ML022180745
| ML022180745 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 08/06/2002 |
| From: | Donohew J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Maynard O Wolf Creek |
| Donohew J N, NRR/DLPM,415-1307 | |
| References | |
| TAC MA9379, WM 00-0026, WM 01-0002, WM 01-0019, WM 01-0039, WM 02-0021 | |
| Download: ML022180745 (9) | |
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August 6, 2002 Mr. Otto L. Maynard President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT:
WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RELATED TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ANTITRUST LICENSE CONDITIONS (TAC NO. MA9379)
Dear Mr. Maynard:
Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application dated June 27, 2000 (WM 00-0026), as supplemented by letters dated January 31 (WM 01-0002), May 2 (WM 01-0019), and October 30 (WM 01-0039), 2001, and May 10, 2002 (WM 02-0021), to revise the antitrust conditions for Kansas Gas and Electric Company in Appendix C of Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station.
The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482
Enclosures:
Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page
Mr. Otto L. Maynard August 6, 2002 President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Post Office Box 411 Burlington, KA 66839
SUBJECT:
WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RELATED TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ANTITRUST LICENSE CONDITIONS (TAC NOS. MA9379)
Dear Mr. Maynard:
Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application dated June 27, 2000 (WM 00-0026), as supplemented by letters dated January 31 (WM 01-0002), May 2 (WM 01-0019), and October 30 (WM 01-0039), 2001, and May 10, 2002 (WM 02-0021), to revise the antitrust conditions for Kansas Gas and Electric Company in Appendix C of Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station.
The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-482 DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC
Enclosure:
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Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:
Jay Silberg, Esq. Vice President Operations Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 2300 N Street, NW P. O. Box 411 Washington, D.C. 20037 Burlington, KS 66839 Regional Administrator, Region IV Superintendent Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 P.O. Box 411 Arlington, TX 76011 Burlington, KS 66839 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office P. O. Box 311 8201 NRC Road Burlington, KS 66839 Steedman, MO 65077-1032 Chief Engineer Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612 Attorney General Judicial Center 301 S.W. 10th 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse Burlington, KS 66839 Vick L. Cooper, Chief Radiation Control Program, RCP Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-482 WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to revise the antitrust conditions applicable to Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KGE) contained in Appendix C to Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS), located in Coffey County, Kansas. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (the licensee) operates WCGS and acts as the agent for KGE, which co-owns the facility. Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of the Proposed Action:
The proposed action would revise the antitrust conditions for KGE in Appendix C of Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 to (1) add a statement that the antitrust conditions do not restrict the rights of Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (KEPCo) or the duties of KGE, that may exist beyond, and are not inconsistent with, the antitrust conditions, (2) define "KGE members in licensees service area" in the appendix to include all KEPCo members with facilities in Western Resources, Inc.s and KGEs combined service area, (3) delete license conditions restricting KEPCos use of the power from WCGS, (4) remove out-of-date
conditions, and (5) update conditions to be consistent with the terms and conditions of Western Resources Federal Energy Regulatory Commission open access transmission tariff. Western Resources is the parent company of KGE. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees application dated June 27, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated January 31, May 2, and October 30, 2001, and May 10, 2002.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
The proposed action is needed, according to the licensees application, to update KGE's antitrust conditions and make the antitrust conditions consistent with the terms and conditions of Western Resources' Federal Energy Regulatory Commission open access transmission tariff.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the proposed license amendment involves administrative actions which have no effect on plant equipment or operation.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 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 have a potential to affect 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.
Environmental Impacts of the 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:
The action does not involve the use of any different resource than those previously considered in NUREG-0878, "Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit No. 1," dated June 1982.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
On August 5, 2002, the staff consulted with the Kansas State official, Mr. Thomas A.
Conley of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment 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 licensees letters dated June 27, 2000, January 31, May 2, and October 30, 2001, and May 10, 2002. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, a the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC
Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of August 2002.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Stephen Dembek, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation