ML072620200

Regarding Environmental Assessment Related to Issuance of Amendments (TAC Nos. MD6734, MD6735, and MD6736)

ML072620200
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	10/31/2007
From:	Olshan L N NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Hamilton B H Duke Power Co
Olshan L N, NRR/DORL, 415-1419
References
TAC MD3735, TAC MD3736, TAC MD6734
Download: ML072620200 (7)

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October 31, 2007Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT RELATED TO ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS (TAC NOS.

MD6734, MD6735, AND MD6736)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impactrelated to your application for amendments dated January 31, 2007. The proposed amendments are administrative in nature and would revise the Technical Specifications to remove requirements that are no longer applicable due to the completion of the control room intake/booster fan modifications.The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Leonard N. Olshan, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessmentcc w/encl: See next page October 31, 2007Mr. Bruce H. HamiltonVice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT RELATED TO ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS (TAC NOS.

MD6734, MD6735, AND MD6736)

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impactrelated to your application for amendments dated January 31, 2007. The proposed amendments are administrative in nature and would revise the Technical Specifications to remove requirements that are no longer applicable due to the completion of the control room intake/booster fan modifications.The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.Sincerely,/RA/Leonard N. Olshan, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

Environmental Assessmentcc w/encl: See next pageDistribution

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTIdentification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action is administrative in nature and would revise the TechnicalSpecifications (TSs) to remove requirements that are no longer applicable due to the completion of the control room intake/booster fan modifications.The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application dated January 31, 2007.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action removes requirements from the TSs that are no longer applicable. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

The NRC has completed its safety evaluation of the proposed action and concludes thatthere are no environmental impacts.The details of the staff's safety evaluation will be provided in the license amendmentsthat will be issued as part of the letter to the licensee approving the license amendments.The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or consequences ofaccidents. No changes are being made in the types of effluents that may be released off site.

There is no significant increase in the amount of any effluent released off site. There is no significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed action does not have apotential to affect any historic sites. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant environmental impactsassociated with the proposed action.

Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action

As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposedaction (i.e., the "no-action" alternative). Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar. Alternative Use of Resources

The action does not involve the use of any different resources than those previouslyconsidered in the Final Environmental Statement for the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, dated March 1972 and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 2) dated December 9, 1999.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy, on October 18, 2007, the staff consulted with theSouth Carolina State official, Mr. R. Mike Gandy of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTOn the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposedaction will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter datedJanuary 31, 2007. Documents may be examined and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),

Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing thedocuments located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31 st day of October 2007.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Leonard N. Olshan, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Mr. Bruce H. HamiltonVice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672Ms. Lisa F. VaughnAssociate General Counsel and Managing Attorney Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street - EC07H Charlotte, North Carolina 28202Manager, LISNUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Dr., 3rd Floor Clearwater, FL 34619-1035Senior Resident InspectorU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672Mr. Henry Porter, DirectorDivision of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Dept. of Health and Env. Control 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201-1708Mr. Michael A. SchoppmanFramatome ANP 1911 North Ft. Myer Dr.

Suite 705 Rosslyn, VA 22209Mr. B. G. DavenportRegulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Site Duke Energy Corporation ON03RC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672Mr. Leonard G. GreenAssistant Attorney General NC Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs Duke Power Company LLC 526 S. Church St.

Mail Stop EC05P Charlotte, NC 28202Division of Radiation ProtectionNC Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural

Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721Mr. Peter R. Harden, IVVP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, NC 28210Mr. Henry BarronGroup Vice President, Nuclear Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 1006-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201-1006Mr. Charles BrinkmanDirector, Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852Ms. Kathryn B. NolanSenior Counsel Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street - EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202