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82 FR 46541 - NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.; Duane Arnold Energy Center, Unit No. 1

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FR Document2017-21498

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making a finding of no significant impact for a proposed issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-49 held by NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC. (NextEra, the licensee) for the operation of Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), located in Linn County, Iowa. The proposed amendment would modify the DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) boundary and revise the DAEC evacuation time estimate (ETE) study to account for the EPZ boundary changes.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2017-0200]


NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.; Duane Arnold Energy Center, 
Unit No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; 
issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making a 
finding of no significant impact for a proposed issuance of an 
amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-49 held by 
NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC. (NextEra, the licensee) for the 
operation of Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), located in Linn County, 
Iowa. The proposed amendment would modify the DAEC Plume Exposure 
Pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) boundary and revise the DAEC 
evacuation time estimate (ETE) study to account for the EPZ boundary 
changes.

DATES: The environmental assessment (EA) referenced in this document is 
available on October 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0200 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0200. 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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]. For 
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided 
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mahesh L. Chawla, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8371; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC is considering issuance of amendments pursuant to Sec.  
50.54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Conditions of licenses,'' paragraph (q), to Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-49, held by NextEra Duane Arnold, LLC. 
(NextEra, the licensee) for the operation of Duane Arnold Energy Center 
(DAEC), located in Linn County, Iowa.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC has prepared an EA that 
analyzes the environmental effects of the proposed licensing action. 
Based on the results of the EA, and in accordance with 10 CFR 51.31(a), 
the NRC has prepared a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the 
proposed amendments.

II. Environmental Assessment

Description of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the DAEC Renewed Facility 
Operating License in order to set the DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway 
emergency planning zone (EPZ) boundary for an area beyond the 10-mile 
required EPZ pathway. The proposed action is in accordance with the 
licensee's application dated March 31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML17102B183 and ML17102B184) and with current NRC's regulations in 10 
CFR 50.47, and 10 CFR part 50, appendix E.
    Notable proposed changes are (a) modification of Subarea 24 of the 
DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ by designating U.S. Highway 30 as its 
southern boundary, which will slightly decrease the total size of the 
EPZ, and (b) revision of the DAEC evacuation

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time estimate (ETE) study to account for the EPZ boundary changes.

