ML20247N268

Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re 890207 Request for Exemption from 10CFR50.33(k)(1),extending Time Period for Submittal of Rept Indicating How Funds Will Be Provided for Decommissioning Facility

ML20247N268
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	03/31/1989
From:	Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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i UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMNISSION PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-353 ENV!90NMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IHPACT The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an exemption to Philadelphia Electric Company, (the licensee), for operation of the Limerick Generating Station, Unit 2, located in Montgomery and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:

The proposed exemption would extend the time required for submittal of a repart indicating how reasonable assurance will be provided that funds will be available to decommission the f&cility.

l The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application for exemption dated February 7, 1989.

10 CFR 50.33(k)(1) states, "Each application shall state: For an application for an operating license for a production or utilization facility, information in the form of a report, as described in 550.75 of this part, indicating how reasonable assurance will 50 provided that funds will be available to de:ommission the facility." 10 CFR 50.75 establishes reouf rements for indicating how reasonable assurance will be provided that funds will be available for decommissioning. Each holder of an operating license is required to submit a decommissioning funding plan on or before July 28, 1990.

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• d 2-The Need for the Proposed Action:

The funding report and certification are complex and require careful and deliberate financial planning. The Limerick Generating Plant is a two unit facility.

The decommissioning report for Unit 1 is not required until July 26, 1990. The decommissioning plans for Units 1 and 2 need to be coordinated, since the units share common systems. The proposed exemption is needed to provide the time necessary to perform this planning properly and provide an accurate and informed report.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:

The proposed exemption from 10 CFR 50.33(k)(1) will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any eff',uents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant cumulative radiation exposure. Accordingly, the Conunission concludes that this proposed exemption would result in no significant radiological environmental impact. Additionally, it does not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Conunission concludes that there are no significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed exemption.

Alternative to the Proposed Action:

Since the Conunission concluded that there are no significant environmental effects that would result from the proposed action, any alternatives with equal or greater environmental impacts need not be evaluated.

The principal alternative would be to deny the requested exemption. This would not reduce environmental impacts of plant operation and would result in reduced operational flexibility.

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. l Alternative Use of Resources:

1 This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Final Environmental Statements for the Limerick Generating Station, Unit 2, dated April 1984.

Agencies and Persons Consulted:

The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and did not consult other agencies or persons.

FINDING OF N0 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed exemption.

Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, we conclude that the.

proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

For further details with respect to this action, see the request for exemption dated February 7,1989, which is available for public inspection at the Consnission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Pottstown Public Library, 500 High Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of March 1989.

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Walter Butler, Director Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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