[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29461-29462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14242]


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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. to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21 issued to 
Washington Public Power Supply System (the licensee), for operation of 
the Washington Nuclear Project No. 2 (WNP-2), located in Benton County, 
Washington.
    The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment revises the maximum yield strength for emergency core 
cooling system suction strainer materials listed in the WNP-2 Final 
Safety Analysis Report (FSAR).
    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 and Opportunity 
for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal 
Register on April 21, 1998 (63 FR 19758). 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

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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 the action see (1) the 
application for amendment dated April 16, 1998, as supplemented by 
letters dated April 28, 1998, and May 8, 1998. (2) Amendment No. 153 to 
Facility Operating 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, The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and 
at the local public document room located at the Richland Public 
Library, 955 Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of May 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chester Poslusny,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-14242 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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