[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51597-51598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21882]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311]


PSEG Nuclear, LLC, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 
and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and 
DPR-75, issued to PSEG Nuclear, LLC (the licensee), for operation of 
the Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
located in Salem County, New Jersey. Therefore, as required by Title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 51.21, the NRC is 
issuing this environmental assessment and finding of no significant 
impact.

Environmental Assessment

    Identification of the Proposed Action: The proposed action would 
allow the licensee to make an editorial change to the Salem Technical 
Specifications (TSs) by revising the description of the P-7 permissive 
interlock defined in TS Table 3.3-1, ``Reactor Trip System 
Instrumentation,'' in accordance with the licensee's application dated 
April 10, 2003.
    The Need for the Proposed Action: The proposed action would revise 
the description of the P-7 permissive interlock defined in TS Table 
3.3-1 due to changes in the design of the high pressure turbine. As 
part of this design change, the pressure taps for transmitters PT505 
and PT506 will be relocated. Consequently, the description for the 
``Turbine impulse chamber pressure'' will be changed to ``Turbine steam 
line inlet pressure.'' The proposed action is considered an editorial 
change.
    Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action: The NRC has completed 
its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes, as set forth 
below, that there are no significant environmental impacts associated 
with the administrative and editorial changes to the Salem TSs.
    The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability 
or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of 
effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant 
increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there 
are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with 
the proposed action.
    With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does 
not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no other 
environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant 
nonradiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed 
action.
    Accordingly, 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 staff considered denial 
of the

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proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). Denial of the 
application would result in no change in current environmental impacts. 
The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative 
action are similar.
    Alternative Use of Resources: The action does not involve the use 
of any different resource than those previously considered in the Final 
Environmental Statement related to operation of Salem Nuclear 
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, dated April 1973.
    Agencies and Persons Consulted: On June 10, 2003, the staff 
consulted with the New Jersey State official, Mr. Rich Pinney of the 
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the 
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no 
comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the environmental assessment, 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.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated April 10, 2003. Documents may be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located 
at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be 
accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the 
Internet at the NRC 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 by 
e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard B. Ennis,
Acting Chief, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of Licensing 
Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-21882 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]
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