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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281]

 

Virginia Electric and Power Company, Surry Power Station, Units 1 
and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. 
DPR-32 and DPR-37 issued to the Virginia Electric and Power Company 
(the licensee), for operation of the Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2 
located in Surry County, Virginia.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the limitations on concentrations 
of radioactive material released in liquid effluents and the 
limitations on the dose rate resulting from radioactive material 
released in gaseous effluents, and reflect the relocation of the prior 
10 CFR 20.106 requirements to the new 10 CFR 20.1302. These changes are 
in response to the new 10 CFR Part 20. The review of an additional 
item, to revise the definition of ``UNRESTRICTED AREA'', was not 
completed and consequently is not included in the amendment. It will be 
addressed by separate correspondence.

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 Impact of the Proposed Action

    The proposed revision does not change the actual release rates as 
referenced in the Technical Specifications (TS) as a dose rate to the 
maximally exposed number of the public. Therefore, there will be no 
increase in the types or amounts of effluents that may be released 
offsite, nor an increase in individual or cumulative occupational 
radiation exposures. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are 
no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the 
proposed changes.
    With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
changes do not affect nonradiological effluents and have no other 
environmental impact. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there 
are no significant nonradiological impacts associated with the proposed 
changes.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    Since the Commission's staff has concluded that there is no 
significant environmental impact associated with the proposed changes 
to the TS, any alternative to the amendments will have either no 
significantly different environmental impact or greater environmental 
impact. The principal alternative would be to deny the requested 
amendments. This would not reduce environmental impacts as a result of 
plant operation.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in connection with the Final Environmental 
Statement related to the operation of the Surry Power Station, Units 1 
and 2, dated May and June 1972, respectively.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The staff consulted with the State of Virginia regarding the 
environmental impact of the proposed action.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental 
impact statement for the proposed amendments.
    Based on the above environmental assessment, the Commission 
concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect 
on the quality of the human environment.
    For further information with respect to this action, see the 
application dated July 16, 1993, as supplemented November 15, 1993, 
which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC, and at the Swem 
Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of January 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Herbert N. Berkow,
Director, Project Directorate II-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-579 Filed 1-10-94; 8:45 am]
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