[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50199-50200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21294]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-344]


Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact 
Related to Portland General Electric Company's Request for Partial 
Exemption From the Recordkeeping Requirements

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
granting a partial exemption from the Recordkeeping requirements of 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.71(c); 10 CFR 
part 50, appendix A; 10 CFR part 50, appendix B, for the Trojan Nuclear 
Plant (TNP) as requested by Portland General Electric Company (PGE) on 
July 9, 2003. An environmental assessment (EA) was performed by the NRC 
staff in support of its review of the exemption request.

II. Environmental Assessment

Introduction

    PGE is the licensee and holder of Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-1(TNP). On January 27, 1993, PGE notified NRC of its decision to 
permanently cease power operation at TNP. PGE submitted the Trojan 
Decommissioning Plan (DP) and a decommissioning environmental report on 
January 2, 1993, which the NRC approved on December 18, 1995. The 
licensee began decommissioning shortly after NRC approved the DP. The 
licensee has removed and successfully shipped the TPN steam generators, 
pressurizer, and reactor pressure vessel for off-site disposal at the 
U.S. Ecology low-level radioactive waste disposal facility near 
Richland, Washington. With removal of these components, the licensee 
has removed approximately 99 percent of the activity covered under its 
part 50 license.

Purpose and Need for Proposed Action

    The requested exemption and application of the exemption will 
eliminate an unwarranted financial burden on ratepayers associated with 
the storage of a large volume of hardcopy records.

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The Proposed Action

    The proposed action would allow the disposal of records, prior to 
termination of Trojan Nuclear Plant Possession Only License No. NPF-1, 
that: (1) Are associated with the operation, design, fabrication, 
erection, and testing of structures, systems, and components that are 
no longer quality-related and/or important to safety, and that are no 
longer operational; and (2) require storage in their original hardcopy 
formats due to practical and feasibility limitations associated with 
transferring them to microform format, such that significant amounts of 
costly storage space are required.

Alternatives to Proposed Action

    No action. Under this alternative TNP would continue to store the 
records in question until license termination.

The Affected Environment and Environmental Impacts

    None. The proposed action is purely administrative in nature and 
will have no effect on the environment.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

    None.

Conclusions

    NRC has determined that the proposed action will have no 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    Based on this review, the NRC staff has concluded that there are no 
significant impacts on the quality of the human environment. 
Accordingly, the staff has determined that preparation of an 
Environmental Impact Statement is not warranted, and a Finding of No 
Significant Impact is appropriate.

IV. Further Information

    The licensee's request for the proposed action (ADAMS Accession No: 
ML022970110) and other related documents to this proposed action are 
available for public inspection and copying for a fee at NRC's Public 
Document Room at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. These documents are 
available for public review through ADAMS, the NRC's electronic reading 
room, at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    Any questions with respect to this action should be referred to 
John Buckley, Decommissioning Branch, Mailstop T-7F27, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 
Telephone: (301) 415-6607.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of August, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-21294 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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