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Federal Register/Vol. 69, No. 158/Tuesday, August 17 51112 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 17, 2004 / Notices request: 89,465 (81,765 reporting hours NUCLEAR REGULATORY For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. + 7,700 recordkeeping hours) or an COMMISSION Chandu P. Patel, average of 125 hours per response Project Manager, Section 2, Project (81,765 reporting burden hours/655 [Docket No. 50–400] Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project responses) and an average of 13 hours Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. per recordkeeper (7,700 recordkeeping Carolina Power & Light Company, et al. burden hours/601 recordkeepers). [FR Doc. 04–18732 Filed 8–16–04; 8:45 am] Notice of Withdrawal of Application for BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 9. An indication of whether Section Amendment to Facility Operating 3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not License applicable. NUCLEAR REGULATORY 10. Abstract: Part 70 establishes The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory COMMISSION requirements for licenses to own, Commission (the Commission) has [Docket Nos. 50–413 AND 50–414] acquire, receive, possess, use, and granted the request of Carolina Power & transfer special nuclear material. The Light Company (the licensee) to Duke Energy Corporation; Concerning information in the applications, reports, withdraw its December 8, 2003, the Application for Irradiation of Mixed and records is used by NRC to make application for proposed amendment to Oxide Lead Test Assemblies at licensing and other regulatory Facility Operating License No. NFP–63 Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and determinations concerning the use of for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power 2; Environmental Assessment and special nuclear material. The revised Plant, Unit 1, located in Wake and Finding of No Significant Impact estimate of burden reflects the addition Chatham Counties, North Carolina. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory of requirements for documentation for The proposed amendment would Commission (NRC) is considering termination or transfer of licensed have revised the Technical issuance of an amendment to the activities, and modifying licenses. Specifications to allow a one-time Facility Operating Licenses to permit A copy of the final supporting revision to the steam generator (SG) the use of mixed oxide (MOX) lead test statement may be viewed free of charge inservice inspection frequency assemblies (LTAs) in one of the two at the NRC Public Document Room, One requirements to allow a 40-month Catawba units and is considering the granting of exemptions from (1) the White Flint North, 11555 Rockville inspection interval after the first requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD inservice inspection following SG replacement rather than after two Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 20852. OMB clearance requests are 50.44(a), 10 CFR 50.46(a)(1) and 10 CFR available at the NRC worldwide Web consecutive inspections resulting in C– 1 classification. Part 50, Appendix K with respect to the site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ use of M5TM fuel rod cladding; (2) 10 The Commission had previously doc-comment/omb/index.html. The CFR 50.46(a)(1) and Appendix K to Part issued a Notice of Consideration of document will be available on the NRC 50 with respect to the use of MOX fuel; home page site for 60 days after the Issuance of Amendment published in and (3) certain physical security signature date of this notice. the Federal Register on February 17, requirements of 10 CFR Parts 11 and 73 2004 (69 FR 7519). However, by letter Comments and questions should be that are usually required at fuel dated August 6, 2004, the licensee directed to the OMB reviewer listed fabrication facilities for the protection of withdrew the proposed change. below by September 16, 2004. strategic quantities of special nuclear Comments received after this date will For further details with respect to this material. A similar request for an be considered if it is practical to do so, action, see the application for exemption from the requirements of 10 but assurance of consideration cannot amendment dated December 8, 2004 CFR Part 50.44(a) with respect to the use TM be given to comments received after this and the licensee’s letter dated August 6, of M5 fuel rod cladding is not being date. 2004, which withdrew the application granted since 10 CFR Part 50.44 has for license amendment. Documents may been changed and an exemption from it OMB Desk Officer, Office of be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at is no longer necessary. The amended Information and Regulatory Affairs the NRC’s Public Document Room license and exemptions would apply to (3150–0009), NEOB–10202, Office of (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Renewed Facility Operating License Management and Budget, Washington, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Nos. NPF–35 and NPF–52, issued to DC 20503. Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Duke Energy Corporation (Duke, the Comments can also be submitted by Maryland. Publicly available records licensee), for operation of the Catawba telephone at (202) 395–3087. will be accessible electronically from Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, the Agencywide Documents Access and (Catawba) located in York County, The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda South Carolina. Therefore, pursuant to Jo. Shelton, 301–415–7233. Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day at the NRC Web site, http:// environmental assessment (EA) and of August 2004. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. finding of no significant impact For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Persons who do not have access to (FONSI). Beth St. Mary, ADAMS or who encounter problems in 1.0 Introduction Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the accessing the documents located in The NRC staff has organized the Chief Information Officer. ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR discussion and evaluation to provide [FR Doc. 04–18730 Filed 8–16–04; 8:45 am] Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– users with the context of the proposed 397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail BILLING CODE 7590–01–P action, supporting information that is to [email protected]. available for tiering, the independent Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day analyses performed, technical bases, of August 2004. and NRC conclusions. The following VerDate jul<14>2003 13:06 Aug 16, 2004 Jkt 203001 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 17, 2004 / Notices 51113 structure was crafted to aid in its amendment for accompanying changes issued its final EIS on surplus presentation: to the Catawba Technical Specifications plutonium disposition (SPD), or SPD 1.0 Introduction (TSs) contained in Appendix A of each EIS, DOE/EIS–0283 (Reference 13). A 2.0 Background of the Catawba Nuclear Station supplemental analysis to the SPD EIS 3.0 Need for and Description of the Proposed operating licenses. was issued by DOE in April 2003, Action The NRC staff has prepared this EA to specifically addressing changes to the 4.0 Non-Radiological Environmental Impacts comply with its National Environmental SPD program as it eliminated some of of the Proposed Action Policy Act (NEPA) responsibilities to the alternatives, DOE/EIS–0283–SA1 5.0 Radiological Environmental Impacts of evaluate the environmental impacts (Reference 15), hereafter referred to as the Proposed Action resulting from Duke’s proposed action. 6.0 Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment Supplement Analysis 1, and modified of Resources An EA is a concise public document its Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD 7.0 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts prepared by the NRC to: (1) Briefly indicated that the disposition program 8.0 Mitigation provide sufficient evidence and analysis would implement the National policy 9.0 Cumulative Impacts for determining whether to prepare an that was embodied in the September 10.0 Alternatives to the Proposed Action EIS or a FONSI; (2) aid the 2000 Agreement between the 11.0 Agencies and Persons Consulted Commission’s compliance with NEPA Government of the United States and 12.0 References when no EIS is necessary; and (3) 13.0 Finding of No Significant Impact the Government of the Russian facilitate preparation of an EIS when Federation Concerning Management and On the basis of the EA that follows, one is necessary. Disposition of Plutonium Designated as the Commission concludes that the The NRC has completed a number of No Longer Required for Defense proposed action will not have a environmental reviews for activities that Purposes and Related Cooperation. significant effect on the quality of the can inform this action and for activities Finally, in 2002, DOE issued the final human environment. Accordingly, the specifically at the Catawba site. These EIS on the geologic repository for the Commission has determined not to reviews were published as disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high- prepare an environmental impact environmental statements (ESs), EISs, or level radioactive waste in Nevada, DOE/ statement (EIS) for the proposed action. EAs, which were considered during the EIS–0250 (Reference 14). By letter dated February 27, 2003, as preparation of this assessment. In This EA focuses on whether the supplemented by letters dated particular, in 1983, the NRC issued the proposed action could result in a September 15, September 23, October 1 final ES (FES) related to the operation significant environmental impact (two letters), October 3 (two letters), of Catawba, NUREG–0921 (Reference different from the ones considered by November 3 and 4, December 10, 2003, 18). In 2002, the NRC issued a site- the NRC staff in earlier environmental and February 2 (two letters), March 1 specific supplement to the Generic EIS reviews.
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