[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39973-39974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19197]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]


Texas Utilities Electric Company; Comanche Peak Steam Electric 
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 an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-87 and NPF-89, issued to Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU 
Electric, the licensee), for operation of the Comanche Peak Steam 
Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, located in Somervell County, 
Texas.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The proposed amendment would consist of revisions to 10 CFR part 20 
references to recognize the new section numbers, revise definitions to 
ensure consistency with 10 CFR part 20, and change administrative 
controls for reporting and recordkeeping to maintain compliance with 
the new 10 CFR part 20. The changes 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 licensee's application for amendment dated August 
12, 1994, implementing the new 10 CFR part 20.

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 Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action, 
in regard to the actual release rates as referenced in the Technical 
Specifications as a dose rate to the maximally exposed member of the 
public, and concludes that 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 impacts associated with 
the proposed action.
    With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not affect 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 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 
CPSES, Units 1 and 2, dated October 1989.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on July 20, 1995, the staff 
consulted with the Texas State official, Mr. Arthur Tate of the Texas 
Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, 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 this action, see the 
application for amendment dated August 12, 1994, 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 University of Texas at Arlington Library, 
Government Publications/Maps, 702 College, P.O. Box 19497, Arlington, 
TX 76019.

    Dated Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chandu P. Patel,
Project Manager, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-19197 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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