Need for the Proposed Action

    Nuclear power plant owners, government agencies, and State and 
local officials work together to create a system for emergency 
preparedness and response that will serve the public in the unlikely 
event of an emergency. An effective emergency preparedness program 
helps decrease the consequences of an initiating event at a nuclear 
power reactor that proceeds to a severe accident. Emergency 
preparedness cannot affect the probability of the initiating event, but 
a high level of emergency preparedness increases the probability of 
accident mitigation if the initiating event proceeds beyond the need 
for initial operator actions.
    Each licensee is required to establish emergency plans to be 
implemented in the event of an accident. These emergency plans cover 
preparations for evacuation, sheltering, and other actions to protect 
residents near plants in the event of a serious incident.
    The NRC, as well as other Federal and state regulatory agencies 
review the subject plans to ensure that the condition of emergency 
preparedness provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective 
measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological 
emergency.
    Separate from this EA, the NRC staff is evaluating NextEra's 
proposed changes to the EPZ boundary for DAEC. This review will be 
documented in the safety evaluation report for the proposed license 
amendment. The staff's review will determine whether there is 
reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be 
taken in the event of a radiological emergency in accordance with 10 
CFR 50.47 and the requirements in appendix E to 10 CFR part 50.
    The proposed action is needed to make DAEC's EPZ boundary more 
consistent with the existing roads and easier to implement more 
effectively. While changing the southern boundary to Highway 30 will 
decrease the size of the EPZ slightly, it will enhance local law 
enforcement's ability to evacuate the affected population as well as 
improve their ability to control access back into the evacuated areas. 
The licensee states in its application (Adams Accession No. 
ML171028184) that the changes to the EPZ were approved by both the 
State of Iowa and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has completed its evaluation of environmental effects of 
the proposed action. The proposed action consists of a modification to 
the DAEC EPZ boundary and revision to the DAEC ETE study to account for 
the EPZ boundary changes. Notable proposed changes are: (a) 
Modification of Subarea 24 of the DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ by 
designating U.S. Highway 30 as its southern boundary, which will 
slightly decrease the total size of the EPZ, and (b) revision of the 
DAEC ETE study to account for the EPZ boundary changes.
    The proposed changes would have no direct impacts on land use or 
water resources, including terrestrial and aquatic biota as the 
proposed action involves no new construction or modification of plant 
operational systems. There would be no changes to the quality or 
quantity of non-radiological effluents. No changes to the plant's 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit are needed. 
Changes to the Southern boundary of the EPZ to Highway 30, a four-lane 
highway, could result in minor changes in vehicular traffic and 
associated air pollutant emissions, but no significant changes in 
ambient air quality would be expected. In addition, there would be no 
noticeable effect on socioeconomic conditions in the region, no 
environment justice impacts, and no impacts to historic and cultural 
resources. Therefore, there would be no significant non-radiological 
impacts associated with the proposed action.
    The NRC has concluded that the proposed action would not 
significantly affect plant safety and would not have a significant 
adverse effect on the probability of an accident occurring. There would 
be no change to radioactive effluents that affect radiation exposures 
to plant workers and members of the public. No changes would be made to 
plant buildings or the site property. Changing the southern boundary of 
the EPZ to Highway 30 will slightly decrease the size of the EPZ; 
therefore, some residents that are located within the original EPZ 
boundary would no longer be subject to actions under the DAEC emergency 
plan. In the event of an accident, those residents not located in the 
EPZ could potentially receive a slightly higher radiation dose than 
those remaining within the modified EPZ, as they would no longer get 
mandated instructions from local law enforcement or other first 
responders pertaining to sheltering, evacuation, or other actions DAEC 
deems necessary to take under its emergency plan. However, as stated 
above, the NRC would only approve a reduction in the overall size of 
the DAEC EPZ if there is reasonable assurance that adequate protective 
measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency 
in accordance with NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 50. As a result, 
the potential radiological dose increase to the residents located 
outside of the EPZ would not be significant, and in any event, 
residents located outside of the EPZ would be evaluated on an ad-hoc 
basis based on specific conditions. Therefore, the proposed action 
would not result in a significant change to the radiation exposures to 
the public or radiation exposure to plant workers.
    Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there would be no significant 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.

Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action

    As an alternative to the proposed action, the NRC considered denial 
of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). Denial of 
the license amendment request would result in no change in current 
environmental impacts. Therefore, the environmental impacts of the 
proposed action and the denial of the exemption request would be 
similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

    There are no unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of 
available resources under the proposed action.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    On September 8, 2017, the NRC staff consulted with the Iowa State 
official regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The 
state official had no comments.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The licensee has requested a license amendment pursuant to 10 CFR 
50.54(q) to modify the DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning 
Zone boundary. The NRC is considering issuing the requested amendments. 
The proposed action would not significantly affect plant safety, would 
not have a significant adverse effect on the probability of an accident 
occurring, and would not have any significant radiological and non-
radiological impacts. The reason the environment would not be 
significantly affected is because the proposed changes would only 
result in minor changes in associated vehicular traffic, along with 
resulting air pollutant emissions and would not result in a significant 
change

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to radiation exposures to the public or plant workers. This FONSI 
incorporates by reference the EA in Section II of this notice. 
Therefore, the NRC concludes that the proposed action 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.
    The related environmental document is the ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Duane 
Arnold Energy Center, Final Report,'' NUREG-1437, Supplement 42. The 
NUREG-1437, Supplement 42, provides the latest environmental review of 
current operations and description of environmental conditions at DAEC.
    The finding and other related environmental 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, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly-available records will be 
accessible electronically from ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on 
the Internet at the NRC's Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC's 
PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or 
send an email to [email protected].

