83 FR 32916 - Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-15091

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF- 21, issued on May 22, 2012, and held by Energy Northwest (the licensee) for the operation of Columbia Generating Station (Columbia), located in Benton County, Washington. The proposed amendment would revise the Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological) (EPP), contained in Appendix B to the Columbia renewed facility operating license. The NRC is issuing a final environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed license amendment.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-397; NRC-2018-0146]

Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station

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 considering
issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-
21, issued on May 22, 2012, and held by Energy Northwest (the licensee)
for the operation of Columbia Generating Station (Columbia), located in
Benton County, Washington. The proposed amendment would revise the
Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological) (EPP), contained in
Appendix B to the Columbia renewed facility operating license. The NRC
is issuing a final environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed license
amendment.

DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document is available on
July 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0146 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 website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0146. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 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.
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: John Klos, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-5136; email: John.Klos@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-21 issued to

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Energy Northwest for operation of Columbia, located in Benton County,
Washington. The licensee submitted its license amendment request by
letter dated December 18, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17352B255). If
approved, the license amendment would add Section 4.2.2, ``Aquatic
Issues,'' to the Columbia EPP to require Energy Northwest to adhere to
the specific requirements within the Incidental Take Statement (ITS) in
the currently applicable biological opinion. The NRC prepared an EA to
document its findings related to the proposed license amendment request
in accordance with Section 51.21 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR). Based on the results of the EA documented herein,
the NRC did not identify any significant environmental impacts
associated with the proposed amendment and is, therefore, issuing a
FONSI in accordance with 10 CFR 51.32.

II. Environmental Assessment

Plant Site and Environs

Columbia is a single unit plant with a boiling water reactor and a
closed-cycle cooling system that withdraws water from and discharges
water to the Columbia River. The facility occupies approximately 1,089
acres (441 hectares) of land leased from the U.S. Department of Energy
within the Hanford Reservation. The leased land is located in Benton
County, Washington, 12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of Richland and
approximately 160 miles (257 kilometers) southeast of Seattle. The
Columbia River borders the site to the east and flat rolling hills
surround the site.
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the NRC's predecessor agency,
and the NRC have previously conducted environmental reviews of Columbia
operations in several documents, which contain more detailed
descriptions of the plant site and environs. Those documents include
the Final Environmental Statement related to construction of the
facility in December 1972 (ADAMS Accession No. ML101870543); the Final
Environmental Statement related to initial operation of the facility in
December 1981 (ADAMS Accession No. ML100570374); and NUREG-1437,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement [GEIS] for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 47, Regarding Columbia Generating Station--
Final Report,'' dated April 2012 and its associated GEIS documents
(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML12097A267).

