[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28749]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-309]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact Regarding a Request for Exemption From the 
Recordkeeping Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix A Criterion 1, 10 
CFR Part 50 Appendix B Section XVII and, 10 CFR Part 50 Section 
50.59(d)(3), for the Maine Yankee Nuclear Plant

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment (EA) and 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) regarding a request for 
exemption from the recordkeeping requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 
Appendix A criterion 1, 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B Section XVII, and 10 
CFR Part 50 Section 50.59(d)(3) for the Maine Yankee Nuclear Plant.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Buckley, Decommissioning 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6607, fax number (301) 415-5398.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of a exemption from the recordkeeping requirements of 10 CFR 
Part 50 Appendix A criterion 1, 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B Section XVII, 
and 10 CFR Part 50 Section 50.59(d)(3), for the Maine Yankee Nuclear 
Plant, Wiscasset, ME. In a letter dated July 14, 2003, Maine Yankee 
Atomic Power Company (MY) requested an exemption which will allow the 
disposal of records when: (1) The nuclear power unit and its associated 
support systems no longer exist for structures, systems and components 
(SSCs) associated with safe power generation; or (2) spent nuclear fuel 
has been completely transferred from the spent fuel pool for SSCs 
associated with the safe storage of fuel in the spent fuel pool. MY is 
not requesting any exemption associated with recordkeeping requirements 
for storage of spent fuel in its independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) under 10 CFR Part 50 or the general license 
requirements of 10 CFR Part 72.
    The NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of this action in 
accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. The conclusion of 
the EA is a FONSI for the proposed action.

II. Environmental Assessment Summary

    The proposed action would allow the licensee to dispose of records, 
prior to termination of License No. DPR-36, that: (1) Are associated 
with the SSCs for the nuclear power generation unit; and (2) are 
associated with the spent fuel pool SSCs.
    The NRC has evaluated the licensee's requested exemption and 
concluded that it is administrative in nature. Additionally, there are 
no radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed 
action; nor, are there any nonradiological environmental impacts 
associated with the proposed action.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    NRC has prepared an EA in support of the licensee's application for 
an exemption request. On the basis of the EA, 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.

IV. Further Information

    The EA and documents related to this action are available for 
inspection at NRC's Public Electronic reading Room at; http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. The ADAMS Accession No. for the 
licensee's exemption request is ML032040178. The ADAMS Accession No. 
for the staff's EA is ML033100451. Documents may also be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852. Any 
actions with respect to this action should be referred to John T. 
Buckley, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, Telephone (301) 415-6607.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of November, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Claudia M. Craig,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-28749 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
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