IV. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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                                                               ADAMS
                                                          Accession No./
                                                             web link/
                        Document                              Federal
                                                             Register
                                                             citation
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NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, License Amendment          ML17102B183
 Request (TSCR-165) for Revision to Emergency Planning
 Zone in the Duane Arnold Energy Center Emergency Plan,
 Dated March 31, 2017...................................
NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, Evaluation of Proposed     ML17102B184
 Amendment for License Amendment Request (TSCR-165) for
 Revision to Emergency Planning Zone in the Duane Arnold
 Energy Center Emergency Plan, Dated March 31, 2017.....
NUREG-1437, Supplement 42, Generic Environmental Impact      ML102790308
 Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants:
 Regarding Duane Arnold Energy Center, Final Report,
 Dated October 2010.....................................
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of September 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mahesh L. Chawla,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch LPL3, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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                                               documents in paper format. Such filings                  NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer Dixon-                    ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                               must be submitted by: (1) First class                   Herrity.                                              select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                               mail addressed to the Office of the                       Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day         Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                               Secretary of the Commission, U.S.                       of September 2017.                                    please contact the NRC’s Public
                                               Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                            For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.              Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                               Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:                   Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
                                                                                                                                                             1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                               Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or                                                                        email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
                                                                                                       Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
                                               (2) courier, express mail, or expedited                 Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
                                                                                                                                                             convenience of the reader, the ADAMS
                                               delivery service to the Office of the                                                                         accession numbers are provided in a
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2017–21495 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                               Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike,                                                                              table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’
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                                               Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:                                                                        section of this document.
                                               Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.                                                                              • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                               Participants filing adjudicatory                        NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    purchase copies of public documents at
                                               documents in this manner are                            COMMISSION                                            the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                               responsible for serving the document on                                                                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                               all other participants. Filing is                       [Docket No. 50–331; NRC–2017–0200]                    Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                               considered complete by first-class mail                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               as of the time of deposit in the mail, or               NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.;
                                                                                                       Duane Arnold Energy Center, Unit                      Mahesh L. Chawla, Office of Nuclear
                                               by courier, express mail, or expedited                                                                        Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
                                               delivery service upon depositing the                    No. 1
                                                                                                                                                             Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
                                               document with the provider of the                       AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–8371;
                                               service. A presiding officer, having                    Commission.                                           email: Mahesh.Chawla@nrc.gov.
                                               granted an exemption request from                       ACTION: Environmental assessment and                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               using E-Filing, may require a participant               finding of no significant impact;
                                               or party to use E-Filing if the presiding               issuance.                                             I. Introduction
                                               officer subsequently determines that the
                                               reason for granting the exemption from                  SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  The NRC is considering issuance of
                                               use of E-Filing no longer exists.                       Commission (NRC) is making a finding                  amendments pursuant to § 50.54 of title
                                                                                                       of no significant impact for a proposed               10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
                                                  Documents submitted in adjudicatory
                                                                                                       issuance of an amendment to Renewed                   (10 CFR), ‘‘Conditions of licenses,’’
                                               proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
                                                                                                       Facility Operating License No. DPR–49                 paragraph (q), to Renewed Facility
                                               electronic hearing docket which is
                                                                                                       held by NextEra Energy Duane Arnold,                  Operating License No. DPR–49, held by
                                               available to the public at https://
                                                                                                       LLC. (NextEra, the licensee) for the                  NextEra Duane Arnold, LLC. (NextEra,
                                               adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
                                                                                                       operation of Duane Arnold Energy                      the licensee) for the operation of Duane
                                               pursuant to an order of the Commission
                                                                                                       Center (DAEC), located in Linn County,                Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), located
                                               or the presiding officer. If you do not
                                                                                                       Iowa. The proposed amendment would                    in Linn County, Iowa.
                                               have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
                                               as described above, click cancel when                   modify the DAEC Plume Exposure                          In accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the
                                               the link requests certificates and you                  Pathway emergency planning zone                       NRC has prepared an EA that analyzes
                                               will be automatically directed to the                   (EPZ) boundary and revise the DAEC                    the environmental effects of the
                                               NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where                  evacuation time estimate (ETE) study to               proposed licensing action. Based on the
                                               you will be able to access any publicly                 account for the EPZ boundary changes.                 results of the EA, and in accordance
                                               available documents in a particular                                                                           with 10 CFR 51.31(a), the NRC has
                                                                                                       DATES: The environmental assessment
                                               hearing docket. Participants are                                                                              prepared a finding of no significant
                                                                                                       (EA) referenced in this document is
                                               requested not to include personal                                                                             impact (FONSI) for the proposed
                                                                                                       available on October 5, 2017.
                                               privacy information, such as social                                                                           amendments.
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
                                               security numbers, home addresses, or                    NRC–2017–0200 when contacting the                     II. Environmental Assessment
                                               personal phone numbers in their filings,                NRC about the availability of
                                               unless an NRC regulation or other law                                                                         Description of the Proposed Action
                                                                                                       information regarding this document.
                                               requires submission of such                             You may obtain publicly-available                       The proposed action would revise the
                                               information. For example, in some                       information related to this document                  DAEC Renewed Facility Operating
                                               instances, individuals provide home                     using any of the following methods:                   License in order to set the DAEC Plume
                                               addresses in order to demonstrate                          • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to               Exposure Pathway emergency planning
                                               proximity to a facility or site. With                   http://www.regulations.gov and search                 zone (EPZ) boundary for an area beyond
                                               respect to copyrighted works, except for                for Docket ID NRC–2017–0200. Address                  the 10-mile required EPZ pathway. The
                                               limited excerpts that serve the purpose                 questions about NRC dockets to Carol                  proposed action is in accordance with
                                               of the adjudicatory filings and would                   Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                   the licensee’s application dated March
                                               constitute a Fair Use application,                      email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                   31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
                                               participants are requested not to include               technical questions, contact the                      ML17102B183 and ML17102B184) and
                                               copyrighted materials in their                          individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  with current NRC’s regulations in 10
                                               submission.                                             INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                   CFR 50.47, and 10 CFR part 50,
                                                  For further details with respect to this             document.                                             appendix E.
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                                               action, see the application for license                    • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                         Notable proposed changes are (a)
                                               amendment dated December 14, 2016,                      Access and Management System                          modification of Subarea 24 of the DAEC
                                               as supplemented August 25, 2017.                        (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ by
                                                  Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford               available documents online in the                     designating U.S. Highway 30 as its
                                               Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710                      ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  southern boundary, which will slightly
                                               Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL                      http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        decrease the total size of the EPZ, and
                                               35203–2015.                                             adams.html. To begin the search, select               (b) revision of the DAEC evacuation


