[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2983]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM-2506 
Northern States Power Company

[Docket 72-10]
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 2 to Materials License No. SNM-2506 held by Northern 
States Power Company (NSPC) for the receipt and storage of spent fuel 
at the Prairie Island independent spent fuel storage installation 
(ISFSI), located in Goodhue County, Minnesota. The amendment is 
effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment request dated October 2, 1995, consists of changes to 
page 6-1 of Appendix A to the license to correct an inconsistency 
between the Prairie Island ISFSI Technical Specifications and the 
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Technical Specifications. The 
amendment eliminates the requirements that the ISFSI Annual Radioactive 
Effluent Release Report be submitted as part of the Nuclear Generating 
Plant Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report. The requirement was 
intended as a convenience since both reports initially had the same due 
date. Subsequently, the due date for the plant report was extended by a 
license amendment for the plant technical specifications. However, the 
ISFSI technical specifications still require that both reports be 
submitted by the original earlier date. By separating the due dates for 
the two reports, the additional time now allowed in the plant technical 
specifications for the submittal of the plant report can be utilized. 
These changes do not affect fuel receipt, handling, and storage safety.
    The amendment complies 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 Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. In 
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), a determination has been made that 
the amendment does not present a genuine issue as to whether the health 
and safety of the public will be significantly affected. Therefore, the 
publication of a notice of proposed action and an opportunity for 
hearing or a notice of hearing is not warranted. 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 determined that the issuance of the amendment 
will not result in any significant environmental impact and that, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), an environmental assessment need not 
be prepared in connection with issuance of the amendment.
    Documents related to this action are available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room at the Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, and at the Local 
Public Document Room at the Minneapolis Public Library, Technology & 
Science Department, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of February 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-2983 Filed 2-9-96; 8:45 am]
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