[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40626-40627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19637]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-9 (50-267)]


Public Service Company of Colorado, Fort St. Vrain Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Issuance of Amendment to Materials 
License SNM-2504

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 1 to Materials License No. SNM-2504 held by the Public 
Service Company of Colorado (PSC) for the receipt, possession, storage, 
and transfer of spent fuel at the Fort St. Vrain (FSV) Nuclear Power 
Plant site in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), 
located on the high plains in Weld County, Colorado, 55 kilometers (35 
miles) north of Denver, Colorado. The amendment is effective as of the 
date of issuance.
    By applications dated July 21, and August 24, 1994, PSC requested 
amendments to its license for the ISFSI to allow (1) the construction 
of new gas lines for the purpose of repowering the FSV power station 
and (2) the drilling of new gas wells near the ISFSI. These amendments 
are required by ISFSI License Condition 16, which states: No new gas 
or oil pipelines shall be installed within one-half mile of the ISFSI 
without prior approval as evidenced by a license amendment.'' 
Therefore, this amendment allows construction of gas pipelines and new 
wells as described in the PSC applications dated July 21, and August 
24, 1994.
    A safety evaluation report prepared by NRC staff concludes that 
there is reasonable assurance that the public health and safety will 
remain protected by activities authorized by this license amendment and 
that the environmental impact will remain insignificant.
    The Commission has determined that the amendment applications 
comply with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. 
The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and 
the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chap. I, which are set 
forth in the license amendment.
    The Commission has determined that the amendment does not involve 
significant new safety information of a type that differs from any 
evaluated by previous Commission safety review. It does not involve a 
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident. 
It does not involve a significant decrease in a safety margin. Thus, it 
does not involve a significant hazards consideration. Therefore, the 
Commission has determined that the amendment does not present a genuine 
issue as to whether the health and safety of the public will be 
significantly affected and that prior public notice of the amendment is 
not required under 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2). Notice is hereby given of the 
right of interested persons to request a hearing on whether the action 
should be rescinded or modified.
    The Commission has also determined that the issuance of the 
amendment will not result in any significant environmental impact and 
that, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, an environmental assessment need not be 
prepared in connection with issuance of the amendment. In support 
thereof, the Commission has concluded that this revision of the 
Materials License does not involve any changes in the scope or type of 
operations presently authorized by the license. Further, the Commission 
notes that (1) the integrity of the ISFSI is not threatened as a result 
of the activities to be conducted under the amendment, and (2) the work 
authorized under the amendment is to take place within the owner-
controlled area, an area previously disturbed as part of construction 
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decommissioning of FSV as well as the ISFSI. In light of the foregoing, 
this amendment meets the conditions that (i) there is no significant 
change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any 
effluent that may be released offsite, (ii) there is no significant 
increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure, 
(iii) there is no significant construction impact, and (iv) there is no 
significant increase in the potential for, or consequences from 
radiological accidents. Therefore, the categorical exclusion in 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(11) applies and neither an environmental assessment nor an 
environmental impact statement is required for this action.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
amendment applications amendment dated July 21, and August 24, 1994, 
and (2) additional information dated July 12, 1995. These items are 
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document 
Room located at the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, 
and at the Local Public Document Room at the Weld County District 
Public Library, 23rd Avenue Branch, Greeley, Colorado 80631.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 31st day of July 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-19637 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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