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[FR Doc No: 94-2392]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to the OMB for review the 
following proposal for the collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. chapter 
35).

1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information collection: Reactor Operator and Senior 
Reactor Operator Licensing Training and Requalification Programs.
3. The form number if applicable: N/A.
4. How often the collection is required: Upon request by the NRC.
5. Who will be required or asked to report: Power and non-power reactor 
licensees.
6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 8 for power reactors 
and 4 for non-power reactors.
7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed to complete the 
requirement or request: 32 hours annually for power reactors 
(approximately 4 hours per response) and 2 hours annually for non-power 
reactors (approximately 0.5 hours per response). There is an overall 
reduction of 358 hours (3.3 hours per licensee) because licensees will 
no longer submit material for NRC preparation of requalification 
examinations.
8. An indication of whether section 3504(h), Public Law 96-511 applies: 
Not applicable.
9. Abstract: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its 
regulations at 10 CFR part 55 to: (1) Delete the prerequisite for 
license renewal that each licensed operator pass a comprehensive 
requalification written examination and an operating test conducted by 
the NRC during the term of the operator's 6-year license, (2) require 
facility licensees to submit upon request copies of each annual 
operating test or comprehensive written examination used for operator 
requalification to the NRC for review, and (3) amend the ``Scope'' 
provisions of the regulations pertaining to operators' licenses to 
include facility licensees. This information is needed to monitor 
licensed operator performance and to support the Commission's 
inspection program. It is concluded that these amendments will result 
in a substantial increase in the overall protection of public health 
and safety.

    Copies of the submittal may be inspected or obtained for a fee from 
the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC 20555.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer: Troy 
Hillier, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, (3150-0018 and 
3150-0101), NEOB-3019, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278]

Philadelphia Electric Co., et al.; Notice of Issuance of 
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 Nos. 
DPR-44 and DPR-56, issued to the Philadelphia Electric Company, et al. 
(the licensee), for operation of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 
Units 2 and 3, located in York County, Pennsylvania.

Summary of Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The proposed amendment would consist of changes to the Peach Bottom 
Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3, operating licenses DPR-44 and DPR-
56, respectively, to extend the expiration dates of the operating 
licenses from January 31, 2008 to August 8, 2013 and July 2, 2014, 
respectively. The amendments are in response to the licensee's 
application dated May 21, 1992. The revised dates provide for a 
licensed operating period of 40 years from issuance of the respective 
unit operating license. The Commission's staff has prepared an 
environment assessment of the proposed action, ``Environmental 
Assessment by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Related to the 
Change in the Expiration Date of Facility Operating Licenses DPR-44 and 
DPR-56, Philadelphia Electric Company, Public Service Electric and Gas 
Company, Delmarva Power and Light Company, Atlantic City Electric 
Company, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3,'' dated 
January 24, 1994.
    The NRC staff has reviewed the potential environmental impact of 
the proposed change in the expiration dates of the operating licenses 
for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom, 
Units 2 and 3). The staff reviewed the ``Final Environmental Statement 
Related to Operation of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 
3,'' dated April 1973 (FES) and the information provided in the 
licensee's May 21, 1992 license amendment application to determine if 
any significant environmental impacts, other than those previously 
considered, would be associated with the proposed license extension.

Radiological Impact

    The NRC staff concludes that, although the population in the 
vicinity of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station has increased, the 
population growth was less than projections provided in the FES. Based 
on updated census information and updated population growth estimates, 
the existing FES is expected to remain bounding with respect to 
population projections.
    Station radiological effluents to unrestricted areas during normal 
operation have been well within Commission regulations regarding ``as 
low as reasonably achievable'' (ALARA) limits and are expected to 
remain within ALARA limits. Based on the continued operation of 
existing liquid and gaseous radwaste treatment systems coupled with the 
current radiological monitoring program, the NRC staff anticipates 
liquid and gaseous effluent doses during the period covered by the 
requested amendment will remain a fraction of the 10 CFR part 50, 
Appendix I, limits and will not adversely impact the environment.
    With regard to normal plant operation, occupational radiation 
exposures to personnel have decreased as a result of recent plant 
improvements. Further reductions in radiation dose rates are expected 
as a result of the ALARA program.
    Accordingly, the NRC staff concludes that, as a result of the 
license extension, the radiological impact on the general public would 
not increase over that previously evaluated in the FES and the 
occupational exposure will be at least consistent with the industry 
average and in accordance with 10 CFR Part 20.
    The NRC staff has in the past concluded that the environmental 
impacts associated with the uranium fuel cycle are very small when 
compared with the dose commitments resulting from natural background 
sources.
    The environmental impacts attributable to transportation of fuel 
and waste to and from Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, with respect 
to normal conditions of transport and possible accidents in transport, 
would be founded as set forth in Summary Table S-4 of 10 CFR 51.52. The 
values in Table S-4 would continue to represent the contribution of 
transportation to the environmental costs associated with reactor 
operation.

Nonradiological Impacts

    The NRC staff has concluded that the proposed extension would not 
cause a significant increase in the nonradiological impact to the 
environment and would not change any conclusions previously reached by 
the NRC staff.

Alternate Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of resources not previously 
considered in the FES.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

    The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and contacted the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Radiation Protection, which had 
no objection to the proposed license extension.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    The NRC staff has reviewed the proposed change to the expiration 
dates of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 operating 
licenses relative to the requirements set forth in 10 CFR part 51. 
Based on the environmental assessment, the Commission concluded that 
there are no significant radiological or nonradiological impacts 
associated with the proposed action and that the proposed license 
amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the 
human environment. Therefore, the Commission has determined, pursuant 
to 10 CFR 51.31, not to prepare an environmental impact statement for 
the proposed amendment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) The 
application for amendment dated May 21, 1992; (2) the ``Final 
Environmental Statement Related to Operation of Peach Bottom Power 
Station, Units 2 and 3,'' issued April 1973; and (3) the Environmental 
Assessment dated January 24, 1994.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20555 and at the local public document room located 
at the State Library of Pennsylvania, (Regional Depository) Government 
Publications Section, Education Building, Walnut Street and 
Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17105.


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of January 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles L. Miller,
Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-2392 Filed 2-2-94; 8:45 am]
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