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Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et al.; Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

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 [Federal Register: November 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 214)]
[Notices]
[Page 60463-60464]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr05no99-112]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et al.; Millstone Nuclear Power
Station, Unit No. 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact

[Docket No. 50-423]
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-49, issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO or the
licensee), for operation of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit
No. 3 (MP3), located in New London County, Connecticut.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action:

    The proposed action would correct existing editorial and
typographical errors in the Technical Specifications (TS). Each
proposed change has been verified to meet the intent of what was
originally proposed by NNECO and approved by the NRC in previously
processed amendments to the TS. These changes are purely administrative
and do not impact the operation of the facility. The proposed changes
are summarized below.
    1. TS 3.8.3.2--Change 3.8.3.2.b.4.1 to 3.8.3.2.b.4.a.
    2. TS 4.6.2.1.a.1 and TS 4.6.2.2.a--Add the word ``that'' after the
words ``flow path.''
    3. TS 4.8.1.1.2.i--Change TS 4.8.1.1.2.i.1 to TS 4.8.1.1.2.i.
    4. TS 4.9.12--Change TS 4.9.12 to TS 4.9.12.1.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application for amendment dated August 5, 1999.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    Changes to TS 3.8.3.2 and TS 4.9.12 are needed to correct
sequential numbering in the TS. Changes to TS

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4.6.2.1.a.1 and TS 4.6.2.2.a are needed to address a TS modification
that was previously approved by the NRC in Amendment 50. The word
``that'' was inadvertently omitted from these TS Sections when
Amendments 100 and 122 were approved. The change to TS 4.9.12 is needed
to clarify that there is only one surveillance requirement in this
paragraph.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that the modifications to the TS are administrative in
nature.
    The proposed action will not increase the probability or
consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of
any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure.
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
    With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect non-
radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact.
Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action.
    Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the application would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action
and the alternative action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

    This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the ``Final Environmental Statement Related to
the Operation of Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3,'' dated
December 1984 (NUREG-1064).

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on August 19, 1999, the staff
consulted with the Connecticut State official, Mr. Denny Galloway of
the Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the environmental assessment, the Commission
concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect
on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission
has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated August 5, 1999, which is available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public
document rooms located at the Learning Resources Center, Three Rivers
Community-Technical College, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich,
Connecticut, and the Waterford Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford,
Connecticut.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John A. Nakoski, Sr.
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-29050 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-U

 
 

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