ML20206E039

Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re 970212 Application for Amend.Proposed Amend Would Revise Permanently Defueled TS by Revising Subsection 4.1.1, Replacing Figure 4.1-1 & Adding New Page to Figure 4.1-1

ML20206E039
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Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	04/28/1999
From:	Masnik M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO 50-344 TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Tne U L Nuc: ear Regulatory Commission ithe Commission;is considenng the issuance of an a~,enoment to Facility Ooerating License No NPF 1 :ssued to the Portland Generai E;ect': C:~rar f P3E o.' icensee 'cr the Trojan Nuclear P! ant (TNP or the plant).

The plant is :ocatec :n C:iumcia County Oregon ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT laentificati n of P' ocse;: A :' O r The proposea amenoment woulo rev:se the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications by (1) revising Subsection 41 1. ' Site and Exclusion Area Boundaries, and (2) replacing existing Figure 41 1with a new Figure 4.1-1and adding a new page to Figure 11-1 to reflect the access controlled (ISFSI) area.

The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment (LCA 242) dated February 12.1997 The Need for the Proposed Action:

The issuance of an amendment will allow the licensee to delete the ISFSI area from the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications. This will cause the ISFSI to be regulated under t0 CFR Part 72 which is more appropriate to its use as a dry fuel storage area.

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l. 1 EnvironmentalImoacts of the Prooosed Action l j f The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the tssuance of the amendment will not have any significant effect on accident nsk and the possibility of environmentaiimpact The Commission nas previously issued an Environmental Assessment ano Finding of No Significant Impact for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Trc.ian Nue: ear P' ant 61 FR 643781 On March 31 1999. the Commission issued a 10 CFR Pac ~2 ::erse :: PGE to cermit scent 'se; from tre plant to be placed in dry storage at ar iSFSI at ; e 'a::.:)

l Tne i:easse Oces ac: orocese any Oiscesal :f .e: cy inis action nor any other activities that nave a.ot a/eae) Oee" acc# ved cy :ne NRC Therefore. the proposed action does not l

increase e :r:cae ,:'. :' :c se:vea:es of arf a:c cents no enanges are being made in the i

l types of anf e" tents : at ~.aj ce released offsite anc tnere is no significant increase in occupational Or public radiation exposure Therefore. there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

1 With regard to potential non-radiological impacts. the proposed action does not involve  !

I any historic sites it does not affect non radiological plant effluents and has no other

' environmental impact Therefore. there are no significant non-radiological environmental.

impacts associated with the proposed action.

l Alternative to the Procosed Action:

l l As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed  ;

i action (i e., the "no-action alternative).. Denial of the application would result in no change in l current environmentalimpacts The environmeStalimpacts of the proposed action and the j alternative action are identical.

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' Alternative Use of Resources

. This action does not involve *he use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Trojan Nuclear Plant Acencies and Persons Consulted in accorcance wth its stated policy on Apnl 20 1999. the staff consulted with the Oregen State O'f c:a Mr A:am Bless of the Oregon De:.artment of Energy regarding the environrrenta' meact of tre crocosed action. The State -'ficial had no commentr..

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT l

On the cas s of the en.irceenta! assessment. : e Commission concludes that the l

l prooosed actica Ad Sct rave a s gnificant effect on the cuality of the human environment.

i Accorc.ngry -e Cc~~ ss.cr as :eterm rea rot to c'ecare an environmentalimpact l

l statement for tre p'oposed action.

For further details with respect to the proposed actior, see the licensee's letter dated February 12.1997. which is available for public inspection at tne Commission's Public Document Room The Gelman Building. 2120 L Street. NW., Washington. DC, and at the local public document room located at the Branford Pnce Millar Library. Portland State University.

934 S.W Harnson Street. P.O. Box 1151. Portland. Oragon 97207.

Dated at Rockville. Maryland, this 29th day of April 1999.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/- ( . .. /h l, Michael T. f.1asnik Chief Decommissioning Section Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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