7th Street, Greeley, CO 80631.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May, 1995.
Michael F. Weber,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-12471 Filed 5-19-95; 8:45 am]
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