[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24983-24984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11856]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-219]
GPU Nuclear Corporation, et al. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating
Station Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
DPR-16, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation, et al. (the licensee), for
operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, located in
Ocean County, New Jersey.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the technical specifications (TSs)
to reflect implementation of the revised 10 CFR part 20 which was
published in the Federal Register on May 21, 1991 (56 FR 23391), and
implemented at Oyster Creek on January 1, 1994.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated November 12, 1996, as supplemented
November 27, 1996.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed in order to retain operational
flexibility consistent with 10 CFR part 50, Appendix I, concurrent with
the implementation of the revised 10 CFR part 20.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that implementation of the proposed action, in regards to
the actual release rates as referenced in the TSs as a dose rate to the
maximally exposed member of the public, will not increase the types or
amounts of effluents that may be released offsite. The change will not
increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are
being made in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite,
and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or
cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the Commission
concludes that there are no significant radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does involve features located entirely within the restricted
area as defined in 10 CFR part 20. It does not affect nonradiological
plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Accordingly, the
Commission concludes that there are no significant nonradiological
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Since the Commission has concluded there is no measurable
environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any
alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be
evaluated. As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff
considered denial of the proposed action. 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
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on April 15, 1997, the staff
consulted with the New Jersey State official, Richard Pinney of the
State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection regarding
the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had
no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission 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 November 12, 1996, as supplemented by letter
dated November 27, 1996, which are available for public inspection at
the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman Building, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room
located at the Ocean County Library, Reference Department, 101
Washington, Street, Toms River, NJ 08753.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of May 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ronald B. Eaton,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate I-3, Division of Reactor
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-11856 Filed 5-6-97; 8:45 am]
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