[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26207]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388]


Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Allegheny Electric 
Cooperative, Inc. Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. 
NPF-14 and NPF-22, issued to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (the 
licensee), for operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station 
(SSES), Units 1 and 2, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed

    The proposed action would revise Facility Operating Licenses Nos. 
NPF-14 and NPF-22, to reflect the change in the licensee's name from 
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company to PP&L, Inc.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated April 23, 1998.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed to have the licenses accurately 
reflect the new legal name of the licensee.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed changes 
to the licenses. There will be no impact on the status of the Operating 
Licenses (OLs) or the continued operation of the SSES, since the 
proposed changes are solely administrative in nature. The proposed 
changes update the OLs so that references to the licensee's name will 
be consistent with the new corporate name, PP&L, Inc., of the licensee.
    The proposed changes are administrative in nature and will not 
increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are 
being made in the types or amounts of any effluents that may be 
released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable 
occupational or public 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 
changes are administrative in nature and do not involve any physical 
features of the plant. Thus, the proposed changes do not affect 
nonradiological plant effluents and have 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 significant 
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 (no-action alternative). 
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 SSES, 
Units 1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on August 21, 1998, the staff 
consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Mr. M. Maingi of the 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau, Division of 
Nuclear Safety, 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 April 23, 1998, 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 Osterhout Free Library, Reference 
Department, 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 19464.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of September 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor Nerses,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-26207 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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