[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18163]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-354]


Public Service Electric and Gas Company; Hope Creek Generating 
Station; 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-57, issued to Public Service Electric and Gas Company (the 
licensee), for operation of the Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS), 
located in Salem County, New Jersey.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would correct typographical and editorial 
errors in the HCGS Technical Specifications (TSs) in accordance with 
the licensee's application for amendment dated May 24, 1999, as 
supplemented June 21, 1999.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would provide clarity and administrative 
correctness to the TSs.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that the changes to the TSs are administrative in nature. 
The proposed action does not affect the assessment of environmental 
impacts described in the ``Final Environmental Statement related to the 
operation of Hope Creek Generating Station'' (NUREG-1074).
    The proposed action will not increase the probability or 
consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no 
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. 
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts 
associated with the proposed action.
    With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect non-
radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. 
Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental 
impacts associated with the proposed action.
    Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered 
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``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 alterative 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 
HCGS.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on June 8,1999, the staff 
consulted with the New Jersey State official, Mr. Richard Pinney of the 
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the 
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no 
comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of 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 May 24, 1999, as supplemented by letter dated 
June 21, 1999, which 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 Pennsville Public Library, 190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 
08070.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of July 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard B. Ennis,
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-18163 Filed 7-15-99; 8:45 am]
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