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[FR Doc No: 94-18850]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-285]

 

Omaha Public Power District, Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1; 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 
50.36a(a)(2) regarding submission of the report of annual radioactive 
liquid and gaseous effluents released to unrestricted areas during the 
previous calendar year to the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD/the 
licensee), for the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, located in 
Washington County, Nebraska.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The proposed action would exempt the licensee from the filing time 
requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) regarding the submission of the 
report of annual radioactive liquid and gaseous effluents released to 
unrestricted areas during the previous calendar year. By letter dated 
May 25, 1994, the licensee requested an exemption from 10 CFR 
50.36a(a)(2) to allow the licensee to change the date specified in the 
technical specifications for submitting this report from March 1 to 
before May 1, starting in 1995. These reports are required by 10 CFR 
50.36a(a)(2) to be submitted at intervals no greater than 12 months. 
Because of the change, the interval between the 1994 and the 1995 
reports will be greater than 12 months.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed exemption is needed to allow the licensee to implement 
the new requirements of the draft Generic Letter regarding the new 10 
CFR part 20 into its Technical Specification (TS) 5.9.4.a. The previous 
TS 5.9.4.a was based on the old requirement that the report be 
submitted within 60 days after January 1 of each year (March 1). 
Approval of the new TS will require this one time exemption to change 
the date of submission from March 1 to any date prior to May 1. This 
exemption will not affect the information required to be submitted for 
the time period the report covers (the previous calendar year's data); 
only the date the report is to be submitted would be changed.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    Our evaluation of the proposed exemption from 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) 
indicates that the granting of the exemption will not affect the 
information required to be submitted or the time period the report 
covers. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no 
measurable radiological or non-radiological environmental impacts 
associated with the proposed exemption.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    Since the Commission has concluded there is no measurable 
environmental impact associated with the proposed exemption, any 
alternatives will have either no environmental impact or will have a 
greater environmental impact. The principal alternative would be to 
deny the requested exemption. This would not reduce the environmental 
impacts attributed to this facility and would result in precluding the 
licensee from changing its TS to be consistent with the new 10 CFR part 
20.

Alternate Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement (FES) for 
the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, dated August 1972.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and consulted with 
the Nebraska State official. The State official had no comments 
regarding the NRC's proposed action.

Findings of No Significant Impact

    The NRC staff has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement for the proposed exemption. Based upon the foregoing 
environmental assessment, the staff concludes that the proposed action 
will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the request 
for exemption dated May 25, 1994, which is available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20555 and at the Local Public Document Room located 
at the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 South 15th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 
68102.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of July 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore R. Quay,
Director, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor Projects III/
IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-18850 Filed 8-2-94; 8:45 am]
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