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Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC
and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
Notice of Issuance of Director’s
Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that the
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, has issued a Director’s
Decision with regard to a petition dated
May 3, 2005, filed pursuant to Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), section 2.206, by Mr. Raymond
Shadis on behalf of the New England
Coalition (NEC), hereinafter referred to
as the ‘‘Petitioner.’’ The petition was
supplemented on May 17, 2005. The
petition concerns the use of the Hemyc
electric raceway fire barrier system
(EFRBS) at Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Generating Station (Vermont Yankee).
NRC Information Notice 2005–07,
‘‘Results of Hemyc Electrical Raceway
Fire Barrier System [ERFBS] Full Scale
Fire Testing,’’ dated April 1, 2005,
informed the operators of nuclear power
plants that the Hemyc ERFBS did not
perform for one hour as designed. The
NRC listed Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Station (Vermont Yankee) among
the sites that had installed Hemyc
ERFBS. The NEC petition requested that
the NRC promptly restore reasonable
assurance of adequate protection of
public health and safety with regard to
the fire barriers in electrical cable
protection systems at Vermont Yankee,
or otherwise to order a derate of
Vermont Yankee until such time as the
operability of the fire barriers can be
assured. Specifically, the petition
requested that the Commission take the
following actions: (1) Require Entergy
Nuclear Vermont Yankee (ENVY) to
promptly conduct a review at Vermont
Yankee to determine the extent of
condition, including a full inventory of
the type, amount, application, and
placement of Hemyc, and an assessment
of the safety significance of each
application; (2) require ENVY to
promptly provide justification for
operation in nonconformance with 10
CFR Part 50, Appendix R; and (3) upon
finding that Vermont Yankee is
operating in an unanalyzed condition
and/or that assurance of public health
and safety is degraded, promptly order
a power reduction (derate) of Vermont
Yankee until such time as it can be
demonstrated that ENVY is operating in
conformance with 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix R, and all other applicable
regulations.
Mr. Raymond Shadis, in his capacity
as the petitioner’s Staff Technical
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Advisor, participated in a telephone
conference call with the NRC’s Petition
Review Board (PRB) on May 17, 2005,
to discuss the petition. The results of
that discussion were considered in the
PRB’s determination regarding the
Petitioner’s request for action and in
establishing the schedule for the review
of the petition. During the May 17, 2005,
PRB conference call, the Petitioner
requested that the licensee review fire
barriers beyond the Hemyc electric
raceway fire barrier system. This request
was not accepted under the 2.206
process because the petitioner did not
provide adequate information to justify
expanding the scope of the review.
In an acknowledgment letter dated
June 15, 2005, the NRC informed the
Petitioner that the petition was
accepted, in part, for review under 10
CFR 2.206 and had been referred to the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation for
appropriate action.
The NRC staff sent a copy of the
proposed Director’s Decision to the
Petitioner for comment on October 11,
2005. The NRC staff did not receive any
comments.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation has determined that
the NRC has in effect granted the
Petitioner’s request. The reasons for this
decision are explained in the Director’s
Decision pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 (DD–
05–07). The Petitioner’s concerns
regarding the use of Hemyc at Vermont
Yankee have been adequately resolved
such that no further action is needed.
The licensee has replaced the Hemyc on
all equipment that is relied upon for
compliance with 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix R.
The documents cited in this Director’s
Decision are available for inspection at
the Commission’s Public Document
Room (PDR) at One White Flint North,
Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland and from the NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the NRC
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 PDR reference staff at
1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
A copy of the Director’s Decision will
be filed with the Secretary of the
Commission for the Commission’s
review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206
of the Commission’s regulations. As
provided for by this regulation, the
Director’s Decision will constitute the
final action of the Commission 25 days
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after the date of the decision, unless the
Commission, on its own motion,
institutes a review of the Director’s
Decision in that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of December 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R.W. Borchardt,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for ROHM & HAAS
Company’s Facility in Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Nicholson, Commercial and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406,
telephone (610) 337–5236, fax (610)
337–5269; or by e-mail: jjn@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Rohm & Haas Company for Materials
License No. 037–01665–01, to authorize
release of its facility in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, for unrestricted use and
license termination. NRC has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this proposed action in
accordance with the requirements of 10
CFR Part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC
has concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) is
appropriate. The amendment will be
issued following the publication of this
Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is
to authorize the release of the licensee’s
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania facility for
unrestricted use. Rohm & Haas
Company was authorized by NRC (AEC
at the time) from 1956 to use radioactive
materials for research and development
purposes at the site. On April 26, 2005,
Rohm & Haas Company requested that
NRC release the facility for unrestricted
use. Rohm & Haas Company has
conducted surveys of the facility and
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provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the site meets the
license termination criteria in Subpart E
of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared an EA in
support of the license amendment. The
facility was remediated and surveyed
prior to the licensee requesting the
license amendment. The NRC staff has
reviewed the information and final
status survey submitted by Rohm &
Haas Company. As discussed in the EA,
the staff has determined that the
residual radioactivity meets the
requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR
Part 20.
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III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA
(summarized above) in support of the
license amendment to release the
facility for unrestricted use. The NRC
staff has evaluated Rohm & Haas
Company’s request and the results of the
surveys and has concluded that the
completed action complies with the
criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20.
