United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be04a5c2 D09002ee1be04a663 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations regarding environmental protection regulations for domestic licensing and related regulatory functions to establish new requirements for the environmental review of applications to renew the operating licenses of nuclear power plants. The amendment defines those environmental impacts for which a generic analysis has been performed that will be adopted in plant-specific reviews for license renewal and those environmental impacts for which plant-specific analyses are to be performed. The amendment improves regulatory efficiency in environmental reviews for license renewal by drawing on the considerable experience of operating nuclear power reactors to generically assess many of the environmental impacts that are likely to be associated with license renewal. The amendment also eliminates consideration of the need for generating capacity and of utility economics from the environmental reviews because these matters are under the regulatory jurisdiction of the States and are not necessary for the NRC's understanding of the environmental consequences of a license renewal decision. The increased regulatory efficiency will result in lower costs to both the applicant in preparing a renewal application and to the NRC for reviewing plant-specific applications and better focus of review resources on significant case specific concerns. The results should be a more focused and therefore a more effective NEPA review for each license renewal. The amendment will also provide the NRC with the flexibility to address unreviewed impacts at the site-specific stage of review and allow full consideration of the environmental impacts of license renewal. The NRC is soliciting public comment on this rule for a period of 30 days. In developing any comment specific attention should be given to the treatment of low-level waste storage and disposal impacts, the cumulative radiological effects from the uranium fuel cycle, and the effects from the disposal of high-level waste and spent fuel. 61 FR 28467 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-06-05/96-13874 96-13874 fr05jn96-1 RIN 3150-AD63 7590-01-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-06-05/96-13874 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-05/html/96-13874.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-05/pdf/96-13874.pdf 31 p. 28467 28497 61 FR 28467 Title 10 Part 51 10 CFR Part 51 RIN 3150-AD63 Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-13874 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1996-08-05 7590-01-P 96-13874 Final rule.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations regarding environmental protection regulations for domestic licensing and related regulatory functions to establish new requirements for the environmental review of applications to renew the operating licenses of nuclear power plants. The amendment defines those environmental impacts for which a generic analysis has been performed that will be adopted in plant-specific reviews for license renewal and those environmental impacts for which plant-specific analyses are to be performed. The amendment improves regulatory efficiency in environmental reviews for license renewal by drawing on the considerable experience of operating nuclear power reactors to generically assess many of the environmental impacts that are likely to be associated with license renewal. The amendment also eliminates consideration of the need for generating capacity and of utility economics from the environmental reviews because these matters are under the regulatory jurisdiction of the States and are not necessary for the NRC's understanding of the environmental consequences of a license renewal decision. The increased regulatory efficiency will result in lower costs to both the applicant in preparing a renewal application and to the NRC for reviewing plant-specific applications and better focus of review resources on significant case specific concerns. The results should be a more focused and therefore a more effective NEPA review for each license renewal. The amendment will also provide the NRC with the flexibility to address unreviewed impacts at the site-specific stage of review and allow full consideration of the environmental impacts of license renewal. The NRC is soliciting public comment on this rule for a period of 30 days. In developing any comment specific attention should be given to the treatment of low-level waste storage and disposal impacts, the cumulative radiological effects from the uranium fuel cycle, and the effects from the disposal of high-level waste and spent fuel.

Absent a determination by the NRC that the rule should be modified, based on comments received, the final rule shall be effective on August 5, 1996. The comment period expires on July 5, 1996. Donald P. Cleary, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-6263; e-mail DPC@nrc.gov. Vol. 61, no. 109 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-06-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 266 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-06-05 P0b002ee180a207df 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05jn96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-06-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-05/pdf/FR-1996-06-05.pdf fdlp 28467 28721 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-06-05 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-06-05 61 109