[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52950-52951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26278]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-336 AND 50-423]


Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., et al., Millstone Nuclear 
Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Environmental Assessment and Finding 
of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR part 50) for Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-65 and NPF-49, 
issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (the licensee), for 
operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 (MP2) and 
3 (MP3), located in Waterford, Connecticut. 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 incorporate a change in the MP2 and MP3 
Technical Specifications (TSs) to clarify the qualifications standards 
of the reactor operator and senior reactor operator.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated August 9, 2001.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action modifies the MP2 and MP3 TSs to avoid confusion 
between the qualification standards of the facility staff, who are 
qualified to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N18.1-1971/
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.8 Revision 0, and the operators who will be 
qualified to the education and experience guidelines outlined by 
National Academy for Nuclear Training ACAD 00-003 ``Guidelines for 
Initial Training and Qualification of Licensed Operators.''

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the amendment and its implementation would provide an 
adequate clarification of the qualification standards.
    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 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 
nonradiological 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 resources than 
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for 
MP2 and MP3, dated June 1973 and December 1984 respectively.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on September 12, 2001, the 
staff consulted with the Connecticut State official, Michael Firsick of 
the Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental 
impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.

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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 August 9, 2001. 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 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 12th day of October 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor Nerses,
Sr. Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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