[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10534-10535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3824]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-305]


Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-43, 
issued to Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC or the licensee) for 
operation of the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), located in 
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise Technical Specification (TS) 
Section 1.0, ``Definitions,'' to incorporate a line item improvement to 
provide additional clarification on channel calibration; TS Section 
6.4, ``Training,'' to remove the title of director for the KNPP 
training program and relocate the title reference to the Operational 
Quality Assurance Program Description (OQAPD); TS Section 6.10, 
``Record Retention,'' to revise the off-site review committee title; 
and correct typographical errors in the TS Table of Contents.
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application for amendment dated November 10, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would provide clarity to the TSs and remove an

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unnecessary NRC and licensee burden with no change in safety when 
titles are changed.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and 
concludes that the changes to the TSs are administrative in nature.
    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 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 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 Final Environmental Statement for 
Kewaunee.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    In accordance with its stated policy, on January 29, 2001, the 
staff consulted with the Wisconsin State official, Ms. S. Jenkins, 
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 application dated November 10, 2000, which is available for 
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, One White 
Flint Building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Publicly available 
records will be 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 9th day of February 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John G. Lamb,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate III, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-3824 Filed 2-14-01; 8:45 am]
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