ML20148B978

Eia Supporting Amend 1 to CPPR-117,changing Ownership Interest in Facility

ML20148B978
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Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	10/19/1978
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7811010061
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHING TON, D. C. 20555 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL BY THE DIVISION OF SITE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. TO CPPR-117 RELATING TO CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 2 DOCKET NO. 50-414

1. Description of Proposed Action The action proposed is the issuance of an amendment to the construction permit for Catawba Nuclear Station Unit 2 (CPPR-ll7),

which was issued on August 7, 1975. The amendment would provide for the addition of North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA-1) as co-owner with Duke Power Company (DPC). NCMPA-1 would i have a 75% ownership interest in Unit 2 and 37.5% in the Support Facilities shared by Units 1 and 2, which are described as the administration building, nuclear service water pond, waste treatment facilities, switching station, cooling water discharge system, shops and laboratories, roads, parking, railroads, other improvements for common use, and land including a controlled exclusion area having a radius of 2500 feet around the station. DPC, presently the sole owner, would retain 25% of Unit 2 and 62.5% of the Support Facilities.

DPC would also retain exclusive responsibility for the design, construction and operation of Unit 2.

2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action NCMPA-1 is a public body and instrumentality.of the State of North Carolina and was created in 1976 to plan, develop, construct, and operate generation and transmission facilities. Under contracts with 20 municipal entities in North Carolina, NCMPA-1 is to be their sole and exclusive bulk power supplier in excess of any allotment of federal power from Southeastern Power Administration (SPA).

These municipalities are presently customers of DPC and receive their electricity from the Duke system, including their allotments from SPA. They will continue to receive their electricity from the Duke system under the change of ownership interest in Catawba, Unit 2.

There will be no transmission lines or substations constructed because of this change in ownership.*

• Letter to NRC from Duke Pcwer Company dated September 25, 1978.

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3. Conclusion i

On the basis of the foregoing information, the NRC. staff finds that the proposed action would result in no environmental impacts that were not. considered in the Commission's Final Environmental State-ment issued in December 1973 and the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decisions (Partial Initial Decision on Environmental Issues j

, dated April 9, 1974, Supplemental Partial Initial Decision on Site 1 Suitability dated May.14, 1974, and Initial Decision dated June 30, I 1975) or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board's Partial Decision dated October 29, 1976.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission therefore concludes that no

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environmental impact statement for the. proposed action need be prepared, and that a negative declaration to this effect is appropriate.

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