ML20037A738
| ML20037A738 | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 10/20/1971 |
| From: | Muntzing L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 8003260761 | |
| Download: ML20037A738 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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THE FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION
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Docket No. 50-302
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(Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
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Generating Plant)
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DETERMINATION NOT TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO CPPR-51 PENDING COMPLETION OF NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEV The Florida Power Corporation (the licensee) is the holder of Construction Permit No. CPPR-51 (the construction permit), issued by the Atomic Energy Conssission on September 25, 1968. The construction permit authorizes the licensee to construct a pressurized water nuclear reactor, designated as the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, at a site in Citrus County, Florida, approximately 70 miles north of Tampa, Florida. The facility is designed for initial operation at approximately 2452 megawatts (thermal).
In accordance with section E.3 of the Coimaission's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA),
Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50 (Appendix D), the licensee has furnished i
l to the Conunission a written statement of reasons, with supporting factual submission, why the construction permit should not be suspended, i
in whole or in part, pendinF co8pletion of the NEPA environmental review, s003 28o 76 /
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The Director of Regulation has considered the licensee's submission in light of the criteria set out in section E.2 of Appendix D, and has determined, after considering and balancing the criteria in section E.2 of Appendix D, that construction activities at the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant authorized pursuant to CPPR-51 should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review.
Further details of this determination are set forth in a document entitled " Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environmental Review of the Construction Permit for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear GeneratinE Plant, Docket No. 50-302, November 1971."
Pending completion of the full NEPA review, the holder of Construction i
Permit No. CPPR-51 proceeds with construction at its own risk. The determination herein and the discussion and findints referred to above do not preclude the Canianion, as a result of its ongoing environmental review, from continuing, modifying or terminating the construction permit or from appropriately conditioning the permit to protect environmental values.
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Any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding, other than the licensee, may file a request for a hearing within thirty (30) days after publication of this determination in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
Such a request shall set forth the matters, with reference to the factors set out in section E.2 of Appendix D, alleged to warrant a determination other than that made by the Director of Regulation and shall set forth the factual basis for the request.
If the Commission determines that the matters stated in such request warrant a hearing, a notice of hearing will be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
The licensee's statement of reasons, furnished pursuant to section E.3 of Appendix D, as to why the construction permit should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review, and the document entitled " Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environmental Review of the Construction Permit for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, Docket No. 50-302 November 1971" are available for public inspection at the Commiasion's Public Document Room 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D.
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at the Crystal River Public Library, Crystal River, Florida 32629. Copies
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of the " Discussion and Findings" document may be obtained upon request addressed to the United States Atomic Energy Con: mission, Washington, D. C. 20545, Attention:
Director, Division of Reactor Licensing.
FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (signed) L. 3In""ing 31untzing L. Manning Muntzing Director of. Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this jsc' day of November 1971
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