[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16734]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311]


Public Service Electric and Gas Company; Notice of Issuance of 
Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 196 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-70 and 
Amendment No. 179 to Facility Operating License NPF-75, issued to 
Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G, the license), which 
revised the Technical Specifications for operation of the Salem Nuclear 
Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Salem County, New Jersey. 
The amendments are effective as of the date of issuance, to be 
implemented on each unit prior to entry into Mode 3 from its current 
outage.
    The amendments modified the Technical Specification Table 3.3-5, 
``Engineered Safety Features Response Time,'' to extend the Containment 
Fan Cooler Unit response time from 45 to 60 seconds.
    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 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.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with this 
action was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 1996 (62 
FR 59249). 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 the amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment (62 FR 
26573).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 25, 1996, as supplemented 
December 11, 1996, and January 28, March 27, April 24, June 3, and June 
12, 1997, (2) Amendment No. 196 to License No. DPR-70 and Amendment No. 
179 to License No. DPR-75, (3) the Commission's related Safety 
Evaluation, and (4) the Commission's Environmental Assessment. All of 
these items 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 
Salem Free Public Library, 112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey 08079.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of June 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard N. Olshan,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-16734 Filed 6-25-97; 8:45 am]
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