ML060740537
| ML060740537 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 04/06/2006 |
| From: | Guzman R V NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLA |
| To: | McKinney B T Susquehanna |
| Guzman R V, NRR/DLPM 415-1030 | |
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| Download: ML060740537 (17) | |
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April 6, 2006Mr. Britt T. McKinneySr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3Berwick, PA 18603-0467
SUBJECT:
SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - ISSUANCEOF AMENDMENT RE: ELIMINATION OF MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS AND OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE REPORTS (TAC NOS.
Dear Mr. McKinney:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 233 to Facility Operating LicenseNo. NPF-14 and Amendment No. 210 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-22 for theSusquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. These amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated October 5, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated March 31, 2006. These amendments revise TSs by eliminating the requirements to submit monthly operatingreports and occupational radiation exposure reports.A copy of our safety evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in theCommission's Biweekly Federal Register Notice.Sincerely,/RA/Richard V. Guzman, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 233 to License No. NPF-14 2. Amendment No. 210 to License No. NPF-22 3. Safety Evaluationcc w/encls: See next page April 6, 2006Mr. Britt T. McKinney Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3Berwick, PA 18603-0467
SUBJECT:
SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - ISSUANCEOF AMENDMENT RE: ELIMINATION OF MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS AND OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE REPORTS (TAC NOS.
Dear Mr. McKinney:
The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 233 to Facility Operating LicenseNo. NPF-14 and Amendment No. 210 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-22 for theSusquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. These amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) in response to your application dated October 5, 2005, as supplemented by letter dated March 31, 2006. These amendments revise TSs by eliminating the requirements to submit monthly operatingreports and occupational radiation exposure reports.A copy of our safety evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in theCommission's Biweekly Federal Register Notice.Sincerely,/RA/Richard V. Guzman, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 233 to License No. NPF-14 2. Amendment No. 210 to License No. NPF-22 3. Safety Evaluationcc w/encls: See next pageDISTRIBUTIONPUBLICRidsNrrDorlLplaRidsNrrPmRGuzmanRidsNrrLASLittle LPLI-1 RFRidsOGCMailCenterRidsAcrsAcnwMailCenterRidsRgn1MailCenterGHill(4)RidsNrrDirsItsbRidsNrrDprADAMS Accession Number: ML060740537OFFICECLIIP LPMLPLI-1/PMLPLI-1/LALPLI-1/BCNAMEWReckleyRGuzmanSLittleRLauferDATE12/21/20054/03/064/03/064/06/06OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
Robert A. SacconeVice President - Nuclear Operations PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3Berwick, PA 18603-0467Aloysius J. Wrape, IIIGeneral Manager - Performance Improvement and Oversight PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179Terry L. HarpsterGeneral Manager - Plant Support PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4Berwick, PA 18603-0467Rocco R. SgarroManager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179Walter E. MorrisseySupervising Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4Berwick, PA 18603-0467Michael H. CrowthersSupervising Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179Steven M. CookManager - Quality Assurance PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2Berwick, PA 18603-0467Luis A. RamosCommunity Relations Manager, Susquehanna PPL Susquehanna, LLC 634 Salem Blvd., SSO Berwick, PA 18603-0467Bryan A. Snapp, EsqAssoc. General Counsel PPL Services Corporation Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179Supervisor - Document Control ServicesPPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179Richard W. OsborneAllegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266Director, Bureau of Radiation ProtectionPennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469Senior Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035Regional Administrator, Region 1U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Board of SupervisorsSalem Township
P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:Dr. Judith JohnsrudNational Energy Committee Sierra Club 443 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLCALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.DOCKET NO.50-387SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 1AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEAmendment No. 233License No. NPF-141.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) having f ound that:A.The application for the amendment filed by PPL Susquehanna, LLC, dated October 5, 2005, as supplemented on March 31, 2006, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;B.The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of theAct, and the regulations of the Commission;C.There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by thisamendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with theCommission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;D.The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense andsecurity or to the health and safety of the public; andE.The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of theCommission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. 2.Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications asindicated in the attachment to this license amendment and paragraph 2.C.(2) of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-14 is hereby amended to read as follows: (2)Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection PlanThe Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised throughAmendment No. 233 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the license. PPL Susquehanna, LLC shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and theEnvironmental Protection Plan.3.This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implementedwithin 60 days. