[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72984-72985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30999]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]


TXU Generation Company, LP; Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, 
Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact

    The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87 and 
NPF-89, issued to TXU Generation Company, LP, for operation of Comanche 
Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, respectively. 
CPSES, Units 1 and 2, are located in Somerville and Hood Counties, 
Texas. Therefore, as required by Section 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 change the CPSES Facility Operating 
Licenses as follows: Section 2.C.(4)(b) would be changed to be 
consistent with the license conditions stated in the NRC Order and 
Safety Evaluation dated December 21, 2001, which approved the direct 
transfer of ownership interest and operating authority for CPSES to TXU 
Generation Company LP; Section 2.E which requires reporting any 
violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of the licenses 
would be deleted. Additionally, Technical Specification Table 5.5-2 
``Steam Generator Tube Inspection,'' Table 5.5-3, ``Steam Generator 
Repaired Tube Inspection for Unit 1 Only,'' and Section 5.6.10, ``Steam 
Generator Tube Inspection Report,'' would be revised to delete the 
requirement to notify the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2) if the 
steam generator tube inspection results are in a C-3 classification.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated July 25, 2002.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action is needed to make the facility operating 
licenses consistent with the license conditions stated in the NRC Order 
and Safety Evaluation dated December 21, 2001, and to delete 
unnecessary reporting requirements.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the proposed amendments are administrative in nature.
    The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability 
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
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 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.

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 resource than 
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement 
related to the operation of CPSES, Units 1 and 2, dated September 1981.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On September 24, 2002, the staff consulted with the Texas State 
official, Mr. Arthur Tate of the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of 
Radiation Control, 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 July 25, 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 19th day of November, 2002.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Gramm,
Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate IV, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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