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GPU Nuclear Corporation; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

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 [Federal Register: August 9, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 154)]
[Notices]
[Page 48742]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-320]


GPU Nuclear Corporation; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit
2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Possession Only License No.
DPR-73, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPU Nuclear or the
licensee), for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (TMI-2),
located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the Possession Only License No.
DPR-73 and the Technical Specifications (TS) appended to Possession
Only License No. DPR-73 for TMI-2. Specifically, the proposed action
would amend the license to reflect the change in the licensee's name
from GPU Nuclear Corporation to GPU Nuclear, Inc. The amendment would
also make an editorial change to better describe TMI-2's use of site
physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards
contingency plans that are maintained by Three Mile Island, Unit 1,
licensee AmerGen Energy Company, LLC. In addition, the amendment would
make minor changes to Section 6.0 of the TSs to reflect TMI-2
organizational and administrative controls that will exist following
the sale of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek)
to AmerGen Energy Company, LLC.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated April 6, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated May
25 and July 18, 2000.

Need for the Proposed Action:

    The proposed action is needed to revise the company name in the
license to reflect the corporate name change that occurred on January
14, 1999, and to make administrative changes to reflect changes that
will occur in the TMI-2 organization and administrative controls
following the sale of Oyster Creek.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed changes
to the license and TS. According to the licensee, the name change will
not impact the existing ownership of TMI-2. GPU Nuclear will maintain
final decision making authority for TMI-2 licensed activities.
    The proposed action will not significantly 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 NRC 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 Programmatic Final Environmental Statement
Related to Decontamination and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Resulting
from the March 28, 1979, Accident--Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,
Unit 2, Supplement No. 3, issued in August 1989.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on July 27, 2000, the NRC
staff consulted with the Pennsylvania State official, Stan Miangi of
the Pennsylvania 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 NRC concludes
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC 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 April 6, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated
May 25 and July 18, 2000, which are available for public inspection at
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room, The
Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington DC. Publically available
records are accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library
component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Electronic
Reading Room).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of August 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dino C. Scaletti,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning,
Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-20106 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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