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Richard J. Laufer, ChiefPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical SpecificationsDate of Issuance: April 6, 2006 ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 233FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-14DOCKET NO. 50-387Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attachedrevised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change. REMOVEINSERTTS/TOC-4TS/TOC-45.0-195.0-19 5.0-215.0-21 PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLCALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.DOCKET NO.50-388SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 2AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSEAmendment No. 210License No. NPF-221.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) having f ound that:A.The application for the amendment filed by PPL Susquehanna, LLC, dated October 5, 2005, as supplemented on March 31, 2006, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;B.The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of theAct, and the regulations of the Commission;C.There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by thisamendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with theCommission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;D.The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense andsecurity or to the health and safety of the public; andE.The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of theCommission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. 2.Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications asindicated in the attachment to this license amendment and paragraph 2.C.(2) of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-22 is hereby amended to read as follows:(2)Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection PlanThe Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised throughAmendment No. 210 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the license. PPL Susquehanna, LLC shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and theEnvironmental Protection Plan.3.This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implementedwithin 60 days. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Richard J. Laufer, ChiefPlant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to the Technical SpecificationsDate of Issuance: April 6, 2006 ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 210FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-22DOCKET NO. 50-388Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the attachedrevised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change. REMOVEINSERTTS/TOC-4TS/TOC-45.0-195.0-19 5.0-215.0-21 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATIONRELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 233 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-14AND AMENDMENT NO. 210 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-22PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLCALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2DOCKET NOS. 50-387 AND 38
81.0INTRODUCTION
By application dated October 5, 2005 (see Agencywide Document Access and ManagementSystem Accession No. ML052850299), as supplemented by letter dated March 31, 2006, PPL Susquehanna, LLC (the licensee), requested changes to the Technical Specifications (TSs) for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (SSES 1 and 2). The supplement dated March 31, 2006, provided additional information that clarified the application, did not expand thescope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change the staff's original proposedno significant hazards consideration determination.The amendments will delete the TS requirements to submit monthly operating reports andannual occupational radiation exposure reports. The change is consistent with Revision 1 of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-approved Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)Change Traveler, TSTF-369, "Elimination of Requirements for Monthly Operating Reports andOccupational Radiation Exposure Reports." This TS improvement was published in the FederalRegister (69 FR 35067) on June 23, 2004, as part of the Consolidated Line Item ImprovementProcess (CLIIP).
2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION
Section 182a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (the Act) requires applicants fornuclear power plant operating licenses to state such TSs as the Commission may deem necessary. Such TSs shall be a part of the license issued. The Commission's regulatory requirements related to the content of TSs are set forth in Title 10 of the Code of FederalRegulations (10 CFR) 50.36, ?Technical specifications." The regulation requires that TSsinclude items in five specific categories, including (1) safety limits, limiting safety systemsettings, and limiting control settings; (2) limiting conditions for operation (LCOs); (3) surveillance requirements; (4) design features; and (5) administrative controls. However, the regulation does not specify the particular requirements to be included in a plant's TSs.
The Commission has provided guidance for the content of TSs in its "Final Policy Statement onTechnical Specification Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors," (58 FR 39132, published July 22, 1993) in which the Commission indicated that compliance with the Final Policy Statement satisfies Section 182a. of the Act. The Final Policy Statement identified four criteriato be used in determining whether a particular item should be addressed in the TSs as an LCO.
The criteria were subsequently incorporated into 10 CFR 50.36 (60 FR 36593, published July 19, 1995). While the criteria specifically apply to LCO, the Commission indicated that the intent of these criteria may be used to identify the optimum set of administrative controls in theTSs. Addressing administrative controls, 10 CFR Part 50.36 states that they are
