[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52763-52764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20433]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-4]


Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License No. SNM-
2503; Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
issued Amendment 7 to Materials License SNM-2503 held by Duke Energy 
Corporation (Duke) for the receipt, possession, transfer, and storage 
of spent fuel at the Oconee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 
(ISFSI), located in Oconee County, South Carolina. The amendment is 
effective as of the date of issuance.
    By application dated October 31, 2001, Duke requested an amendment 
to Materials License SNM-2503 for the Oconee Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation (ISFSI) to change the technical specifications for 
environmental reporting to the NRC. The request involved changing the 
frequency for submitting an environmental report of radioactive 
effluent releases from semi-annually to annually, in accordance with 
current NRC environmental reporting requirements in 10 CFR 72.44(d).
    This amendment complies with the 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.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), a determination has been 
made that the amendment does not present a genuine issue as to whether 
public health and safety will be significantly affected. Therefore, the 
publication of a notice of proposed action and an opportunity for 
hearing or a notice of hearing is not warranted. Notice is hereby given 
of the right of interested persons to request a hearing on whether the 
action should be rescinded or modified.
    The Commission has determined that the issuance of the amendment 
meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(10) of the regulations. Therefore, an environmental assessment 
need not be prepared in connection with issuance of the amendment.
    The request for amendment was docketed under 10 CFR part 72, Docket 
72-4. For further details with respect to this action, see the 
amendment request

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dated October 31, 2001. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to 
ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of July, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-20433 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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