Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses To Include Consideration of Certain Transportation Impacts, Availability of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48507-48508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22765]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 51

RIN 3150-AG05


Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of 
Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses To Include Consideration of 
Certain Transportation Impacts, Availability of Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; Notice of availability of supplemental document.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
completion and availability of NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants: Main Report Section 6.3-- `Transportation,' Table 9.1 `Summary 
of findings on NEPA issues for license renewal of nuclear power 
plants,' Final Report'' (August 1999).

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1 may be obtained by 
writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also 
available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port 
Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also 
available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public 
Document Room, 2120

[[Page 48508]]

L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Cleary, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3903; e-mail: dpc@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The report provides the technical basis for 
the final rule ``Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for 
Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses'' that amends 
requirements to the Commission's rule in 10 CFR Part 51--Environmental 
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory 
Functions.
    The NRC staff has completed the analyses of transportation issues 
as reported in NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1, which provides the bases 
for designating the transportation of high level waste as a Category 1 
issue. Addendum 1 would supplement the analysis and amend the findings 
and the Category 2 designation for the issue of Transportation in 
Section 6.3 and Table 9.1 of NUREG-1437. This report expands the 
generic findings about the environmental impacts due to transportation 
of fuel and waste to and from a single nuclear power plant. 
Specifically, the report adds to findings concerning the cumulative 
environmental impacts of convergence of spent fuel shipments on a 
single destination, rather than multiple destinations, and the 
environmental impact of transportation of higher enriched and higher 
burnup spent fuel during the renewal term. The report conclusions would 
permit those findings to be used by incorporation by reference in the 
environmental review of an application for renewal of an individual 
nuclear plant operating license. The results are being codified in 10 
CFR Part 51.

Electronic Access

    NUREG-1437, Vol. 1, Addendum 1, is also available electronically by 
visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear 
Materials,'' then ``Business Process Redesign Project,'' then 
``Library,'' and then ``NUREG-1437, Volume 1, Addendum 1.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996, the NRC has determined that this action is not a 
major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-22765 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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