Description of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would add language in Section 4.2,
``Environmental Monitoring,'' of the Columbia EPP to require Energy
Northwest to adhere to the specific requirements within the ITS in the
currently applicable biological opinion. The proposed action would be
in accordance with the licensee's application dated December 18, 2017.
By amending Section 4.2 of the EPP to state that Energy Northwest
must adhere to the ITS in the currently applicable biological opinion,
the proposed action would require Energy Northwest's compliance with
the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) biological opinion,
dated March 10, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17072A036). This biological
opinion applies to Upper Columbia River spring run Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Upper Columbia River steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), and concludes that the continued operation of
Columbia is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of these
species or destroy or adversely modify the designated critical habitat
of these species. The ITS included in the biological opinion exempts
the incidental take of these species from the prohibitions of Section 9
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), provided that
the specified Reasonable and Prudent Measures (RPMs) are implemented.
The RPMs are:
1. Minimize the potential for incidental take of ESA-listed species
as a result of elevated concentrations of chemical constituents in the
mainstem Columbia River.
2. Minimize the potential for incidental take of ESA-listed species
as a result of entrainment and impingement associated with the cooling
water intake structure for Columbia.
3. Minimize the potential for incidental take \1\ of ESA-listed
species as a result of biological monitoring.
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\1\ The ESA prohibits the take of any federally listed species
without a special exemption and states that the term ``take'' means
to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or
collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
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4. Ensure completion of a monitoring and reporting program to
confirm that the terms and conditions in this ITS were effective in
avoiding and minimizing incidental take from permitted activities and
ensuring incidental take is not exceeded.
In order to implement the RPMs, the ITS prescribes a number of
Terms and Conditions (T&Cs). The T&Cs require Energy Northwest to
conduct effluent monitoring (RPM1), conduct impingment and entrainment
studies (RPM 2), implement various best practices while conducting
biological monitoring studies to minimize impacts to listed species
(RPM 3), and submit a report to NMFS regarding all biological
monitoring activites (RPM 4). Specificially, to minimize chemical
exposures to ESA-listed species as described in RPM 1, Energy Northwest
must conduct physical and chemical monitoring of the Columbia effluent,
as specified in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permit No. WA002515-1, to ensure that effluent water quality
controls are functioning as intended. To minimize potential impingment
and entrainment as described in RPM 2, Energy Northwest must prepare
and conduct an impingment study and an entrainment study for NMFS's
review and comment, as described in its NPDES permit.
To minimize the potential for a take during biological monitoring
as described in RPM 3, the ITS prescribes several best practices and
reporting requirements for Energy Northwest to implement, including:
Fish handling practices.
Requirements to stop sampling when water temperatures
reach specified limits, or if any ESA-listed adult salmon or steelhead
or steelhead redds are observed at the site.
Reporting requirments if Energy Northwest unintentionally
captures any ESA-listed adult salmon or steelhead while angling for
resident fish, if a take is likely, or if any authorized level of take
is exceeded than the levels specied in the ITS.
To ensure completion of a monitoring and reporting program and to
ensure that incidental take is not exceeded as described in RPM 4,
Energy Northwest must submit to NMFS, with a copy to NRC, an annual
post-season report describing the biological monitoring activities that
occurred and a summary of each take including the ESA-listed species
affected, the type of take, the location where the take occurred, and
the date of occurrence. The annual report must also summarize any
operational changes to Columbia that affect the effluent discharge and
have the potential to affect ESA-listed resources.
Notably, because the proposed amendment would require Energy
Northwest's compliance with the ``currently applicable'' biological
opinion, if NMFS were to issue a new biological opinion in the future,
the proposed amendment would require Energy Northwest to adhere to the
specific requirements in the ITS of that

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new biological opinion, and Energy Northwest would no longer be
required to adhere to the March 10, 2017, biological opinion upon
issuance of a new biological opinion.

Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is needed to reflect the biological opinion
issued by NMFS on March 10, 2017, and to require Energy Northwest's
compliance with the ITS and related RPMs and T&Cs contained therein.
The proposed action is administrative in nature.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed changes are administrative in nature, would
have no direct effects on plant equipment or plant operation, and would
not involve any changes to the design bases for Columbia.
With regard to potential radiological impacts, the proposed action
would not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, would
not change the types or increase the amount of effluent that may be
released offsite, and would result in no 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, because the
proposed action is administrative in nature, it would not have any
direct impacts on land, air, or water resources, including impacts to
terrestrial biota. In addition, the NRC staff identified no
socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts associated with the
proposed action. Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
An indirect effect of the proposed action is that Energy
Northwest's impingement and entrainment studies (RPM 1 and 2) would
likely require in-water work and the collection of larvae and eggs. In-
water work could cause minor disturbances to nearby biota. However, the
activity would be temporary and fish could swim away to avoid the area
and return once the temporary work is completed. Removal of larvae and
eggs of resident fish species could occur during collection periods for
the entrainment study. However, the amount of individuals that would be
collected for the study would be negliable when compared to the size of
local resident fish populations. In addition, RPM 3 requires Energy
Northwest to modify some of its collection practices while conducting
biological monitoring studies. In general, these practices will result
in beneficial effects to ESA-listed species because the purpose of the
modifications are to minimize impacts. For example, during
electrofishing, where fish are temporarily stunned for biologists to
collect and measure them, RPM 3 requires Energy Northwest to handle
ESA-listed fish with extreme care and keep them in cold water to the
maximum extent possible during sampling and processing procedures. The
NRC staff concludes that the indirect effects from the impingement and
entrainment studies as well as the modified collection practices will
not result in significant environmental impacts to the radiological or
non-radiological environment.
Based on the foregoing analysis, the NRC concludes that there are
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 staff considered
denial of the proposed license amendment (i.e., the ``no-action''
alternative). Denial of the application would result in no change in
current environmental conditions or impacts. Accordingly, the
environmental impacts of the proposed action and the no-action
alternative are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

