[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[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 Nos. 50-280 and 50-281]


Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit 
Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of 
amendments to Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37, 
issued to Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee), for 
operation of the Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively, 
located in Surry County, Virginia.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the FOLs and the Technical 
Specifications (TS) to remove obsolete license conditions, make 
editorial changes to the FOLs, and implement associated changes to the 
TS and Bases as follows:
    1. Removal of license conditions associated with completed facility 
modifications (including the Steam Generator Repair Program and support 
modifications related to Leak-Before-Break Technology);
    2. Removal of superseded license conditions (addressing security);
    3. Relocation of secondary water chemistry monitoring program 
requirements from the FOLs to the TS;
    4. Removal of expired license conditions and TS (addressing service 
water piping restoration);
    5. Editorial changes.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated September 22, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed because some requirements in the 
Surry FOLs have become obsolete. In addition, the need for editorial 
changes has been identified.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the proposed license amendments and associated changes 
to the TS are administrative in nature and have no effect on plant 
equipment or plant operation.
    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 
Related to Operation of Surry Power Station Unit 1, May 1972, or the 
Final Environmental Statement Related to Operation of Surry Power 
Station Unit 2, June 1972.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On August 6, 2001, the staff consulted with the Virginia State 
official, Mr. Les Foldesi of the Virginia Department of Health, Bureau 
of Radiological Health, 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 September 22, 2000. Documents may be examined, 
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 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 PDR Reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of August 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gordon E. Edison,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate II, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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