?the provisionsrelating to organization and management, procedures, record keeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure operation of the facility in a safe manner." The specific contentof the administrative controls section of the TSs is, therefore, related to those programs andreports that the Commission deems essential for the safe operation of the facility, which are notadequately covered by regulations or other regulatory requirements. Accordingly, the NRCstaff may determine that specific requirements, such as those associated with this change, maybe removed from the administrative controls in the TSs if they are not explicitly required by 10 CFR 50.36(c)(5) and are not otherwise necessary to obviate the possibility of an abnormalsituation or event giving rise to an immediate threat to the public health and safety. The impetus for the monthly operating report (MOR) came from the 1973-1974 oil embargo.Regulatory Guide 1.16, Revision 4, ?Reporting of Operating Information--Appendix A TechnicalSpecifications," published for comment in August 1975, identifies operating statistics and shutdown experience information that was desired in the operating report at that time. In themid-1990s, the NRC staff assessed the information that is submitted in the MOR anddetermined that while some of the information was no longer used by the NRC staff, the MORwas the only source of some data used in the NRC Performance Indicator (PI) Program of that time period (see NRC Generic Letter (GL) 97-02, ?Revised Contents of the Monthly OperatingReport"). Beginning in the late 1990s, the NRC developed and implemented a major revision toits assessment, inspection, and enforcement processes through its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). The ROP uses both plant-level PI and inspections performed by NRC personnel. Inconjunction with the development of the ROP, the NRC developed the Industry Trends Program(ITP). The ITP provides the NRC a means to assess overall industry performance usingindustry level indicators and to report on industry trends to various stakeholders (e.g., Congress). Information from the ITP is used to assess the NRC's performance related toits goal of having
?no statistically significant adverse industry trends in safety performance." The ITP uses some of the same PI as the PI Program from the mid-1990s and, therefore, the NRC has a continuing use for the data provided in the MOR. The NRC also uses some datafrom the MOR to support the evaluation of operating experience, licensee event reports, and other assessments performed by the NRC staff and its contractors. The reporting requirements for the MOR include challenges to the main steam safety/reliefvalves. The reporting of challenges to the main steam safety/relief valves was included in TSs based on the guidance in NUREG-0694, "[Three Mile Island] TMI-Related Requirements forNew Operating Licensees." The industry proposed and the NRC accepted the elimination ofthe reporting requirements in TSs for challenges to main steam safety/relief valves in Revision 4 to TSTF-258, "Changes to Section 5.0, Administrative Controls." The NRC staff'sacceptance of TSTF-258 and subsequent approval of plant-specific adoptions of TSTF-258 is based on the fact that the information on challenges to relief and safety valves is not used in the evaluation of the MOR data, and that the information needed by the NRC is adequatelyaddressed by the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.73, "Licensee event reports." Licensees are required by TSs to submit annual occupational radiation exposure reports(ORER) to the NRC. These reports, developed in the mid-1970s, supplement the reportingrequirements currently defined in 10 CFR 20.2206, ?Reports of individual monitoring," byproviding a tabulation of data by work areas and job functions. The NRC included data fromthe ORER in its annual publication of NUREG-0713, ?Occupational Radiation Exposure atCommercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities," through the year 1997, but nolonger includes the data in that or other reports.
3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION
3.1MORsAs previously mentioned, the administrative requirements in the TSs are reserved for
?theprovisions relating to organization and management, procedures, record keeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure operation of the facility in a safe manner." The currentuse of the information from the MOR is not related to reporting on or confirming the safe operation of specific nuclear power plants. Instead, the data is used by the NRC to assess andcommunicate with stakeholders regarding the overall performance of the nuclear industry. Data related to PI for specific plants are reported to the NRC as part of the ROP. The NRC staff hasdetermined that the MOR do not meet the criteria defined for requirements to be included in theadministrative section of TSs and the reporting requirement may, therefore, be removed.
Although the MOR does not satisfy the criteria for inclusion in TSs, the NRC staff, nevertheless,has a continuing need to receive the data in order to compile its reports on industry trends and to support other evaluations of operating experience. In addition, information such as plant capacity factors that are reported in the MOR are useful to the NRC staff and are frequentlyasked for by agency stakeholders. The NRC staff interacted with licensees, industry organizations, and other stakeholders duringthe development of the Consolidated Data Entry (CDE) program (currently being developed and maintained by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), regarding the use of an industry database like CDE to provide data currently obtained from the MOR. These discussions also involved the related Revision 1 to TSTF-369, ?Elimination of Requirements for MonthlyOperating Reports and Occupational Radiation Exposure Reports." As described in Section 4.0 of this safety evaluation (SE), the licensee is making a regulatory commitment to continue to provide the data identified in GL 97-02, following the removal of the TS requirement to submitMOR, and will, therefore, continue to meet the needs of the NRC staff for the ITP and otherevaluations. The use of an industry database such as CDE is more efficient and cost-effective for both the NRC and licensees than would be having the NRC staff obtain the neededinformation from other means currently available. Should a licensee fail to satisfy the regulatory commitment to voluntarily provide the information, the NRC could obtain the information through its inspection program (similar to the process described in NRC Inspection Procedure 71150, ?Discrepant or Unreported Performance Indicator Data") with the licensee beingcharged for the time spent by the NRC staff.The only significant changes resulting from the adoption of TSTF-369 are that the informationwill be provided quarterly instead of monthly (although the