ML20134C951

Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Transfer of Control of Operating Licenses Re Plant & ISFSI

ML20134C951
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	10/04/1996
From:	Dromerick A NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9610110171
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~',^ UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM4ISSION l BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-317. 50-318. AND 72-8 1

CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 CALVERT CLIFFS INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION ,

4 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission (the Commission) is considering approval of the transfer of, and issuance of amendments to, Facility Operating -

License No. DPR-53, DPR-69, and SNM-2505, issued to Baltimore Gas and Electrfc S.

Company (BGE), (the licensee), for operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear' 7

• Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, and the Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Calvert County, Maryland.

ENVIROW4 ENTAL ASSESSNENT Identification of the Proposed Action:

The proposed action would consent to the transfer of control of the operating licenses and amend them to reflect the transfer of control of the licenses for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Powar Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, and

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the Calvert C1iffs ISFSI held by BGE. The proposed license transfers would Th - ~-:

transfer autisrity to possess and operate Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

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Unit Nos. 1 jnd L and the ISFSI from BGE to Constellation Energy Corporation.

The proposed amendments would change the licenses, to reflect this transfer by .

substituting Constellation Energy Corporation in place of BGE as the licensee for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, and the ISFSI.

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The proposed action-is in accordance with the licensee's application dated April 5, 1996.

The Need for the Pronosed Action: -

The proposed actions are required to approve and reflect the transfer of control' of the licenses discussed above. The transfer and amendments reflecting the transfer of control will have minimal impact on the operation of the fr.cilities. The transfer and amendments will not affect the Technical l Specifications or license conditions for the facilities.

I j Environmental Imoacts of the Pronosed Action:

The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed transfer of:

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} control of the licenses and related amendments and concludes that there will 4 be no changes to the operation of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit i

j Nos. I and 2, and Calvert Cliffs ISFSI since the Constellation Energy

Corporation management directly responsible for the operation will be j experienced BGE managers.

{ The change will not increase the probability or consequences of j accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be j released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable e

individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the i Commission cini:1udes that there are no significant radiological environmental I

impacts associated _with the proposed action.

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the transfer of control and related amendments wou1d not affect nonradiological plant effluents and would have no other environmental impact. Therefore, l

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the Commissian ' concludes that there 'are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

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. Alternatives to the Proposed Action:

Since the Commission has concluded there is no significant environmental impact associated with the proposed action, any alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact need not be evaluated. As an alternative to the l proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action. Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmental impacts.

The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action '

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g This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2, and the Environmental Assessment for Calvert Cliffs ISFSI, dated March 1991.

Acencier and Persons Consulted:

In accordance with its stated policy, on September 18, 1996, the staff consulted with the Maryland State official, Richard I. McLean of the 2

Department: ~ 'httfra1 Resources,regardingtheenvironmentalimpactofthe

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proposed ~ m.The State official had no comments.

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. Based upon the. environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not'have a significant effect on the quality of the 'f..

human environment. Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.

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For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter dated April 5,1996, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Roor;, The Gelman Building, 2120 j L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Calvert County Library, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of October 1996.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COP 9tl,SSION i

4 YNW Alexander W. Dromerick, Senior Project Manager ,^

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