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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-346]
Toledo Edison Company, et al.; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station,
Unit No. 1; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-3, issued to the Toledo Edison Company, Centerior Service Company,
and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (the licensees), for
operation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1, located
in Ottawa County, Ohio.
Environmental Assessment
Indentification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the operating license to reflect
the proposed merger of the Toledo Edison Company into the Cleveland
Electric Illuminating Company. These companies are currently wholly
owned subsidiaries of the Centerior Energy Corporation. As described in
the application, the company formed from the merger is intended to be
renamed. The name of the combined operating company has yet to be
determined (hereinafter referred to as ``NEWCO'') and the licensees
indicate it will be provided by supplemental letter. The proposed
amendment would (1) replace the Toledo Edison Company and Cleveland
Electric Illuminating Company with NEWCO as a licensee, (2) designate
NEWCO as owner of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, and (3)
make other associated changes to the license as indicated in the
amendment application. Centerior Service Company would be unaffected by
the amendment and would remain in a licensee.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's amendment
application dated June 6, 1994.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action in the form of an amendment application is
needed to reflect the result of the proposed merger of the Toledo
Edison Company into the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. This
action is also intended to maximize the operating efficiencies of the
two affiliated companies.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that there will be no changes to the facility or to the
operating, maintenance, engineering or other nuclear-related personnel
as a result of the proposed merger and license amendment. The proposed
merger would not change the technical qualifications and
responsibilities of personnel. All of the Toledo Edision Company
personnel in the Davis-Besse organization would be transferred to NEWCO
upon completion of the merger. This organization would continue to
report to Centerior Service Company. After the merger, NEWCO and
Centerior Service Company would be required to continue to operate,
manage, and maintain the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in
accordance with the conditions and requirements of the NRC. No changes
resulting from merger are expected with regard to the following: lines
on authority and responsibility, essential nuclear support functions
provided to Davis-Besse, effectiveness of the organization, priorities
and ongoing plant improvement projects, technical qualifications, and
corporate financial resources presently available in support of Davis-
Besse operations.
The change will not increase the probability or consequences of
accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that
may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the
allowable individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant
radiological environmental impact associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not affect the nonradiological plant effluents and has no
other environmental impact. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that
there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Since the Commission has concluded that there is no measurable
environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any
alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be
evaluated. The principal alternative to the action would be to deny the
request. Such action would not enhance the protection of the
environmental and would result in the Facility Operating License No.
NPF-3 not appropriately reflecting the effect of the merger.
Alternate Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use of any resources not
previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, documented in NUREG-75/097
(October 1975).
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The NRC staff consulted with the Ohio State Official regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
Based upon 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 of the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated June 6, 1994, which is available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, The Gelman
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the local
public document room located at the University of Toledo Library,
Documents Department, 2801 Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43606.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of July 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jon B. Hopkins,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-17611 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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