operating data will still be divi ded bymonth) and the form of the reporting will be from a consolidated database such as CDE insteadof in correspondence from individual licensees. The change of reporting frequency to quarterly has some advantages for both the NRC staff and licensees, since it will coincide with the collection and submission of the ROP PI data. In terms of the specific method used to transmitthe data to the NRC, the licensee has committed (see Section 4.0 below) to provide data identified in GL 97-02 on a quarterly basis. The NRC staff believes that the most efficientprocess for licensees and the NRC will be for all licensees to use a system such as CDE. Suchsystems have advantages in terms of improved data entry, data checking, and data verificationand validation. The NRC will recognize efficiency gains by having the data from all plantsreported using the same computer software and format. Although the data may be transmitted to the NRC from an industry organization maintaining a database such as CDE, the licenseeprovides the data for the system and remains responsible for the accuracy of the datasubmitted to the NRC for its plant(s). The public will continue to have access to the datathrough official agency records accessible in ADAMS. The content requirements for the MOR currently include information on challenges to the mainsteam safety/relief valves. As discussed in the previous section, the NRC staff has documented in its approval of TSTF-258 and related plant-specific amendments that thereporting of challenges to main steam safety/relief valves may be removed from TSs since the information needed by the NRC is adequately addressed by the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.73, ?Licensee event report." The NRC staff finds it acceptable to remove therequirement to report challenges to safety/relief valves along with the other reporting requirements associated with the MOR.3.2ORER The information that the NRC staff needs regarding occupational doses is provided bylicensees in the reports required under 10 CFR Part 20. The data from the Part 20 reports are sufficient to support the NRC trending programs, radiation related studies, and preparation ofreports such as NUREG-0713. Accordingly, the NRC's limited use of the ORER submittedpursuant to the existing TS requirements no longer warrants the regulatory burden imposed onlicensees. Therefore, the NRC staff finds it acceptable that TS 5.6.1 is being deleted and theORER will no longer be submitted by the licensee.4.0VERIFICATIONS AND COMMITMENTSIn order to efficiently process incoming license amendment applications, the NRC staffrequested each licensee requesting the changes addressed by TSTF-369 using the CLIIP to address the following plant-specific regulatory commitment.Each licensee should make a regulatory commitment to provide to the NRC using anindustry database the operating data (for each calender month) that is described inGL 97-02 ?Revised Contents of the Monthly Operating Report," by the last day of themonth following the end of each calendar quarter. The regulatory commitment will bebased on use of an industry database (e.g., the industry's CDE program, currently being developed and maintained by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations). The licensee has made a regulatory commitment to provide to the NRC using an industrydatabase the operating data (for each calendar month) that is described in GL 97-02 "RevisedContents of the Monthly Operating Report," by the last day of the month following the end of 1 In subsequent discussions between the NRC staff and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, the NRC staff hasagreed that the report may be provided within approximately 45 days instead of the 30 days described in the CLIIP modelapplication. Licensees may revise their plant-specific regulatory commitments accordingly.each calendar quarter.
1 The regulatory commitment will be based on use of an industrydatabase (e.g., the industry's CDE program, currently being developed and maintained by INPO). This regulatory commitment will be implemented to prevent any gaps in the monthlyoperating statistics and shutdown experience provided to the NRC (i.e., data for all months willbe provided using one or both systems (MOR and CDE)). The NRC staff finds that reasonable controls for the implementation and for subsequentevaluation of proposed changes pertaining to the above regulatory commitment can be provided by the licensee's administrative processes, including its commitment management program. The NRC staff has agreed that Nuclear Energy Institute 99-04, Revision 0,?Guidelines for Managing NRC Commitment Changes," provides reasonable guidance for thecontrol of regulatory commitments made to the NRC staff (see Regulatory IssueSummary 2000-17, ?Managing Regulatory Commitments Made by Power Reactor Licensees tothe NRC Staff," dated September 21, 2000). The NRC staff notes that this amendmentestablishes a voluntary reporti ng system for the operating data that is similar to the systemestablished for the ROP Pl Program. Should the licensee choose to incorporate a regulatory commitment into the final safety analysis report or other document with established regulatory controls, the associated regulations would define the appropriate change-control and reportingrequirements.
5.0STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Pennsylvania State official was notified ofthe proposed issuance of the amendments. The State official had no comments.
6.0ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments change a requirement with respect to installation or use of a facilitycomponent located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20. The NRC staff hasdetermined that the amendments involve no significant increase in the amounts, and nosignificant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there isno significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding (71 FR 153; January 3, 2006). Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria forcategorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b) no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
7.0CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) thereis reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered byoperation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to thecommon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public. Principal Contributor: W. Reckley Date: April 6, 2006