ML20079N258
| ML20079N258 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Saint Vrain  |
| Issue date: | 02/14/1983 |
| From: | Wagner P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Lee O PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO |
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| NUDOCS 8303030604 | |
| Download: ML20079N258 (4) | |
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February 14, 1983 Docket:
50-267 Mr. O. R. Lee, Vice President Electric Production-Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201
Dear Mr. Lee:
SUBJECT:
FORT ST. VRAIN NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, AMENDMENT NO. 32 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE DPR-34 The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No.32 to Facility Operating License DPR-34 for the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station in partial response to your application for amendment dated January 2,1981 (P-81001).
This amendment revises the Appendix B Environmental Technical Specifications (ETS) to delete the non-radiological, water quality-related requirements contained in the current ETS.
Your basis for the requested deletion of water quality limits and monitoring programs is that these aquatic requirements are now under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as established by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment of 1972.
The NRC has taken the position that water quality conditions in existing reactor operating licenses should be removed as a matter of law where the licensee holds, as you do, an effective National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit (Permit Number CO-0001121).
'We concur in the deletion of the aquatic requirements and will rely on the NPDES permit system which is adminirtered by EPA for regulation and protection cf the aquatic environment.
The remaining requirements contained in the Appendix B Technical Specifications, for which you requested deletion, will be the subject of future correspondence.
j Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendment, or-such later time as the Commission may specify, the licensee shall satisfy any applicable requirement of P.L.97-425 related to pursuing an agreement with the Secretary of Energy for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
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. We have determined that the deletion of these water quality requirements is a ministerial action required as a matter of law. We have determined that these changes do not authorize a change in effluent types or total amounts nor an increase in power level, and will not result in any significant environmental impact.
Having made this determination, we have further con-cluded that the amendment involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental impact and pursuant to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4) that an environmental impact statement, negative declaration or environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
Since this amendment applies only to the deletion of water q'uality' require'-
ments, we have concluded that:
(1) because the amendment does not. involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, does not create the possibility of an accident of a type different from any evaluated previously, and does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the amendment does not involve a significant hvzards consideration, (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety' of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (3) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissioa's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Sincerely, lSl C.
mut Philip C. Wagner, Project Manager Reactor Project Branch 1
Enclosures:
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Amendment No. 32 to DPR-34 2.
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Fort St. Vrain cc list C. K. Millen Chairman, Board of County Commissioners Senior Vice President of Weld County, Colorado Public Service Company Greeley, Colorado 80631 of Colorado P. O. Box 840 Regional Representative.
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James B. Graham, Manager 1860 Lincoln Street.
Licensing and Regulation Denver,. Colorado 80203 East Coast Office a
General Atomic Company Don Warembourg.
2021 K Street, NW, Suite 709 Nuclear Production Manager Washington, DC 20006 Public Service Company of Colorado P. O. Box 368 J. K. Fuller, Vice President Platteville, Colorado 80651, Public Service Company of Colorado Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director P. O. Box 840 Division of Licensing-Denver, Colorado 80201 Office:of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission M. W. Dickerson Washington, D.C.
20555 NRC Senior Resident Inspector P. O. Box 640 Platteville, Colorado 80651 Director, Division of Planning Department of Local Affairs 615 Columbine Building 1845 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 l
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