[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50696-50697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24866]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]


TXU Electric; Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 
2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of amendments to delete the anti-trust conditions contained in 
Appendix C to Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89, 
issued to TXU Electric (the licensee), for operation of the Comanche 
Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, and issuance of 
associated conforming and nonconforming license amendments. CPSES, 
Units 1 and 2, are located in Somervell and Hood counties, Texas. 
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 delete the anti-trust conditions 
contained in Appendix C to the FOLs for CPSES, Units 1 and 2. The 
licensee has proposed to amend the FOLs to delete anti-trust conditions 
in the context of its application for the Commission's consent to 
transfer the FOLs to an affiliated generating company.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated June 19, 2001.

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The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed, according to the licensee's 
application, in order to, among other things, remove certain 
requirements that are no longer necessary following Texas's adoption of 
a comprehensive restructuring system.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the proposed license amendments represent administrative 
actions which have no effect on plant equipment or 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 NUREG-0775, ``Final Environmental 
Statement Related to the Operation of Comanche Peak Steam Electric 
Station, Units 1 and 2,'' dated September 1981.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On August 8, 2001, the staff consulted with the Texas State 
official, Mr. Arthur Tate of the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of 
Radiation Control 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 June 19, 2001. Documents may be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, a 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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (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 27th day of September, 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David H. Jaffe,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate IV, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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