[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 146 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39482-39483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19183]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-458]
Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend 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.
NPF-47, issued to Entergy Operations, Inc., (the licensee), for
operation of the River Bend Station, located in West Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the Facility Operating License No.
NPF-47 and Appendix C to the license to reflect the name change from
Gulf States Utilities Company to Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated May 20, 1996.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is to correct the name in the license to
reflect the change which occurred on April 22, 1996. The name change
was made by the licensee to improve customer identification by
establishing the name Entergy in the region that it serves.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed changes
to the license. We agree with the licensee that the name change will
not impact the existing ownership of the River Bend Station (RBS) or
the existing entitlement to power and will not alter the existing
antitrust license conditions applicable to Gulf States Utilities
Company (GSU) or GSU's ability to comply with these conditions or with
any of its other obligations or responsibilities. As stated by the
licensee, ``The corporate existence continues uninterrupted and all
legal characteristics remain the same. Thus, there is no change in the
state of incorporation, registered agent, registered office, directors,
officers, rights or liabilities of the company. Nor is there a change
in the function of the Company or the way in which it does business.
GSU's financial responsibility for RBS and its sources of funds to
support the facility will remain the same.'' Therefore, the change will
not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes
are being made in the types of any effluent 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 not affect nonradiological plant effluent 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.
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Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the
River Bend Station.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on July 17, 1996, the staff
consulted with the Louisiana State official, Dr. Stan Shaw, Assistant
Administrator of the Louisiana Radiation Protection Division of the
Department of Environmental Quality, 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 May 20, 1996, which is
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 Government Documents
Department, Troy H. Middleton Library, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Wigginton,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-1, Division of Reactor
Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-19183 Filed 7-26-96; 8:45 am]
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