[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14700]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-397]


Washington Public Power Supply System; Notice of Issuance of 
Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 145 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21 issued to 
Washington Public Power Supply System (the Supply System, or the 
licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications for operation of 
the Nuclear Project No. 2, located in Benton County, Washington.
    The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment revised the technical specifications to reflect the 
replacement of the existing reactor recirculation (RRC) flow control 
system with an adjustable speed drive (ASD) system. In addition, the 
proposed technical specification changes will reflect replacement of 
the existing analog-hydraulic flow control system with dual channel, 
variable frequency ASDs and a digital recirculation flow control system 
that would vary RRC flow by varying RRC pump speed.
    The application for 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 are required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license 
amendment.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity 
for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal 
Register on March 4, 1996 (61 FR 8307). No request for a hearing or 
petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice.
    The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to 
the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has 
concluded that the issuance of this amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 26, 1995, as supplemented by 
letters dated March 12, 1996, May 8, 1996, and May 16, 1996, (2) 
Amendment No. 145 to License No. NPF-21, and (3) the Commission's 
related Safety Evaluation and Environmental Assessment. All of these 
items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., and at the Richland Public Library, 
955 Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352. A copy of items (2) 
and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555, Attention: Director, 
Division of Reactor Projects III/IV.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of June 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-14700 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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