[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13520-13521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7408]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-30]


Wisconsin Electric Power Company; Point Beach Nuclear Plant; 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of amendments to the licenses and Technical 
Specifications for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Facility Operating License Nos. 
DPR-24 and DPR-27, respectively, issued to Wisconsin Electric Power 
Company, the licensee).

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would reflect the change in the name of the 
licensee from Wisconsin Electric Power Company to Wisconsin Energy 
Company.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment of the facility operating license dated 
October 23, 1995.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed to properly reflect corporate 
administrative changes in the license and Technical Specifications.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is administrative in nature only and will have 
no effect on the operation or maintenance of the facility whatsoever. 
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

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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 Point 
Beach.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on March 11, 1996, the staff 
consulted with the Wisconsin State official, Ms. Sarah Jenkins, of the 
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, 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 October 23, 1995, 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 Joseph P. Mann Library, 1516 Sixteenth 
Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of March 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gail H. Marcus,
Director Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor Projects--III/
IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-7408 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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