The proposed action does not involve the use of any different
resources than those previously considered in NUREG-1437, Supplement
47, prepared for the license renewal of Columbia.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

The NRC did not enter into consultation with any other Federal
Agency or with the State of Washington regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action. However, on June 6, 2018, the NRC
notified the Washington State official, Mr. Richard Cowley, Washington
State Department of Health, Office of Radiation Protection of the
proposed amendment. The State official had no comments.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-21, issued to Energy Northwest for operation
of Columbia. The proposed amendment would revise the Columbia EPP to
require Energy Northwest to adhere to the specific requirements within
the ITS in the currently applicable biological opinion. On the basis of
the EA included in Section II of this document and incorporated by
reference into this finding, the NRC concludes that the proposed action
would not have significant effects on the quality of the human
environment. The NRC's evaluation considered information provided in
the licensee's application as well as the NRC's independent review of
other relevant environmental documents. Based on its findings, the NRC
has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of July 2018.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
L. John Klos,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Energy Northwest for operation of Description of the Proposed Action monitoring (RPM1), conduct
Columbia, located in Benton County, The proposed action would add impingment and entrainment studies
Washington. The licensee submitted its language in Section 4.2, ‘‘Environmental (RPM 2), implement various best
license amendment request by letter Monitoring,’’ of the Columbia EPP to practices while conducting biological
dated December 18, 2017 (ADAMS require Energy Northwest to adhere to monitoring studies to minimize impacts
Accession No. ML17352B255). If the specific requirements within the ITS to listed species (RPM 3), and submit a
approved, the license amendment in the currently applicable biological report to NMFS regarding all biological
would add Section 4.2.2, ‘‘Aquatic opinion. The proposed action would be monitoring activites (RPM 4).
Issues,’’ to the Columbia EPP to require in accordance with the licensee’s Specificially, to minimize chemical
Energy Northwest to adhere to the application dated December 18, 2017. exposures to ESA-listed species as
specific requirements within the By amending Section 4.2 of the EPP described in RPM 1, Energy Northwest
Incidental Take Statement (ITS) in the to state that Energy Northwest must must conduct physical and chemical
currently applicable biological opinion. adhere to the ITS in the currently monitoring of the Columbia effluent, as
The NRC prepared an EA to document applicable biological opinion, the specified in its National Pollutant
its findings related to the proposed proposed action would require Energy Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
license amendment request in Northwest’s compliance with the Permit No. WA002515–1, to ensure that
accordance with Section 51.21 of title effluent water quality controls are
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations functioning as intended. To minimize
(NMFS) biological opinion, dated March
(10 CFR). Based on the results of the EA potential impingment and entrainment
10, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No.
documented herein, the NRC did not as described in RPM 2, Energy
ML17072A036). This biological opinion
identify any significant environmental Northwest must prepare and conduct an
applies to Upper Columbia River spring
impacts associated with the proposed impingment study and an entrainment
run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
amendment and is, therefore, issuing a study for NMFS’s review and comment,
tshawytscha) and Upper Columbia River
FONSI in accordance with 10 CFR as described in its NPDES permit.
steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and To minimize the potential for a take
51.32. concludes that the continued operation during biological monitoring as
II. Environmental Assessment of Columbia is not likely to jeopardize described in RPM 3, the ITS prescribes
