FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp., Ohio Edison Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, 42421-42422 [E6-11918]

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[FR Doc. 06–6487 Filed 7–25–06; 8:45 am] sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4510–26–M NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Notice of Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m., Monday, July 31, 2006. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:16 Jul 25, 2006 Jkt 208001 Place: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–3428. Status: Closed. Matters To Be Considered: 1. Administrative Action under Section 206(h)(1)(A) of the Federal Credit Union Act. Closed pursuant to Exemptions (8), (9)(A)(ii), and (9)(B). For Further Information Contact: Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, Telephone: 703–518–6304. Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 06–6504 Filed 7–24–06; 10:30 am] BILLING CODE 7535–01–M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–334 and 50–412] FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp., Ohio Edison Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued Amendment No. 275 to Facility Operating License No. DPR–66 and Amendment No. 156 to Facility Operating License No. NPF–73 issued to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) and licenses for operation of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (BVPS–1 and 2) located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The amendments are effective as of the date of issuance. The amendments modified the TSs and licenses to increase the maximum authorized rated thermal power from 2689 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 2900 MWt for each unit. Additionally, the amendments approved full implementation of an alternative source term in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.67, using the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.183, ‘‘Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The amendments also approved deletion of the power range neutron-flux high-negative rate trip, removal of the boron injection tank boron concentration and renaming the boron injection flow path for BVPS–1, the addition of a footnote to Table 3.3–3 for BVPS–1, and correction of an inconsistency regarding a referenced permissive for BVPS–1. PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42421 The application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission’s rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission’s rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2005 (70 FR 48443). The supplemental letters dated February 23, May 26, June 14, July 8 and 28, August 26, September 6, October 7, 28, and 31, November 8, 18, and 21, December 2, 6, 9, 16, and 30, 2005, and January 25, February 14 and 22, March 10 and 29, May 12, and July 6, 2006, provided additional clarifying information that did not expand the scope of the initial application as published in the Federal Register. No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice. The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has concluded that the issuance of the amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment (71 FR 40162). For further details with respect to the action see (1) the application for amendment dated October 4, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated February 23, May 26, June 14, July 8 and 28, August 26, September 6, October 7, 28, and 31, November 8, 18, and 21, December 2, 6, 9, 16, and 30, 2005, and January 25, February 14 and 22, March 10 and 29, May 12, and July 6, 2006, (2) Amendment No. 275 to License No. DPR–66, (3) Amendment No. 156 to License No. NPF–73, (4) the Commission’s related Safety Evaluation, and (5) the Commission’s Environmental Assessment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room, 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 Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1 42422 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 26, 2006 / Notices ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301– 415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of July 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–11918 Filed 7–25–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 030–32959] Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 09–10672–03, for Unrestricted Release of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Buildings 15, 16 and 17 in Gulf Breeze, FL Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hammann, Health Physicist, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406; telephone (610) 337–5399; fax number (610) 337–5269; or by e-mail: sth2@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 09– 10672–03. This license is held by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the Licensee), for its Gulf Ecology Division Facility, located at 1 Sabine Island Drive in Gulf Breeze, Florida (the Facility). Issuance of the amendment would authorize release of Buildings 15, 16 and 17, which are part of the Facility, for unrestricted use. The Licensee requested this action in a letter dated March 14, 2006. The NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this proposed action in accordance with the requirements of VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:16 Jul 25, 2006 Jkt 208001 Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate with respect to the proposed action. The amendment will be issued to the Licensee following the publication of this FONSI and EA in the Federal Register. II. Environmental Assessment Identification of Proposed Action The proposed action would approve the Licensee’s March 14, 2006, license amendment request resulting in release of Buildings 15, 16 and 17 for unrestricted use. License No. 09–10672– 03 was issued on November 2, 1992, pursuant to 10 CFR part 30, and has been amended periodically since that time. License No. 09–10672–03 superceded License No. 09–10672–02 which was issued in 1965 for this Facility. This license authorized the Licensee to use sealed and unsealed byproduct material for purposes of conducting research and development activities on laboratory bench tops and in hoods. Buildings 15, 16 and 17 have a total of 2,690 square feet and consist of office space, laboratories, and storage space. The Buildings are located in a mixed residential/commercial area. The Licensee has not conducted licensed activities in Buildings 15, 16 and 17 since 1997. Based on the Licensee’s historical knowledge of the site and the condition of the Buildings, the Licensee determined that only routine decontamination activities, in accordance with its NRC-approved, operating radiation safety procedures, were required. The Licensee was not required to submit a decommissioning plan to the NRC because worker cleanup activities and procedures are consistent with those approved for routine operations. The Licensee conducted surveys of Buildings 15, 16 and 17 and provided information to the NRC to demonstrate that they meet the criteria in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted release. Need for the Proposed Action The Licensee has ceased conducting licensed activities at Buildings 15, 16 and 17 and seeks the unrestricted use of this portion of the Facility. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The historical review of licensed activities conducted in Buildings 15, 16 and 17 shows that such activities involved use of the following radionuclides with half-lives greater PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 than 120 days: hydrogen-3 and carbon14. Prior to performing the final status survey, the Licensee conducted decontamination activities, as necessary, in the areas of Buildings 15, 16 and 17 affected by these radionuclides. The Licensee conducted a final status survey on March 5, 2006. This survey covered Buildings 15, 16 and 17. The final status survey report was attached to the Licensee’s amendment request dated March 14, 2006. The Licensee elected to demonstrate compliance with the radiological criteria for unrestricted release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402 by using the screening approach described in NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance,’’ Volume 2. The Licensee used the radionuclide-specific derived concentration guideline levels (DCGLs), developed there by the NRC, which comply with the dose criterion in 10 CFR 20.1402. These DCGLs define the maximum amount of residual radioactivity on building surfaces, equipment, and materials, and in soils, that will satisfy the NRC requirements in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted release. The Licensee’s final status survey results were below these DCGLs and are in compliance with the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) requirement of 10 CFR 20.1402. The NRC thus finds that the Licensee’s final status survey results are acceptable. Based on its review, the staff has determined that the affected environment and any environmental impacts associated with the proposed action are bounded by the impacts evaluated by the (ML042330385). The staff finds there were no significant environmental impacts from the use of radioactive material in Buildings 15, 16 and 17. The NRC staff reviewed the docket file records and the final status survey report to identify any nonradiological hazards that may have impacted the environment surrounding the Buildings. No such hazards or impacts to the environment were identified. The NRC has identified no other radiological or non-radiological activities in the area that could result in cumulative environmental impacts. The NRC staff finds that the proposed release of Buildings 15, 16 and 17 for unrestricted use is in compliance with 10 CFR 20.1402. The Licensee will continue to perform licensed activities at other parts of the Gulf Ecology Division Facility, and must ensure that the decommissioned area does not become recontaminated. Before the license can be terminated, the Licensee will be required to show that the entire Facility, including previously-released E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1

