[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1655-1656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-226]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0001]


Biweekly Notice Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating 
Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations

I. Background

    Pursuant to section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the 
Commission or NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act 
requires the Commission publish notice of any amendments issued, or 
proposed to be issued and grants the Commission the authority to issue 
and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license 
upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no 
significant

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hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before the 
Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.
    This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or 
proposed to be issued from December 17, 2009, to December 30, 2009. The 
last biweekly notice was published on December 29, 2009 (74 FR 68867).

Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

    During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice, 
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has 
determined for each of these amendments that the application 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 to Facility 
Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration 
Determination, and Opportunity for A Hearing in connection with these 
actions was published in the Federal Register as indicated.
    Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that 
these amendments satisfy 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 these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an 
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in 
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment, 
it is so indicated.
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's 
related letter, Safety Evaluation and/or Environmental Assessment as 
indicated. All of these items are available for public inspection at 
the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area 01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible 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. If you do not have access to ADAMS 
or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, 
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1 (800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737 or 
by e-mail to [email protected].

Entergy Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50-313, Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 
No. 1, Pope County, Arkansas

    Date of amendment request: August 5, 2009.
    Brief description of amendment: Current Technical Specification 
(TS) 5.5.8, ``Inservice Testing Program,'' contains references to the 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure 
Vessel Code, Section XI as the source of requirements for the inservice 
testing (IST) of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 pumps and valves. The 
amendment deleted the references to Section XI of the Code and 
incorporated references to the ASME Code for Operation and Maintenance 
of Nuclear Power Plants (ASME OM Code). The amendment utilized some 
nonstandard frequencies in the IST Program in which the provisions of 
Surveillance Requirement 3.0.2 are applicable. The changes are 
consistent with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) change 
travelers TSTF-479-A, ``Changes to Reflect Revision to 10 CFR 50.55a,'' 
and TSTF-497-A, ``Limit Inservice Testing Program SR 3.0.2 Application 
to Frequencies of 2 Years or Less.''
    Date of issuance: December 23, 2009.
    Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented 
within 90 days from the date of issuance.
    Amendment No.: 240.
    Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-51: Amendment revised 
the Technical Specifications/license.
    Date of initial notice in Federal Register: October 6, 2009 (74 FR 
51330).
    The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained 
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 23, 2009.
    No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.

Entergy Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50-313, Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 
No. 1, Pope County, Arkansas

    Date of amendment request: March 10, 2009.
    Brief description of amendment: The amendment deleted the minimum 
pressurizer water level requirement in Technical Specification 3.4.9, 
``Pressurizer,'' and eliminated the verification of the minimum level 
requirement in Surveillance Requirement 3.4.9.1. This change is 
consistent with NUREG-1430, Revision 3, ``Standard Technical 
Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants.''
    Date of issuance: December 23, 2009.
    Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented 
within 90 days from the date of issuance.
    Amendment No.: 241.
    Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-51: Amendment revised 
the Technical Specifications/license.
    Date of initial notice in Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (74 FR 
18254).
    The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained 
in a Safety Evaluation dated December 23, 2009.
    No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of December 2009.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-226 Filed 1-11-10; 8:45 am]
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