the continued existence of these species several best practices and reporting
Plant Site and Environs or destroy or adversely modify the requirements for Energy Northwest to
designated critical habitat of these implement, including:
Columbia is a single unit plant with species. The ITS included in the
a boiling water reactor and a closed- • Fish handling practices.
cycle cooling system that withdraws
biological opinion exempts the • Requirements to stop sampling
incidental take of these species from the when water temperatures reach
water from and discharges water to the prohibitions of Section 9 of the
Columbia River. The facility occupies specified limits, or if any ESA-listed
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as adult salmon or steelhead or steelhead
approximately 1,089 acres (441 amended (ESA), provided that the
hectares) of land leased from the U.S. redds are observed at the site.
specified Reasonable and Prudent • Reporting requirments if Energy
Department of Energy within the Measures (RPMs) are implemented. The Northwest unintentionally captures any
Hanford Reservation. The leased land is RPMs are: ESA-listed adult salmon or steelhead
located in Benton County, Washington, 1. Minimize the potential for while angling for resident fish, if a take
12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of incidental take of ESA-listed species as is likely, or if any authorized level of
Richland and approximately 160 miles a result of elevated concentrations of take is exceeded than the levels specied
(257 kilometers) southeast of Seattle. chemical constituents in the mainstem in the ITS.
The Columbia River borders the site to Columbia River. To ensure completion of a monitoring
the east and flat rolling hills surround 2. Minimize the potential for and reporting program and to ensure
the site. incidental take of ESA-listed species as that incidental take is not exceeded as
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, a result of entrainment and described in RPM 4, Energy Northwest
the NRC’s predecessor agency, and the impingement associated with the must submit to NMFS, with a copy to
NRC have previously conducted cooling water intake structure for NRC, an annual post-season report
environmental reviews of Columbia Columbia. describing the biological monitoring
operations in several documents, which 3. Minimize the potential for activities that occurred and a summary
contain more detailed descriptions of incidental take 1 of ESA-listed species as of each take including the ESA-listed
the plant site and environs. Those a result of biological monitoring. species affected, the type of take, the
documents include the Final 4. Ensure completion of a monitoring location where the take occurred, and
Environmental Statement related to and reporting program to confirm that the date of occurrence. The annual
construction of the facility in December the terms and conditions in this ITS report must also summarize any
1972 (ADAMS Accession No. were effective in avoiding and operational changes to Columbia that
ML101870543); the Final Environmental minimizing incidental take from affect the effluent discharge and have
Statement related to initial operation of permitted activities and ensuring the potential to affect ESA-listed
the facility in December 1981 (ADAMS incidental take is not exceeded. resources.
Accession No. ML100570374); and In order to implement the RPMs, the Notably, because the proposed
NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental ITS prescribes a number of Terms and amendment would require Energy
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Impact Statement [GEIS] for License Conditions (T&Cs). The T&Cs require Northwest’s compliance with the
Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement Energy Northwest to conduct effluent ‘‘currently applicable’’ biological
47, Regarding Columbia Generating opinion, if NMFS were to issue a new
1 The ESA prohibits the take of any federally
Station—Final Report,’’ dated April biological opinion in the future, the
listed species without a special exemption and
2012 and its associated GEIS documents states that the term ‘‘take’’ means to harass, harm,
proposed amendment would require
(ADAMS Package Accession No. pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or Energy Northwest to adhere to the
ML12097A267). collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. specific requirements in the ITS of that