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                                               time estimate (ETE) study to account for                Environmental Impacts of the Proposed                 emergency plan. However, as stated
                                               the EPZ boundary changes.                               Action                                                above, the NRC would only approve a
                                                                                                          The NRC has completed its evaluation               reduction in the overall size of the
                                               Need for the Proposed Action
                                                                                                       of environmental effects of the proposed              DAEC EPZ if there is reasonable
                                                  Nuclear power plant owners,                          action. The proposed action consists of               assurance that adequate protective
                                               government agencies, and State and                      a modification to the DAEC EPZ                        measures can and will be taken in the
                                               local officials work together to create a               boundary and revision to the DAEC ETE                 event of a radiological emergency in
                                               system for emergency preparedness and                   study to account for the EPZ boundary                 accordance with NRC’s regulations in 10
                                               response that will serve the public in                  changes. Notable proposed changes are:                CFR part 50. As a result, the potential
                                               the unlikely event of an emergency. An                  (a) Modification of Subarea 24 of the                 radiological dose increase to the
                                               effective emergency preparedness                        DAEC Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ by                    residents located outside of the EPZ
                                               program helps decrease the                              designating U.S. Highway 30 as its                    would not be significant, and in any
                                               consequences of an initiating event at a                southern boundary, which will slightly                event, residents located outside of the
                                               nuclear power reactor that proceeds to                  decrease the total size of the EPZ, and               EPZ would be evaluated on an ad-hoc
                                               a severe accident. Emergency                            (b) revision of the DAEC ETE study to                 basis based on specific conditions.
                                               preparedness cannot affect the                          account for the EPZ boundary changes.                 Therefore, the proposed action would
                                               probability of the initiating event, but a                 The proposed changes would have no                 not result in a significant change to the
                                               high level of emergency preparedness                    direct impacts on land use or water                   radiation exposures to the public or
                                               increases the probability of accident                   resources, including terrestrial and                  radiation exposure to plant workers.
                                               mitigation if the initiating event                      aquatic biota as the proposed action                    Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
                                               proceeds beyond the need for initial                    involves no new construction or                       there would be no significant
                                               operator actions.                                       modification of plant operational                     environmental impacts associated with
                                                                                                       systems. There would be no changes to                 the proposed action.
                                                  Each licensee is required to establish
                                               emergency plans to be implemented in                    the quality or quantity of non-                       Environmental Impacts of the
                                               the event of an accident. These                         radiological effluents. No changes to the             Alternatives to the Proposed Action
                                               emergency plans cover preparations for                  plant’s National Pollutant Discharge
                                                                                                                                                                As an alternative to the proposed
                                               evacuation, sheltering, and other actions               Elimination System permit are needed.
                                                                                                                                                             action, the NRC considered denial of the
                                               to protect residents near plants in the                 Changes to the Southern boundary of
                                                                                                                                                             proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
                                               event of a serious incident.                            the EPZ to Highway 30, a four-lane
                                                                                                                                                             alternative). Denial of the license
                                                  The NRC, as well as other Federal and                highway, could result in minor changes
                                                                                                                                                             amendment request would result in no
                                               state regulatory agencies review the                    in vehicular traffic and associated air
                                                                                                                                                             change in current environmental
                                               subject plans to ensure that the                        pollutant emissions, but no significant
                                                                                                                                                             impacts. Therefore, the environmental
