[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79910-79911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28160]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-206, 50-361, and 50-362; NRC-2022-0219]


Southern California Edison; San Onofre Nuclear Generating 
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; 
issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and accompanying environmental 
assessment (EA) for a requested exemption from certain NRC requirements 
regarding the Controlled Area Boundary (CAB) for the San Onofre Nuclear 
Generating Station (SONGS) located in San Diego County, California. 
Based on the analysis in the EA, the NRC staff has concluded that there 
will be no significant impacts to environmental resources from the 
requested exemption and, therefore, a FONSI is appropriate.

DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on 
December 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0219 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0219. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact

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the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 
301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The `Environmental 
Assessment for the Controlled Area Boundary Exemption for SONGS in San 
Diego County, California' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML22341A195.
     Project website: Information related to the SONGS 
decommissioning project can be accessed on the NRC's public website at 
https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/power-reactor/songs/decomm-plans/publ-avail-doc.html. In the publicly available documents 
table, the document is titled `Environmental Assessment for the 
Controlled Area Boundary Exemption for SONGS in San Diego County, 
California.'
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Trefethen, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-0867, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary

    The NRC staff has evaluated the environmental impacts of a 
requested exemption from paragraph 72.106(b) of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which requires the distance from an 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) to the ISFSI CAB to 
be a minimum of 100 meters (the proposed action). This EA has been 
prepared pursuant to the NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 51, which 
implement the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969. The EA concludes there are no environmental impacts from the 
proposed action and a FONSI is appropriate. The EA describes the 
requested exemption by Southern California Edison (SCE) to reduce the 
CAB to the SONGS perimeter fence line. This exemption will allow the 
minimum distance from the closest ISFSI storage location to the CAB to 
be 38 meters on the western (seaward) side and 95 meters on the eastern 
(landward) side. Since SCE will no longer control areas beyond its 
perimeter, SCE will modify post-accident emergency agreements. SCE has 
agreements with Camp Pendleton, State, and local authorities to remove 
people from these areas during emergencies such as hostile action, 
natural disaster, or fire. The reduction of the CAB presents no 
additional risk to the public and it satisfies a lease condition 
between SCE and the California State Lands Commission.
    The requested exemption is an administrative action and does not 
involve any construction or ground disturbing activities. The EA 
evaluated any environmental impacts including impacts to occupational 
health and impacts from potential acts of terrorism. The NRC has 
concluded that there are no impacts to land, air, or water resources. 
The probability of a significant radioactive release caused by a 
terrorist attack remains very low, and the potential health and land 
contamination effects of the most severe plausible attack would not be 
altered by the proposed CAB as compared to the existing CAB.

II. Finding of No Significant Impact

    Based on its review of the proposed action, in accordance with the 
requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the NRC staff has concluded that the 
requested exemption to the ISFSI CAB boundary will not have a 
significant environmental impact as discussed in the EA and will not 
significantly affect the quality of the environment. Therefore, the NRC 
staff has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, that preparation of an 
environmental impact statement is not required for the proposed action 
and a FONSI is appropriate.

    Dated: December 21, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2022-28160 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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