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[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412]


FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, FirstEnergy Nuclear 
Generation Corp., Ohio Edison Company, The Toledo Edison Company, 
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of 
Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 275 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 and 
Amendment No. 156 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-73 issued to 
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee), which revised the 
Technical Specifications (TSs) and licenses for operation of the Beaver 
Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (BVPS-1 and 2) located in 
Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The amendments are effective as of the 
date of issuance.
    The amendments modified the TSs and licenses to increase the 
maximum authorized rated thermal power from 2689 megawatts thermal 
(MWt) to 2900 MWt for each unit. Additionally, the amendments approved 
full implementation of an alternative source term in accordance with 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.67, using the 
guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.183, ``Alternative Radiological Source 
Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants.'' 
The amendments also approved deletion of the power range neutron-flux 
high-negative rate trip, removal of the boron injection tank boron 
concentration and renaming the boron injection flow path for BVPS-1, 
the addition of a footnote to Table 3.3-3 for BVPS-1, and correction of 
an inconsistency regarding a referenced permissive for BVPS-1.
    The application for the amendment complies with the standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license 
amendment.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility 
Operating Licenses and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with 
this action was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2005 
(70 FR 48443). The supplemental letters dated February 23, May 26, June 
14, July 8 and 28, August 26, September 6, October 7, 28, and 31, 
November 8, 18, and 21, December 2, 6, 9, 16, and 30, 2005, and January 
25, February 14 and 22, March 10 and 29, May 12, and July 6, 2006, 
provided additional clarifying information that did not expand the 
scope of the initial application as published in the Federal Register. 
No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed 
following this notice.
    The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to 
the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has 
concluded that the issuance of the amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment (71 FR 
40162).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 4, 2004, as supplemented by 
letters dated February 23, May 26, June 14, July 8 and 28, August 26, 
September 6, October 7, 28, and 31, November 8, 18, and 21, December 2, 
6, 9, 16, and 30, 2005, and January 25, February 14 and 22, March 10 
and 29, May 12, and July 6, 2006, (2) Amendment No. 275 to License No. 
DPR-66, (3) Amendment No. 156 to License No. NPF-73, (4) the 
Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (5) the Commission's 
Environmental Assessment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for 
a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, 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 
Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the 
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do 
not have access to

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ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room Reference staff by 
telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of July 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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