                                               condition of emergency preparedness                     changes in ambient air quality would be
                                                                                                                                                             impacts of the proposed action and the
                                               provides reasonable assurance that                      expected. In addition, there would be no
                                                                                                                                                             denial of the exemption request would
                                               adequate protective measures can and                    noticeable effect on socioeconomic
                                                                                                                                                             be similar.
                                               will be taken in the event of a                         conditions in the region, no
                                                                                                       environment justice impacts, and no                   Alternative Use of Resources
                                               radiological emergency.
                                                                                                       impacts to historic and cultural                        There are no unresolved conflicts
                                                  Separate from this EA, the NRC staff                 resources. Therefore, there would be no
                                               is evaluating NextEra’s proposed                                                                              concerning alternative uses of available
                                                                                                       significant non-radiological impacts                  resources under the proposed action.
                                               changes to the EPZ boundary for DAEC.                   associated with the proposed action.
                                               This review will be documented in the                      The NRC has concluded that the                     Agencies and Persons Consulted
                                               safety evaluation report for the proposed               proposed action would not significantly                 On September 8, 2017, the NRC staff
                                               license amendment. The staff’s review                   affect plant safety and would not have                consulted with the Iowa State official
                                               will determine whether there is                         a significant adverse effect on the                   regarding the environmental impact of
                                               reasonable assurance that adequate                      probability of an accident occurring.                 the proposed action. The state official
                                               protective measures can and will be                     There would be no change to                           had no comments.
                                               taken in the event of a radiological                    radioactive effluents that affect radiation
                                               emergency in accordance with 10 CFR                     exposures to plant workers and                        III. Finding of No Significant Impact
                                               50.47 and the requirements in appendix                  members of the public. No changes                        The licensee has requested a license
                                               E to 10 CFR part 50.                                    would be made to plant buildings or the               amendment pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(q)
                                                  The proposed action is needed to                     site property. Changing the southern                  to modify the DAEC Plume Exposure
                                               make DAEC’s EPZ boundary more                           boundary of the EPZ to Highway 30 will                Pathway Emergency Planning Zone
                                               consistent with the existing roads and                  slightly decrease the size of the EPZ;                boundary. The NRC is considering
                                               easier to implement more effectively.                   therefore, some residents that are                    issuing the requested amendments. The
                                               While changing the southern boundary                    located within the original EPZ                       proposed action would not significantly
                                               to Highway 30 will decrease the size of                 boundary would no longer be subject to                affect plant safety, would not have a
                                               the EPZ slightly, it will enhance local                 actions under the DAEC emergency                      significant adverse effect on the
                                               law enforcement’s ability to evacuate                   plan. In the event of an accident, those              probability of an accident occurring,
                                               the affected population as well as                      residents not located in the EPZ could                and would not have any significant
                                               improve their ability to control access                 potentially receive a slightly higher                 radiological and non-radiological
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                                               back into the evacuated areas. The                      radiation dose than those remaining                   impacts. The reason the environment
                                               licensee states in its application (Adams               within the modified EPZ, as they would                would not be significantly affected is
                                               Accession No. ML171028184) that the                     no longer get mandated instructions                   because the proposed changes would
                                               changes to the EPZ were approved by                     from local law enforcement or other first             only result in minor changes in
                                               both the State of Iowa and the Federal                  responders pertaining to sheltering,                  associated vehicular traffic, along with
                                               Emergency Management Agency                             evacuation, or other actions DAEC                     resulting air pollutant emissions and
                                               (FEMA).                                                 deems necessary to take under its                     would not result in a significant change


