[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20398]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Texas Utilities Electric Company
[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]


Comanche Peak 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 license amendments to Facility Operating 
Licenses Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89, issued to Texas Utilities Electric 
Company (TU Electric, or the licensee), for operation of the Comanche 
Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, located in 
Somervell County, Texas.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would change the licenses to reflect the change 
of the name of the CPSES licensee from ``Texas Utilities Electric 
Company.''

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed to accurately reflect the legal name 
of the licensee. The CPSES licensee has already changed its name for 
business purposes.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that the proposed action is solely administrative in 
nature and 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 nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect 
nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. 
Therefore, there are no significant nonradiological 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 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 CPSES, 
Units 1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on June 24, 1999, the staff 
consulted with the Texas State official, Arthur C. Tate, of the Texas 
Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, 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 application dated May 14, 1999, 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 University of Texas at Arlington Library, 
702 College, P.O. Box 19497, Arlington, Texas.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Gramm,
Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate IV and Decommissioning Division 
of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-20398 Filed 8-6-99; 8:45 am]
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