[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 51894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20175]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-247]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Amendment 
to Facility Operating License and Final Determination of No Significant 
Hazards Consideration

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 232 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-26 issued to 
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee), which revised the 
Technical Specifications for operation of the Indian Point Nuclear 
Generating Unit No.2 (IP2; the facility) located in Westchester County, 
New York. The amendment was effective as of the date of its issuance.
    The amendment made a one-time only change to Technical 
Specification Surveillance Requirement 4.4.A.3 to revise the frequency 
for the containment integrated leak rate test (ILRT, Type A test) from 
at least once per 10 years to at least once per 15 years. This change 
applies only to the interval following the last Type A test that was 
performed satisfactorily in June 1991 at IP2.
    The application for the amendment complies with the standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license 
amendment.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Proposed No 
Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Opportunity for 
Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal 
Register on August 22, 2001 (66 FR 44165). A request for a hearing was 
filed on March 18, 2002, by Riverkeeper, Inc.
    Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an 
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it 
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding 
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that no 
significant hazards consideration is involved.
    The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has 
made a final determination that the amendment involves no significant 
hazards consideration. The basis for this determination is contained in 
the Safety Evaluation related to this action. Accordingly, as described 
above, the amendment has been issued and made immediately effective and 
any hearing will be held after issuance.
    The Commission has determined that this amendment satisfies the 
criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. 
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact 
statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for this 
amendment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated July 13, 2001, as supplemented November 
30, 2001, March 13, April 3, May 30, and June 13, 2002, (2) Amendment 
No. 232 to License No. DPR-26, and (3) the Commission's related Safety 
Evaluation, which are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's 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's (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, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of August 2002.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-20175 Filed 8-8-02; 8:45 am]
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