Union Electric Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License, 48951-48952 [E6-13836]

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E6–13804 Filed 8–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–483] Union Electric Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission/NRC) has granted the request of Union Electric Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated July 19, 2006, for the proposed exigent amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF–30 for the Callaway Plant, Unit 1,located in Callaway County, Missouri. By letter dated July 19, 2006, Union Electric Company (the licensee) E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1 cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 48952 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 22, 2006 / Notices submitted an exigent license amendment request to remove the containment condensate monitoring system and atmosphere gaseous radioactivity monitor from Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.15, ‘‘RCS [reactor coolant system] Leakage Detection Instrumentation.’’ The licensee stated that it was uncertain that the containment cooler condensate system could detect an RCS leak rate of 1 gallon per minute in 1 hour, which is the requirement for the instrumentation listed in TS 3.4.15 to be considered operable, and the condensate monitoring system was declared inoperable on July 10, 2006. With the containment atmosphere gaseous radioactivity monitor already declared inoperable and the condensate monitoring system now being inoperable, TS 3.4.15 required the licensee to shut down the Callaway Plant within 30 days of July 10, 2006, if the condensate monitoring could not be made operable. The exigent amendment request was to prevent a plant shutdown. The licensee also stated that the previous application dated August 26, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated December 16, 2005, and June 29, 2006, to revise TS 3.4.15 were superceded by the letter dated July 19, 2006. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2006 (71 FR 42134). However, by letter dated August 7, 2006, the licensee withdrew its exigent license amendment request dated July 19, 2006, and re-instated the previous application dated August 26, 2005, and the supplemental letters. The licensee declared the containment condensate monitoring system operable on August 3, 2006, and TS 3.4.15 no longer required a plant shutdown. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 19, 2006, and the licensee’s letter dated August 7, 2006, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 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/NRC/ADAMS/. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:34 Aug 21, 2006 Jkt 208001 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of August 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jack N. Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–13836 Filed 8–21–06; 8:45 am] (EA) in support of this proposed action in accordance with the requirements of 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. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P II. Environmental Assessment Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. Identification of Proposed Action NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dennis Lawyer, Health Physicist, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 1, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; telephone 610–337–5366; fax number 610–337–5393; or by e-mail: drl1@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed action would approve the Licensee’s October 19, 2005, license amendment request for site-specific DCGL unrestricted use release criteria at DNSC Binghamton through issuance of an exemption to the definition of weighting factors in 10 CFR 20.1003. License No. STC–133 was issued on July 23, 1983, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 40, and has been amended periodically since that time. This license authorized the Licensee to use unsealed source material for purposes of storage, sampling, repackaging, and transfer. Based on the Licensee’s historical knowledge of the site and the conditions of the Facility, the Licensee determined that only routine decontamination activities, in accordance with its NRCapproved, 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 will conduct surveys of the Facility and provide information to the NRC to demonstrate that the Facility meets the criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted release by using the approved DCGL. I. Introduction Need for the Proposed Action The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Source Materials License No. STC–133. This license is held by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA or the Licensee) at multiple sites. The site at issue is its Defense National Stockpile Center located at Hoyt Avenue in Binghamton, New York (the Facility). Issuance of the amendment would authorize release of the Facility for unrestricted use using site specific Derived Concentration Guideline Levels (DCGLs). The use of the site specific DCGLs requires an exemption to the definition of weighting factors in 10 CFR 20.1003. The Licensee requested this action in a letter dated October 19, 2005. The NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment The Licensee has ceased conducting licensed activities at the Facility, and seeks the approval of site-specific DCGLs through issuance of an exemption to the definition of weighting factors in 10 CFR 20.1003. The licensee needs these site specific DCGL values to release the Facility for unrestricted use. NRC is fulfilling its responsibilities under the Atomic Energy Act to make a timely decision on a proposed license amendment that ensures protection of public health and safety and the environment. [Docket No. 04000341] Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Source Materials License No. Stc-133 Authorizing the Use of Site-Specific Derived Concentration Guideline Levels for Unrestricted Release of the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Nuclear Supply Center Depot in Binghamton, NY Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The historical review of licensed activities conducted at the Facility shows that such activities involved use E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

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 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-483]


Union Electric Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for 
Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission/NRC) has 
granted the request of Union Electric Company (the licensee) to 
withdraw its application dated July 19, 2006, for the proposed exigent 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-30 for the Callaway 
Plant, Unit 1,located in Callaway County, Missouri.
    By letter dated July 19, 2006, Union Electric Company (the 
licensee)

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submitted an exigent license amendment request to remove the 
containment condensate monitoring system and atmosphere gaseous 
radioactivity monitor from Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.15, ``RCS 
[reactor coolant system] Leakage Detection Instrumentation.'' The 
licensee stated that it was uncertain that the containment cooler 
condensate system could detect an RCS leak rate of 1 gallon per minute 
in 1 hour, which is the requirement for the instrumentation listed in 
TS 3.4.15 to be considered operable, and the condensate monitoring 
system was declared inoperable on July 10, 2006. With the containment 
atmosphere gaseous radioactivity monitor already declared inoperable 
and the condensate monitoring system now being inoperable, TS 3.4.15 
required the licensee to shut down the Callaway Plant within 30 days of 
July 10, 2006, if the condensate monitoring could not be made operable. 
The exigent amendment request was to prevent a plant shutdown. The 
licensee also stated that the previous application dated August 26, 
2005, as supplemented by letters dated December 16, 2005, and June 29, 
2006, to revise TS 3.4.15 were superceded by the letter dated July 19, 
2006.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 25, 
2006 (71 FR 42134). However, by letter dated August 7, 2006, the 
licensee withdrew its exigent license amendment request dated July 19, 
2006, and re-instated the previous application dated August 26, 2005, 
and the supplemental letters. The licensee declared the containment 
condensate monitoring system operable on August 3, 2006, and TS 3.4.15 
no longer required a plant shutdown.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated July 19, 2006, and the licensee's 
letter dated August 7, 2006, which withdrew the application for license 
amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 
NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 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/NRC/ADAMS/index/
html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or 
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of August 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jack N. Donohew,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-13836 Filed 8-21-06; 8:45 am]
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