ML040930366

4/2/04, McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, Section 1.B.b(1), Vision

ML040930366
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	04/02/2004
From:	Olshan L NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Gordon Peterson Duke Energy Corp
Olshan L N, NRR/DLPM, 415-1419
References
TAC MB9927, TAC MB9928
Download: ML040930366 (7)

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April 2, 2004 Mr. G. R. Peterson Vice President McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 73, APPENDIX B, SECTION I.B.b(1), VISION (TAC NOS. MB9927 AND MB9928)

Dear Mr. Peterson:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for exemption dated June 12, 2003, for McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The proposed action would grant an exemption from the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, Appendix, B,Section I.B.b(1),

Vision, for a security officer previously employed by McGuire Nuclear Station. Your letter dated June 12, 2003, is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(a)(6),

because the letter contains information about an employees personnel and medical records, a disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Leonard N. Olshan, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessment cc: See next page

ML040930366 *See previous concurrence NRR-042 OFFICE PDII-1/PM PDII-1/LA DRIP:RLEP/ES* OGC* PDII-1/SC*

NAME LOlshan CHawes DWheeler ACoggins JNakoski for JRT DATE 4/2/04 4/1/04 02/27/04 3/30/04 3/31/04 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION DOCKET NOS. 50-369 AND 50-370 MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 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) Part 73, Appendix B,Section I.B.b(1), Vision, for Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, issued to Duke Energy Corporation (the licensee), for operation of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1, and 2, (McGuire) located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. 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 an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, Section I.B.b(1), Vision. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensees application dated June 12, 2003, that is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(a)(6). It is being withheld from public disclosure because it contains information about an employees personnel and medical records, a disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.

The NRC staffs Safety Evaluation will be issued along with the exemption; it will be withheld from public disclosure because it also contains information about an employees personnel and medical records.

Enclosure

The Need for the Proposed Action:

The proposed action is needed so that the licensee can institute some specified action for a particular individual. Providing additional information pertaining to the need for the proposed action would require discussing information about the employees personnel and medical records. The NRC staff has determined that granting the exemption will not jeopardize the health and safety of the public or endanger security operations, and approval of the proposed exemption not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public. The basis for this determination will be provided in a Safety Evaluation that will be an enclosure to the exemption. This Safety Evaluation will be withheld from public disclosure because it contains information about an employees personnel and medical records.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:

The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that there are no environmental impacts.

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 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 NUREG-0063, Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of William B. McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, April 1976, and the Addendum to NUREG-0063 issued in January 1981; and in NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 8, Regarding McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Final Report, dated December 2002.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

On March 29, 2004, the NRC staff consulted with the South Carolina State official, Mr. Virgil Autry of the Department of Health and Environmental Controls, 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.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of April, 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Edwin M. Hackett, Project Director Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

McGuire Nuclear Station cc:

Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Ms. Karen E. Long Duke Energy Corporation Assistant Attorney General Mail Code - PB06E North Carolina Department of Justice 422 South Church Street P. O. Box 629 P. O. Box 1244 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1244 Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.

County Manager of Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Mecklenburg County Issues and Industry Affairs 720 East Fourth Street Duke Energy Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 526 South Church Street, Mail Stop EC05P Mr. C. Jeffrey Thomas Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation NCEM REP Program Manager McGuire Nuclear Site 4713 Mail Service Center 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Raleigh, NC 27699-4713 Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Anne Cottingham, Esquire Division of Radiation Protection Winston and Strawn North Carolina Department of 1400 L Street, NW. Environment, Health and Natural Washington, DC 20005 Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Senior Resident Inspector Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Mr. T. Richard Puryear Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Owners Group (NCEMC)

Dr. John M. Barry Duke Energy Corporation Mecklenburg County 4800 Concord Road Department of Environmental York, South Carolina 29745 Protection 700 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210