ML20149G095

Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR50,App R,Section Iii.H Concerning Size of Fire Brigade

ML20149G095
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Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	12/21/1987
From:	Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20149G046	List: ML20149G043 ML20149G060 ML20149G071 ML20149G095
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NUDOCS 8801150024
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DAIRiLAND POWER COOPERATIVE

_ DOCKET NO. 50-409 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR P vt 50 Appendix R,Section III.H. to Dairyland Power Cooperative (the licensee) for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR).

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

• Identification of Proposed Action The exemption will allow the size of the fire brigade at LACBWR to be reduced from five members to three members.

LACBWR was permanently shutdown on April 30, 1987 and reactor defueling completed on June 11, 1987. The LACBWR operating License No. OPR-45 was modified to possess-but-not-operate status on August 4, 1987, i

Need for Proposed Action The exemption is needed to eliminate unnecessary requirements that were I appropriate for an operating plant but are not needed at the permanently shutdown LACBWR facility.

Environmental Impait of the Proposed Action The proposed action is administrative only and will have no environmental P

impact.

Alternative Use of Resources This action does not involve the use of resources.

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2 Agencies and Persons Consulted The licensee initiated this exemption action. The NRC staff is reviewing their request. No other agencies or persons were consulted.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Comissica has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed exemption.

Based upon the environmental assessment, we conclude that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human .

environnent.

For details with respect to this action, see the licensee's applications dated April 7, 1986, March 24, 1987 and August 18, 1987, which are available in the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the La Crosse Public Library, 800 Main Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 21st: day of December 1987.

FOR THE NUCLE /.R REGULATORY COMMISSION Lester . Rubenstein Director Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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