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new biological opinion, and Energy collection practices while conducting opinion. On the basis of the EA
Northwest would no longer be required biological monitoring studies. In included in Section II of this document
to adhere to the March 10, 2017, general, these practices will result in and incorporated by reference into this
biological opinion upon issuance of a beneficial effects to ESA-listed species finding, the NRC concludes that the
new biological opinion. because the purpose of the proposed action would not have
Need for the Proposed Action modifications are to minimize impacts. significant effects on the quality of the
For example, during electrofishing, human environment. The NRC’s
The proposed action is needed to where fish are temporarily stunned for evaluation considered information
reflect the biological opinion issued by biologists to collect and measure them, provided in the licensee’s application as
NMFS on March 10, 2017, and to RPM 3 requires Energy Northwest to well as the NRC’s independent review
require Energy Northwest’s compliance handle ESA-listed fish with extreme of other relevant environmental
with the ITS and related RPMs and care and keep them in cold water to the documents. Based on its findings, the
T&Cs contained therein. The proposed maximum extent possible during NRC has determined not to prepare an
action is administrative in nature. sampling and processing procedures. environmental impact statement for the
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed The NRC staff concludes that the proposed action.
Action indirect effects from the impingement Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
and entrainment studies as well as the of July 2018.
The NRC has completed its evaluation
modified collection practices will not For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
of the proposed action and concludes
result in significant environmental
that the proposed changes are L. John Klos,
impacts to the radiological or non-
administrative in nature, would have no Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch
radiological environment.
direct effects on plant equipment or IV–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Based on the foregoing analysis, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
plant operation, and would not involve
NRC concludes that there are no
any changes to the design bases for [FR Doc. 2018–15091 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
significant environmental impacts
Columbia. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
With regard to potential radiological associated with the proposed action.
impacts, the proposed action would not Environmental Impacts of the
increase the probability or consequences Alternatives to the Proposed Action NUCLEAR REGULATORY
of accidents, would not change the As an alternative to the proposed COMMISSION
types or increase the amount of effluent action, the NRC staff considered denial
that may be released offsite, and would of the proposed license amendment (i.e., [NRC–2018–0050]
result in no increase in occupational or the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative). Denial of
public radiation exposure. Therefore, the application would result in no Information Collection: 10 CFR Part
there are no significant radiological change in current environmental 140, Financial Protection
environmental impacts associated with conditions or impacts. Accordingly, the Requirements and Indemnity
the proposed action. environmental impacts of the proposed Agreements
With regard to potential non-
action and the no-action alternative are AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
radiological impacts, because the
similar. Commission.
proposed action is administrative in
nature, it would not have any direct Alternative Use of Resources ACTION: Notice of submission to the
impacts on land, air, or water resources, The proposed action does not involve Office of Management and Budget;
including impacts to terrestrial biota. In the use of any different resources than request for comment.
addition, the NRC staff identified no those previously considered in NUREG–
socioeconomic or environmental justice 1437, Supplement 47, prepared for the SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
impacts associated with the proposed license renewal of Columbia. Commission (NRC) has recently
action. Therefore, there are no submitted a request for renewal of an
significant non-radiological Agencies and Persons Consulted existing collection of information to the
environmental impacts associated with The NRC did not enter into Office of Management and Budget
the proposed action. consultation with any other Federal (OMB) for review. The information
An indirect effect of the proposed Agency or with the State of Washington collection is entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part 140,
action is that Energy Northwest’s regarding the environmental impact of Financial Protection Requirements and
impingement and entrainment studies the proposed action. However, on June Indemnity Agreements.’’
(RPM 1 and 2) would likely require in- 6, 2018, the NRC notified the DATES: Submit comments by August 15,
water work and the collection of larvae Washington State official, Mr. Richard 2018.
and eggs. In-water work could cause Cowley, Washington State Department ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
minor disturbances to nearby biota. of Health, Office of Radiation Protection to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
However, the activity would be of the proposed amendment. The State Information and Regulatory Affairs
temporary and fish could swim away to official had no comments. (3150–0039), Attn: Desk Officer for the
avoid the area and return once the
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temporary work is completed. Removal
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503;
of larvae and eggs of resident fish The NRC is considering issuance of an
email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
species could occur during collection amendment to Renewed Facility
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periods for the entrainment study. Operating License No. NPF–21, issued FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
However, the amount of individuals that to Energy Northwest for operation of David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
would be collected for the study would Columbia. The proposed amendment U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
be negliable when compared to the size would revise the Columbia EPP to Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
of local resident fish populations. In require Energy Northwest to adhere to 301–415–2084; email:
addition, RPM 3 requires Energy the specific requirements within the ITS INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
Northwest to modify some of its in the currently applicable biological SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance.
Dates		The EA and FONSI referenced in this document is available on July 16, 2018.
Contact		John Klos, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-5136; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 32916