[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27946]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Duke Energy Corporation, et al.; Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 
Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 173 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 and 
Amendment No. 165 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-52 issued to 
Duke Energy Corporation, et al. (the licensee), which revised the 
Technical Specifications for operation of the Catawba Nuclear Station, 
Units 1 and 2, located in York County, South Carolina. The amendments 
are effective as of the date of issuance and shall be implemented by 
January 31, 1999.
    The amendments implement a full conversion of the Catawba Nuclear 
Station Technical Specifications (TS) to a set of TS based upon NUREG-
1431, ``Standard Technical Specifications--Westinghouse Plants,'' 
Revision 1, April 1995, and on guidance provided in the Commission's 
``Final Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for 
Nuclear Power Reactors,'' published on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), and 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.36, as amended 
July 19, 1995 (60 FR 36953). The amendments also grant requests for the 
following additional ITS items: (a) May 6, 1998 (63 FR 25106); (b) May 
20, 1998 (63 FR 27760); and (c) July 29, 1998 (63 FR 40553). In 
addition, the amendments add license conditions to Appendix D (Unit 1 
and Unit 2) of the operating licenses that require (1) the relocation 
of certain requirements to licensee-controlled documents, and (2) the 
first performance of new and revised surveillance requirements for the 
new improved TS to be related to the implementation date of the 
improved TS. The implementation of the amendments and the license 
conditions will be completed by January 31, 1999, as stated in the 
amendments.
    The application for the amendments comply 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 
amendments.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility 
Operating Licenses and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with 
this action was published in the Federal Register on July 14, 1997 (62 
FR 37628). 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 amendments will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment (63 FR 
49139, September 14, 1998).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendments dated May 27, 1997, as supplemented by 
letters dated March 9, March 20, April 20, June 3, June 24, July 7, 
July 21, August 5, September 8, and September 15, 1998, (2) Amendment 
No. 173 to License No. NPF-35 and Amendment No. 165 to License No. NPF-
52, (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 York County Library, 138 East Black 
Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Peter S. Tam,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate II-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-27946 Filed 10-16-98; 8:45 am]
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