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                                               to radiation exposures to the public or                      1437, Supplement 42. The NUREG–                               site: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                               plant workers. This FONSI incorporates                       1437, Supplement 42, provides the                             adams.html.
                                               by reference the EA in Section II of this                    latest environmental review of current                           Persons who do not have access to
                                               notice. Therefore, the NRC concludes                         operations and description of                                 ADAMS or who encounter problems in
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                                               proposed action.                                             located at One White Flint North, 11555
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                                               Statement for License Renewal of                             be accessible electronically from                             following table are available to
                                               Nuclear Plants: Regarding Duane Arnold                       ADAMS Public Electronic Reading                               interested persons through one or more
                                               Energy Center, Final Report,’’ NUREG–                        Room on the Internet at the NRC’s Web                         of the following methods, as indicated.

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                                               NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, License Amendment Request (TSCR–165) for Revision to Emergency Planning Zone in
                                                 the Duane Arnold Energy Center Emergency Plan, Dated March 31, 2017 ..................................................................................            ML17102B183
                                               NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, Evaluation of Proposed Amendment for License Amendment Request (TSCR–165) for Re-
                                                 vision to Emergency Planning Zone in the Duane Arnold Energy Center Emergency Plan, Dated March 31, 2017 ....................                                     ML17102B184
                                               NUREG–1437, Supplement 42, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding
                                                 Duane Arnold Energy Center, Final Report, Dated October 2010 ..................................................................................................   ML102790308



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionEnvironmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance.
DatesThe environmental assessment (EA) referenced in this document is available on October 5, 2017.
ContactMahesh L. Chawla, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8371; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 46541 

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