[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20398]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Texas Utilities Electric Company
[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446]
Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2;
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of license amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89, issued to Texas Utilities Electric
Company (TU Electric, or the licensee), for operation of the Comanche
Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, located in
Somervell County, Texas.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would change the licenses to reflect the change
of the name of the CPSES licensee from ``Texas Utilities Electric
Company.''
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to accurately reflect the legal name
of the licensee. The CPSES licensee has already changed its name for
business purposes.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes that the proposed action is solely administrative in
nature and 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 nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect
nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact.
Therefore, there are no significant nonradiological 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 for CPSES,
Units 1 and 2.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on June 24, 1999, the staff
consulted with the Texas State official, Arthur C. Tate, of the Texas
Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, 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 application dated May 14, 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 room located at the University of Texas at Arlington Library,
702 College, P.O. Box 19497, Arlington, Texas.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Gramm,
Chief, Section 1, Project Directorate IV and Decommissioning Division
of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-20398 Filed 8-6-99; 8:45 am]
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