[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50738-50739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19683]


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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 (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-53 and 
DPR-69, issued to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. (the 
licensee), for operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, 
Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

    The proposed action would correct administrative errors in Section 
5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report (COLR),'' of the Technical 
Specifications (TSs) and Section 2.0, ``Environmental Protection 
Issues,'' of the Environmental Protection Program (EPP).
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated January 31, 2002.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    On March 17, 1994, the NRC staff issued Amendment Nos. 186/163 to 
the licensee. These amendments inadvertently introduced two 
typographical errors on Page 5.0-36 of the TSs.
    Page 2-1 of the EPP states that the effective National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit is issued by ``the State of 
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.'' This agency no 
longer exists; ``the Maryland Department of the Environment'' is the 
state agency currently responsible for regulation of matters involving 
water quality and aquatic biota.
    The licensee proposed to correct these administrative errors. The 
proposed amendments have no impact on actual plant equipment, 
regulatory requirements, operating practices, or analyses.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that there is no significant environmental impact if the 
amendments are granted. No changes will be made to the design, 
licensing bases, or the applicable procedures at the unit. Other than 
the correction of administrative errors, no other changes will be made 
to the TSs and the EPP. 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 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 resource than 
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for 
the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

    On May 15, 2002, the NRC staff consulted with the Maryland State 
official, Richard McLean, regarding the environmental impact of the 
proposed action. The State official had no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the foregoing environmental assessment, the NRC 
concludes that the proposed amendment 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 amendment.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated January 31, 2002. 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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the 
NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do 
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff 
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard J. Laufer,
Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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