The staff has found that the radiological
environmental impacts from the action
are bounded by the impacts evaluated
by NUREG–1496, Volumes 1–3,
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement in Support of Rulemaking on
Radiological Criteria for License
Termination of NRC-Licensed Facilities’’
(ML042310492, ML042320379, and
ML042330385). Additionally, no nonradiological or cumulative impacts were
identified. On the basis of the EA, the
NRC has concluded that the
environmental impacts from the action
are expected to be insignificant and has
determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
action.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for the license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this Notice are: Environmental
Assessment (ML053570288); Final
Status Survey and amendment request
dated April 26, 2005 [ADAMS
Accession No. ML051390274]; Letter
dated May 16, 2005 providing
additional information [ADAMS
Accession No. ML051510089]; Letter
dated May 27, 2005 providing
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additional information [ADAMS
Accession No. ML051590269]; Letter
dated May 31, 2005 providing
additional information [ADAMS
Accession No. ML051590359]; and
Letter dated June 29, 2005 providing
additional information [ADAMS
Accession No. ML051880162]. Persons
who do not have access to ADAMS or
who encounter problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS,
should contact the NRC PDR Reference
staff by telephone at (800) 397–4209 or
(301) 415–4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Documents related to operations
conducted under this license not
specifically referenced in this Notice
may not be electronically available and/
or may not be publicly available.
Persons who have an interest in
reviewing these documents should
submit a request to NRC under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Instructions for submitting a FOIA
request can be found on the NRC’s Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/foia-privacy.html.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this
23rd day of December 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and Research &
Development Branch, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, Region I.
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Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
I. Background
Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission or NRC
staff) is publishing this regular biweekly
notice. The Act requires the
Commission publish notice of any
amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued and grants the Commission the
authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment
to an operating license upon a
determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration, notwithstanding
the pendency before the Commission of
a request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from December 9,
2005 to December 21, 2005. The last
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biweekly notice was published on
December 20, 2005 (70 FR 75489).
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for a Hearing
The Commission has made a
proposed determination that the
following amendment requests involve
no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation
of the facility in accordance with the
proposed amendment would not (1)
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated; or (2)
create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3)
involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. The basis for this
proposed determination for each
amendment request is shown below.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determination. Within 60 days after the
date of publication of this notice, the
licensee may file a request for a hearing
with respect to issuance of the
amendment to the subject facility
operating license and any person whose
interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing
and a petition for leave to intervene.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment
prior to the expiration of the 30-day
comment period should circumstances
change during the 30-day comment
period such that failure to act in a
timely way would result, for example in
derating or shutdown of the facility.
Should the Commission take action
prior to the expiration of either the
comment period or the notice period, it
will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the
Commission make a final No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination,
any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-06021]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for ROHM & HAAS Company's Facility in
Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nicholson, Commercial and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 337-5236,
fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: jjn@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to Rohm & Haas Company for Materials
License No. 037-01665-01, to authorize release of its facility in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for unrestricted use and license
termination. NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this proposed action in accordance with the requirements of
10 CFR Part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The amendment will be
issued following the publication of this Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of
the licensee's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted
use. Rohm & Haas Company was authorized by NRC (AEC at the time) from
1956 to use radioactive materials for research and development purposes
at the site. On April 26, 2005, Rohm & Haas Company requested that NRC
release the facility for unrestricted use. Rohm & Haas Company has
conducted surveys of the facility and
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provided information to the NRC to demonstrate that the site meets the
license termination criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for
unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of the license
amendment. The facility was remediated and surveyed prior to the
licensee requesting the license amendment. The NRC staff has reviewed
the information and final status survey submitted by Rohm & Haas
Company. As discussed in the EA, the staff has determined that the
residual radioactivity meets the requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR
Part 20.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of the
license amendment to release the facility for unrestricted use. The NRC
staff has evaluated Rohm & Haas Company's request and the results of
the surveys and has concluded that the completed action complies with
the criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20. The staff has found that
the radiological environmental impacts from the action are bounded by
the impacts evaluated by NUREG-1496, Volumes 1-3, ``Generic
Environmental Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological
Criteria for License Termination of NRC-Licensed Facilities''
(ML042310492, ML042320379, and ML042330385). Additionally, no non-
radiological or cumulative impacts were identified. On the basis of the
EA, the NRC has concluded that the environmental impacts from the
action are expected to be insignificant and has determined not to
prepare an environmental impact statement for the action.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for the
license amendment and supporting documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS
accession numbers for the documents related to this Notice are:
Environmental Assessment (ML053570288); Final Status Survey and
amendment request dated April 26, 2005 [ADAMS Accession No.
ML051390274]; Letter dated May 16, 2005 providing additional
information [ADAMS Accession No. ML051510089]; Letter dated May 27,
2005 providing additional information [ADAMS Accession No.
ML051590269]; Letter dated May 31, 2005 providing additional
information [ADAMS Accession No. ML051590359]; and Letter dated June
29, 2005 providing additional information [ADAMS Accession No.
ML051880162]. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact
the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301)
415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Documents related to operations conducted under this license not
specifically referenced in this Notice may not be electronically
available and/or may not be publicly available. Persons who have an
interest in reviewing these documents should submit a request to NRC
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Instructions for
submitting a FOIA request can be found on the NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-privacy.html.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 23rd day of
December 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and Research & Development Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. E5-8205 Filed 12-30-05; 8:45 am]
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