[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7574]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316]


Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Unit 1 and 2, 
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-58 and 
No. DPR-74, issued to Indiana Michigan Power Company (the licensee), 
for operation of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 
located in Berrien County, Michigan.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would make administrative and editorial changes 
to several Technical Specifications (TSs). The proposed changes 
include: (1) revising boron sampling requirements in mode 6; (2) 
deleting a reference to obsolete equipment in a footnote; (3) deleting 
a redundant figure; (4) correcting a reference to another requirement; 
(5) deleting obsolete notes; (6) adding to surveillance requirements; 
(7) clarifying instrumentation configuration; and (8) correcting 
typographical errors.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated December 3, 1998.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    These proposed changes are needed to remove obsolete information, 
provide consistency between Unit 1 and Unit 2 TSs, provide consistency 
with the Standard Technical Specifications, provide clarification, and 
correct typographical errors.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action 
and concludes that the administrative and editorial changes do not 
impact any requirements. The proposed action does not modify the 
facility or affect the manner in which the facility is operated.
    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 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 the 
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on March 2, 2000, the staff 
consulted with the Michigan State official, Mr. David Minnaar of the 
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 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 December 3, 1998, 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 22d day of March 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John F. Stang,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate III, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-7574 Filed 3-27-00; 8:45 am]
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