[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5808-5809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3256]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370]


Duke Power Company, McGuire Nuclear 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 amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-9 and NPF-17, issued to Duke Power Company (the licensee), for 
operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, located in Mecklenburg 
County, North Carolina.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the current combined Technical 
Specifications for Unit 1 and Unit 2 by separating them into individual 
volumes for each unit.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendments dated July 18, 1994, as supplemented by 
letter dated October 9, 1995.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would facilitate Technical Specification 
changes when it was required to be done separately for each unit. This 
would especially be important when, for a period of time, Unit 1 will 
have different steam generators than Unit 2.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that the changes proposed by the licensee are 
administrative in nature and have no nonradiological or radiological 
environmental significance.
    The change will not increase the probability or consequences of 
accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that 
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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 involve features located entirely within the restricted 
area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. It 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.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the 
McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

    In accordance with its stated policy, on January 4, 1996, the staff 
consulted with the North Carolina official, Mr. J. James of the 
Division of Radiation Protection, North Carolina Department of 
Environment, Health and Natural Resources, 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 the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated July 18, 1994, as supplemented by letter dated 
October 9, 1995, which are 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 Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC 
Station), North Carolina.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of February 1996.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eugene V. Imbro,
Acting Director, Project Directorate II-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-3256 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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