ML033230379

Environmental Assessment, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Exemption from Requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 54.17(c)

ML033230379
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	12/22/2003
From:	Nerses V NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Christian D Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
Nerses V, NRR//DLPM, 415-1484
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TAC MB7039
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December 22, 2003 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 54.17(C) (TAC NO. MB7039)

Dear Mr. Christian:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for exemption dated December 13, 2002, as supplemented on April 28, 2003 and September 3, 2003. The proposed schedular exemption would allow Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. to apply for a renewed license for Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 earlier than 20 years before the expiration of the operating license currently in effect.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

December 22, 2003 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 54.17(C) (TAC NO. MB7039)

Dear Mr. Christian:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for exemption dated December 13, 2002, as supplemented on April 28, 2003 and September 3, 2003. The proposed schedular exemption would allow Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. to apply for a renewed license for Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 earlier than 20 years before the expiration of the operating license currently in effect.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423

Enclosure:

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DOCKET NO. 50-423 MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NO.3 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 54.17(c) for Facility Operating License No. NPF-49, issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC),

for operation of Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 (MP3), located in Waterford, Connecticut.

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 grant a schedular exemption from the provision of 10 CFR 54.17(c), which stipulates that a licensee may not apply for a renewed operating license earlier than 20 years before the current license expires. The exemption would allow DNC to submit a renewal application for MP3 earlier than 20 years before expiration of its operating license.

The Need for the Proposed Action:

The proposed action would allow DNC to submit one application for renewal of the operating licenses of both nuclear units located at the site, with the goal of attaining efficiencies for preparation and review of the application.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:

The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the issuance of the proposed exemption will not have a significant environmental impact. The proposed schedular exemption pertains solely to the future submission of an application to renew the MP3 operating license. It causes no changes to the current design or operation of MP3, and imparts no prejudice in the future review of the application for license renewal.

The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types or amounts of radiological 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 have a potential to affect 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.

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 the Final Environmental Statement for MP3, dated December 1984.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

On November 5, 2003, the NRC staff consulted with the Connecticut official, Mr. Michael Firsick of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 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 letter dated December 13, 2002, as supplemented on April 28, 2003 and September 3, 2003. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 cc:

Lillilan M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Resident Inspector Senior Counsel Millstone Power Station Dominion Resources Services, Inc. c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rope Ferry Road P. O. Box 513 Waterford, CT 06385 Niantic, CT 06357 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. Mr. G. D. Hicks Director, Division of Radiation Director - Nuclear Station Safety Department of Environmental Protection and Licensing 79 Elm Street Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ms. Nancy Burton 475 Allendale Road 147 Cross Highway King of Prussia, PA 19406 Redding Ridge, CT 00870 First Selectmen Mr. William D. Meinert Town of Waterford Nuclear Engineer 15 Rope Ferry Road Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Waterford, CT 06385 Electric Company Moody Street Mr. P. J. Parulis P.O. Box 426 Manager - Nuclear Oversight Ludlow, MA 01056 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Mr. J. Alan Price Waterford, CT 06385 Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Mr. W. R. Matthews Rope Ferry Road Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Mr. Chris Funderburk Waterford, CT 06385 Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Mr. John Markowicz Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Co-Chair 5000 Dominion Boulevard Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Co-Chair Rope Ferry Road Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Waterford, CT 06385 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070

Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3 cc:

Mr. S. E. Scace Assistant to the Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. M. J. Wilson Manager - Nuclear Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. A. J. Jordan, Jr.

Director - Nuclear Engineering Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. S. P. Sarver Director - Nuclear Station Operations and Maintenance Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711