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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-346]

 

Toledo Edison Company, et al.; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, 
Unit No. 1; 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-3, issued to the Toledo Edison Company, Centerior Service Company, 
and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (the licensees), for 
operation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1, located 
in Ottawa County, Ohio.

Environmental Assessment

Indentification of Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the operating license to reflect 
the proposed merger of the Toledo Edison Company into the Cleveland 
Electric Illuminating Company. These companies are currently wholly 
owned subsidiaries of the Centerior Energy Corporation. As described in 
the application, the company formed from the merger is intended to be 
renamed. The name of the combined operating company has yet to be 
determined (hereinafter referred to as ``NEWCO'') and the licensees 
indicate it will be provided by supplemental letter. The proposed 
amendment would (1) replace the Toledo Edison Company and Cleveland 
Electric Illuminating Company with NEWCO as a licensee, (2) designate 
NEWCO as owner of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, and (3) 
make other associated changes to the license as indicated in the 
amendment application. Centerior Service Company would be unaffected by 
the amendment and would remain in a licensee.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's amendment 
application dated June 6, 1994.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action in the form of an amendment application is 
needed to reflect the result of the proposed merger of the Toledo 
Edison Company into the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. This 
action is also intended to maximize the operating efficiencies of the 
two affiliated companies.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that there will be no changes to the facility or to the 
operating, maintenance, engineering or other nuclear-related personnel 
as a result of the proposed merger and license amendment. The proposed 
merger would not change the technical qualifications and 
responsibilities of personnel. All of the Toledo Edision Company 
personnel in the Davis-Besse organization would be transferred to NEWCO 
upon completion of the merger. This organization would continue to 
report to Centerior Service Company. After the merger, NEWCO and 
Centerior Service Company would be required to continue to operate, 
manage, and maintain the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in 
accordance with the conditions and requirements of the NRC. No changes 
resulting from merger are expected with regard to the following: lines 
on authority and responsibility, essential nuclear support functions 
provided to Davis-Besse, effectiveness of the organization, priorities 
and ongoing plant improvement projects, technical qualifications, and 
corporate financial resources presently available in support of Davis-
Besse operations.
    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 impact associated with the proposed action.
    With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not affect the 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 that there is no measurable 
environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any 
alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be 
evaluated. The principal alternative to the action would be to deny the 
request. Such action would not enhance the protection of the 
environmental and would result in the Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-3 not appropriately reflecting the effect of the merger.

Alternate Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the 
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, documented in NUREG-75/097 
(October 1975).

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The NRC staff consulted with the Ohio State Official 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 of the 
proposed action.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated June 6, 1994, which is 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 University of Toledo Library, 
Documents Department, 2801 Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of July 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jon B. Hopkins,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-17611 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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