[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13339-13340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6041]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

DOCKET NO. 50-289


Amergen Energy Company, LLC; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, 
Unit 1, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-50, 
issued to AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, (the licensee), for operation of 
the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1), located in 
Dauphin County, PA.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would modify the operating license to delete an 
already completed license condition on reporting of aircraft movement; 
and delete reference to specific amendment and revision numbers for the 
Final Safety Analysis Report, Environmental Report, Modified Amended 
Physical Security Plan, Security Personnel Training and Qualification 
Plan, and Safeguards Contingency Plan and refer instead to the Updated 
Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), and refer to the other documents 
``as revised.'' Two minor grammatical errors are also corrected. The 
proposed action also modifies the basis for the Technical Specification 
(TS) related to pressurizer code safety valves, to delete reference to

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the flow rate through the valve. The licensee is also adding to the 
Bases for this TS, information related to the required American Society 
for Mechanical Engineers Code, Section XI, required testing. The 
proposed action to delete reference in the operating license to a 
specific amendment number for the FSAR and Environmental Report and to 
correct minor grammatical errors requires an Environmental Assessment.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated May 13, 1999.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is requested to provide administrative updating 
of the license requirements to delete outdated revisions to documents 
and refer instead to non-time-sensitive versions of these documents to 
avoid the need for future revisions to the related license condition.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concluded that the proposed changes are administrative in nature. The 
proposed action will not significantly 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 NRC 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 leave uncorrected grammatical errors 
and outdated references to documents in the license condition, the 
latter which may be misleading as to the current revision or may 
require updating of the license periodically to accurately reflect 
revisions to the documents referenced in the license condition without 
a specific benefit.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not 
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the 
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on February 17, 2000, the 
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Mr. Stan Maingi 
of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation 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 NRC concludes 
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the 
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC 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 13, 1999, which is available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. Publicly available 
records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library 
component on the NRC Web site, http:\\www.nrc.gov (the Electronic 
Reading Room).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn, Sr.,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-6041 Filed 3-10-00; 8:45 am]
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