ML20198F317

Eia Supporting Extension of CPPR-93

ML20198F317
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	08/16/1978
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20198F309	List: ML20198F305 ML20198F317 ML20198F324
References
CON-WNP-0874, CON-WNP-874 NUDOCS 8605280472
Download: ML20198F317 (2)

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ENVIRONMENTAL IWACT APPRAISAL BY THE DIVISION OF SITE SAFETY AND ENVIRONENTAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTING EXTENSION OF CONSTRUCTION PERNIT No. CPPR-93 WPPSS NUCLEAR PROJECT No. 2 ENVIRONENTAL IWACT APPRAISAL Description of Proposed Action By letter of December 28. 1976 the applicant. Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS), filed a request with the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) to extend the completion date specified in Construction Permit No. CPPR-93 for the WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2 (WNP-2).

The action proposed is the issuance of an order providing for an extension of the latest completion date of the construction pemit from September 1, 1978 to and including December 1 .1981. The NRC staff has reviewed the application and found that good cause has been shown for the requested extension of the completion date specified in Construction Pemit CPPR-93 for WNP-2 (see attached Safety Evaluation by the NRC staff).

Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action A. Need for the Facility The WNP-2 is now scheduled to begin commercial operation in Septcinber 1980. As part of the Itcensing review of other plants of this applicant (WNP-1. WNP-3, WNP-4 and WNP-5) the staff has closely followed WPPSS's need for generating capacity. Examina-tion of the most recent information regeding loads and resources indicates that the conclusion reached in the Final Environmental Statement published in December 1972 regarding need for this plant is still y alid.

The overall staff's conclusion that the plant should be constructed is unaffected by the extension of the constructias> pemit.

B. Community and Economic Impacts The Final Environmental Statement (FES) for the WNF-2 includes an assessment of potential environmental, economic, and community impacts due to site prepention and plant construction. In addition, (1) the staff's review of the inspection reports p mpa md by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement as a result of periodic inspection visits to the WNP-2 site, and (2) staff's discussions with individuals and local and state officials held at the time of licensina reviews of adhcent unfit fWNP-1 and WNP-4) did not err.c =

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. i identify any adverse impacts on the environment or the surrounding connunity which were not anticipated and adequately discussed in the FES or which were significantly greater than those discussed in the FES.

The only effects possibly resulting from the requested extension would be those due to transposing the impacts in time or extending the total time the local community is subjected to temporary construction impacts. However, due to the shortness of the extension period requested and the stage of construction, the staff does not believe that any additional impact will result.

The staff concludes that environmental impacts associated with construction of the plant described in the FES, are not affected by the proposed extension. Thus, no significant change in impact is expected to result from the extension.

Conclusion and Basis for Negative Declaration On the basis of the foregoing analysis and the NRC staff evaluation, it is concluded that there will be no environmental impact attributable to the proposed action other than that already predicted and described in the Commission's FES issued December 1972. Having made this conclusion, the Commission has further concluded that no environmental impact state-ment for the proposed action need be prepared, and that a negative declaration to this effect is appropriate.

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