[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66584-66586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27647]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-333 and 72-12; NRC-2015-0247]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear 
Power Plant

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental assessment and finding of no significant 
impact; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
draft

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environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact 
(FONSI) for public comment related to a request to amend Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-59, including the general licensed 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, issued to Entergy Nuclear 
Operations, Inc. (ENO, ``the licensee''), for operation of the James A. 
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, (hereinafter ``JAFNPP'' or ``the 
facility''), located in Oswego County, New York. The requested 
amendment would permit licensee security personnel to use certain 
firearms and ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted, 
notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms laws or 
regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.

DATES: Submit comments by November 30, 2015. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
before this date. Any potential party, as defined in Sec.  2.4, of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who believes 
access to sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI) is 
necessary to respond to this notice must request document access by 
November 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0247. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information'' and ``Submitting Comments'' in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas V. Pickett, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1364 email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0247 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0247.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The 
application for amendment for JAFNPP dated August 30, 2013, was 
supplemented by letters dated November 12, 2013, May 14 and July 11, 
2014, and January 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13248A517, 
ML13317A928, ML14135A327, ML14195A040, and ML15015A637, respectively). 
Those letters containing SUNSI are being withheld from public 
disclosure.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0247 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Introduction

    The NRC is considering a request to amend Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-59, including the general licensed 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, issued to ENO for 
operation of the JAFNPP located in Oswego County, New York, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 50.90. Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21 
and 10 CFR 51.33, the NRC has prepared a draft EA and FONSI documenting 
its finding. The requested amendment would permit licensee security 
personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices not 
previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal 
firearms laws or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.

III. Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would permit security personnel at the JAFNPP, 
in the performance of official duties, to transfer, receive, possess, 
transport, import, and use certain firearms and large capacity 
ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted to be owned or 
possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms 
laws, or regulations, that otherwise prohibit such actions.
    The proposed action is in accordance with ENO's application dated 
August 30, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated November 12, 2013, 
May 14 and July 11, 2014, and January 15, 2015.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would allow the transfer, receipt, possession, 
transportation, importation and use of those firearms and devices 
needed in the performance of official duties required for the 
protection of the JAFNPP and associated special nuclear materials, 
consistent with the JAFNPP NRC approved security plan.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the proposed action would only allow the use of those 
firearms and devices necessary to protect JAFNPP and associated special 
nuclear material, consistent with the JAFNPP NRC-

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approved security plant. Therefore, the proposed action would not 
significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents. In 
addition, the proposed action would not change the types and the 
amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite. There would also 
be no significant increase in occupational or public radiation 
exposure. Therefore, there would be no significant radiological 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
    The proposed action would not impact land, air, or water resources, 
including biota. In addition, the proposed action would not result in 
any socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts or impacts to 
historic and cultural resources. Therefore, there would also be no 
significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the 
proposed action.
    Accordingly, the NRC concludes that the issuance of the requested 
amendment would not result in significant environmental impacts.
    The NRC will publish in the Federal Register a copy of the final 
environmental assessment as part of the final finding of no significant 
impact.

Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    As an alternative to the proposed action, the NRC staff considered 
denying the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). 
Denial of the license amendment request would result in no change in 
current environmental conditions at the JAFNPP.

Alternative Use of Resources

    The proposed action would not involve the use of any resources.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The staff did not consult with any Federal Agency or New York state 
agencies regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action.

IV. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The licensee has requested a license amendment to permit licensee 
security personnel, in the performance of official duties, to transfer, 
receive, possess, transport, import, and use certain firearms and large 
capacity ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted to be 
owned or possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal 
firearms laws, or regulations that would otherwise prohibit such 
actions.
    On the basis of the information presented in this environmental 
assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action would not cause 
any significant environmental impact and would not have a significant 
effect on the quality of the human environment. In addition, the NRC 
has determined that an environmental impact statement is not necessary 
for the evaluation of this proposed action.
    Other than the licensee's letter dated August 30, 2013, there are 
no other environmental documents associated with this review. This 
document is available for public inspection as indicated above.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of October 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Benjamin G. Beasley,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of Operating Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-27647 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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