[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11230-11231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5998]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-397]


Washington Public Power Supply System; Notice of Issuance of 
Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 149 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21 issued to 
Washington Public Power Supply System (the licensee), for operation of 
the Washington Nuclear Project No. 2 (WNP-2), located in Benton County, 
Washington.

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    The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
    The amendment replaces, in their entirety, the current technical 
specifications (TS) with a set of TS based on NUREG-1434, ``Standard 
Technical Specifications, General Electric BWR/6 Plants,'' Revision 1, 
April 1995. In addition, the amendment adds a new license condition 
2.C.(30) reflecting the licensee's commitments regarding relocation of 
TS requirements to licensee-controlled documents and the implementation 
of Regulatory Guide 1.160. The amendment also adds an Appendix C 
listing those commitments. The amendment also deletes license condition 
2.C.(18)(c) which had required the licensee to provide, prior to 
startup from the first refueling outage, TS for the bypass timer 
setting and manual inhibit switch of the automatic depressurization 
system.
    The application for the amendment complies with the standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license 
amendment.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity 
for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal 
Register on June 26, 1996 (61 FR 33144). No request for a hearing or 
petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice.
    The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to 
the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has 
concluded that the issuance of this amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) The 
application for amendment dated December 8, 1995, as supplemented by 
letters dated July 9, 1996, August 30, 1996, September 6, 1996, 
December 12, 1996, January 14, 1997, January 31, 1997, and February 10, 
1997, (2) Amendment No. 149 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21, 
and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation and Environmental 
Assessment. All of these items are 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 Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Street, Richland, 
Washington 99352.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of March 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-5998 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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