[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21853]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-247]


Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Indian Point 
Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of 
an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-26, issued to 
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., (the licensee), for 
operation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 (IP2), 
located in Westchester County, New York. Therefore, as required by 10 
CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this environmental assessment and finding 
of no significant impact.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the Technical Specifications (TSs) 
to incorporate editorial revisions, clarifications, and corrections. 
Specifically, the proposed amendment would: (1) Provide updated 
information and corrections to the TS cover page, table of contents, 
and list of figures, (2) revise TS 4.5.E, ``Control Room Air Filtration 
System,'' to remove an incorrect system test description and provide 
consistent test values for system flow rate and filter efficiency, (3) 
revise TS 6.2.1.a, ``Facility Management and Technical Support,'' to 
reference the Quality Assurance Program Description as the location of 
the documentation rather than the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, 
(4) revise TS 6.9.1.7, ``Monthly Operating Report,'' to change the 
recipient of the Monthly Operating Report, and (5) correct the 
periodicity of the Radioactive Effluent Release Report from semi-annual 
to annual in TS 6.15, ``Offsite Dose Calculation Manual'' and TS 6.16, 
``Major Changes to Radioactive Liquid, Gaseous and Solid Waste 
Systems.'' In addition, the amendment would revise TS Figure 5.1-1B 
concerning the indicated vent location associated with Indian Point 
Unit 3 (IP3). The labels for the IP3 plant vent and the machine shop 
were reversed.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated December 11, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed to make the TSs clearer and 
editorially accurate and to correct the system test description and 
clarify the test values for the control room air filtration system.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the changes correct editorial errors that currently 
exist in the TSs and provide additional clarifications. The proposed 
action does not modify the facility or affect the manner in which the 
facility is operated.
    The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability 
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
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 have a potential to affect 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.

Environmental Impacts of the 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

    The action does not involve the use of any different resource than 
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for 
IP2, dated September 1972.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On August 21, 2001, the staff consulted with the New York State 
official, Mr. John P. Spath of the Energy Research and Development 
Authority, 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 December 11, 2000. Documents may be examined, 
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publically available records will be accessible 
electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web 
site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public Electronic Reading Room). If you 
do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of August 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Peter S. Tam,
Acting Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate, Division of Licensing 
Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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