[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-320]


GPU Nuclear Corporation; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 
2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) is 
considering issuance of an amendment to Possession Only License No. 
DPR-73, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPU Nuclear or the 
licensee), for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (TMI-2), 
located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the Possession Only License No. 
DPR-73 and the Technical Specifications (TS) appended to Possession 
Only License No. DPR-73 for TMI-2. Specifically, the proposed action 
would amend the license to reflect the change in the licensee's name 
from GPU Nuclear Corporation to GPU Nuclear, Inc. The amendment would 
also make an editorial change to better describe TMI-2's use of site 
physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards 
contingency plans that are maintained by Three Mile Island, Unit 1, 
licensee AmerGen Energy Company, LLC. In addition, the amendment would 
make minor changes to Section 6.0 of the TSs to reflect TMI-2 
organizational and administrative controls that will exist following 
the sale of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek) 
to AmerGen Energy Company, LLC.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated April 6, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated May 
25 and July 18, 2000.

Need for the Proposed Action:

    The proposed action is needed to revise the company name in the 
license to reflect the corporate name change that occurred on January 
14, 1999, and to make administrative changes to reflect changes that 
will occur in the TMI-2 organization and administrative controls 
following the sale of Oyster Creek.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed changes 
to the license and TS. According to the licensee, the name change will 
not impact the existing ownership of TMI-2. GPU Nuclear will maintain 
final decision making authority for TMI-2 licensed activities.
    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 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 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 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 Programmatic Final Environmental Statement 
Related to Decontamination and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Resulting 
from the March 28, 1979, Accident--Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, 
Unit 2, Supplement No. 3, issued in August 1989.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on July 27, 2000, the NRC 
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Stan Miangi of 
the Pennsylvania 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 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 April 6, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated 
May 25 and July 18, 2000, which are available for public inspection at 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room, The 
Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington DC. Publically available 
records are 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 3rd day of August 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dino C. Scaletti,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning, 
Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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