[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66588-66589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27644]
[[Page 66588]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-220, 50-410, and 72-1036; NRC-2015-0248]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station
Units 1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) for public comment related to a request to amend the
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-63, NPR-69, and Docket No.
72-1036, issued to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, ``the
licensee''), for operation of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station,
Units 1 and 2, including the general-licensed Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation (hereinafter ``NMP'' or ``the facility''), located
in Oswego County, New York. The requested amendment would permit
licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition
feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local,
and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that otherwise
prohibit such actions.
DATES: Submit comments by November 30, 2015. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
before this date. Any potential party, as defined in 2.4, of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who believes access to
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) is necessary
to respond to this notice must request document access by November 9,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0248. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information'' and ``Submitting Comments'' in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Douglas V. Pickett, telephone:
301-415-1364, email: [email protected], U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0248 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0248.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based
ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced. The application for amendment for NMP dated August 14,
2013, was supplemented by letters dated September 10, 2013, May 14,
2014, and January 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13228A265,
ML13260A257, ML14139A342, and ML15020A100, respectively). Those letters
containing SUNSI are being withheld from public disclosure.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0248 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering a request to amend Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-63, NPR-69, and Docket No. 72-1036, issued
to Exelon for operation of NMP located in Oswego County, New York, in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.90. Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21
and 10 CFR 51.33, the NRC has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment
and Finding of No Significant Impact documenting its finding. The
requested amendment would permit licensee security personnel to use
certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices not previously
permitted, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms
laws or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.
III. Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would permit security personnel at NMP, in the
performance of official duties, to transfer, receive, possess,
transport, import, and use certain firearms and large capacity
ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted to be owned or
possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms
laws, or regulations, that otherwise prohibit such actions.
The proposed action is in accordance with Exelon's application
dated August 14, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated September 10,
2013, May 14, 2014, and January 16, 2015.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow the transfer, receipt, possession,
transportation, importation and use of those firearms and devices
needed in the performance of official duties
[[Page 66589]]
required for the protection of NMP and associated special nuclear
materials, consistent with the NMP NRC-approved security plan.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed action only allow the use of those firearms
and devices necessary to protect NMP and associated special nuclear
material, consistent with the NMP NRC-approved security plant.
Therefore, the proposed action would not significantly increase the
probability or consequences of accidents. In addition, the proposed
action would not change the types and the amounts of any effluents that
may be released offsite. There would also be no significant increase in
occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there would be no
significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the
proposed action.
The proposed action would not impact land, air, or water resources,
including biota. In addition, the proposed action would not result in
any socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts or impacts to
historic and cultural resources. Therefore, there would also be no
significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the
proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that the issuance of the requested
amendment would not result in significant environmental impacts.
The NRC will publish in the Federal Register a copy of the final
environmental assessment as part of the final finding of no significant
impact.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denying the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the license amendment request would result in no change in
current environmental conditions at NMP.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action would not involve the use of any resources.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The staff did not consult with any other Federal Agency or State of
New York agencies regarding the environmental impact of the proposed
action.
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
The licensee has requested a license amendment to permit licensee
security personnel, in the performance of official duties, to transfer,
receive, possess, transport, import, and use certain firearms and large
capacity ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted to be
owned or possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal
firearms laws, or regulations that would otherwise prohibit such
actions.
On the basis of the information presented in this environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action would not cause
any significant environmental impact and would not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human environment. In addition, the NRC
has determined that an environmental impact statement is not necessary
for the evaluation of this proposed action.
Other than the licensee's letter dated August 14, 2013, there are
no other environmental documents associated with this review. This
document is available for public inspection as indicated above.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of October 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Benjamin G. Beasley,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch 1-1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-27644 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P