[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29749-29750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14276]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-328]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
3; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-38, issued to Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), for 
operation of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, located in 
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-38 to reflect the name change from Louisiana Power & Light Company 
to Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated July 17, 1996.

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The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is to correct the name in the license to 
reflect the change which occurred on April 22, 1996. The name change 
was made by the licensee to improve customer identification by 
establishing the name Entergy in the region that it serves.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and changes to the license. We agree with the licensee that the name 
change will not impact the existing ownership of Waterford Steam 
Electric Station, Unit 3 or the existing entitlement to power and will 
not alter the existing antitrust license conditions applicable to 
Louisiana Power & Light Company (LP&L) or LP&L's ability to comply with 
these conditions or with any of its other obligations or 
responsibilities. As stated by the licensee, ``The corporate existence 
continues uninterrupted and all legal characteristics remain the same. 
Thus, there is no change in the state of incorporation, registered 
agent, registered office, directors, officers, rights or liabilities of 
the company. Nor is there a change in the function of the Company or 
the way in which it does business. LP&L's financial responsibility for 
Waterford 3 and its sources of funds to support the facility will 
remain the same.'' Therefore, 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 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 
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on April 29, 1997, the staff 
consulted with the Louisiana State official, Stan Shaw of the Louisiana 
Radiation Protection Division, 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 17, 1996, 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 University of New Orleans Library, 
Louisiana Collection, Lakefront Drive, New Orleans, LA 70122.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of May, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Beckner,
Director, Project Directorate IV-1, Division of Reactor Projects III/
IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-14276 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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