[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64063-64064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30609]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318]


Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc., Calvert Cliffs Nuclear 
Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of an exemption to Facility Operating License Nos. 
DPR-53 and DPR-69, issued to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. 
(CCNPPI, the licensee), for operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear 
Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1

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and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is a one-time exemption from the requirements 
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50, 
Appendix E, Items IV.F.2.b and c regarding conduct of a full-
participation exercise of the onsite and offsite emergency plans every 
2 years. Under the proposed exemption, the licensee would reschedule 
the exercise originally scheduled for September 25, 2001, and complete 
the exercise requirements by September 31, 2002.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for an exemption dated September 28, 2001.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    10 CFR part 50, Appendix E, Items IV.F.2.b and c requires each 
licensee at each site to conduct an exercise of its onsite and offsite 
emergency plan every 2 years. Federal agencies (the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the onsite exercise portion and the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the offsite exercise portion) 
observe these exercises and evaluate the performance of the licensee, 
State and local authorities having a role under the emergency plan.
    The licensee had initially planned to conduct an exercise of its 
onsite and offsite emergency plan on September 25, 2001, within the 
required 2-year interval. However, because of consideration for 
increased security risk due to ingress and egress of personnel during 
the current period of heightened security, and consideration that 
activities associated with the exercise could create undue public 
alarm, the licensee has decided to postpone the exercise.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the proposed action involves an administrative activity 
(a schedular change in conducting an exercise) unrelated to plant 
operations.
    The proposed action will not increase the probability or 
consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
any effluents that may be released offsite, 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

    The action does not involve the use of any different resources than 
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for 
the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On October 9, 2001, the staff consulted with the Maryland State 
official, Mr. Richard McLean of the Maryland State Department of 
Natural Resources, 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 28, 2001, which is available for 
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 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).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of December 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donna Skay,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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