ML20004D835
| ML20004D835 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 06/04/1981 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20004D831 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8106100181 | |
| Download: ML20004D835 (2) | |
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b, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL BY THE DIVISION OF LICENSING SUPPORTING EXTENSION OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT NOS. CPPR-116 AND CPPR-117 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 50$I.RO,yg{y{$(,1y{$g{,6((R3g3(
ggs ggi,g{1,qq,g{,P,[gggs,gg,39{1,gn, By letter of April 30, 1981, Duke Power Company (Duke) filed a request witn the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the completion dates specified in Construction Permit Nos. CPPR-116 and CPPR-117 for the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Catawba 1 & 2). The action proposed is the issuance of an order providing for an extension of the latest completion dates of the construc-tion permits from June 1,1981 to and including March 1,1984 for Unit 1, and from June 1,1982 to and including September 1,1985 for Unit 2.
The NRC staff has reviewed the application and found that good cause has been shown for the requested extension of the completion dates specified in Construction Permits CPPR-116 and CPPR-117 for Catawba 1 & 2 (see attached Safety Evaluation by the NRC staff).
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Ngeg,{gg,[hg,[ag((((y Catawba 1 & 2 are now scheduled to begin comercial operation in March 1, 1984 for Unit 1 and September 1,1985 for Unit 2.
Examination of the most recent information regarding loads and resources indicates that the conclusion reached in the Final Environmental Statement, Construction Permit Stage (FES-CP), published in December 1973 regarding need for this plant is still valid.
The staff's overall conclusion that the plant should be constructed is unaf-fected by the extension of the construction permit.
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The FES-CP for Catawba 1 & 2 includes an assessment of potential environmental, economic, and comunity impacts due to site preparation and plant construction.
In addition, the staff's review of the inspection reports prepared by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement as a result of periodic inspection visits to the Catawba 1 & 2 site did not identify any adverse igacts on the environment or the surrounding comunity which were not anticipated and adequately discussed in the FES-CP or which were significantly greater than those discussed in the FES-CP.
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Assessment of Impacts The only effects possibly resulting from the requested extension would be those due to transposing the impacts in tine or extending the total time the local community is subjected to temporary construction inpacts. This in the staff's view will not result in any significant additional impact.
The staff concludes that the environmental inpact associated with construc-tion of the plant described in the FES-CP are not affected by the proposed extension.
Thus, no significant change in impact is expected to result from the extension.
Conclusion and Basis for Negative Declaration On the basis of the foregoing analysis and the NRC staff evaluation, it is con-cluded that the impact attributable to the proposed action will be confined to i
those already predicted and described in the Connission's FES-CP issued in 1973.
Having made this conclusion, the Commission has further concluded that no environ-mental impact statement for the proposed action need be prepared, and that a nega-tive declaration to this effect is appropriate.
Dated: June 4, 1981 O
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