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reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/
applications.html, the NRC’s Web site
while the application is under review.
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adams.html under ADAMS Accession
Number ML082341038. As stated above,
persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
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ADAMS may contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff
by telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or
301–415–4737, or by e-mail to
PDR@nrc.gov.
The NRC staff has verified that a copy
of the license renewal application is
also available to local residents near
KPS, at the Kewaunee Public Library,
822 Juneau St., Kewaunee, WI 54216.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of September, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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[Docket No. 40–3392]
Honeywell International, Inc.;
Honeywell Metropolis Works;
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption from 10 CFR
30, Appendix C, for Materials License
No. SUB–456, issued to Honeywell
International, Inc. (Honeywell or the
licensee), for operation of the
Honeywell Metropolis Works, located in
Metropolis, Illinois. As required by 10
CFR 51.21, the NRC has prepared this
environmental assessment and finds
that granting the exemption request will
have no significant impact.
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Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow
Honeywell an extension of a one-year
exemption, previously granted by NRC
via letter dated May 11, 2007, from a
portion of the financial test in 10 CFR
30, Appendix C, which requires that
Honeywell’s year end tangible net worth
be equal to at least ten times its total
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decommissioning liabilities. The
exemption granted by NRC allowed
Honeywell to include goodwill in the
determination of tangible net worth and
was contained in License Condition
(LC) –27 in its Materials License No.
SUB–526 renewed on May 11, 2007.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
April 11, 2008, as supplemented by
letter dated May 15, 2008.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow
Honeywell an extension of a previously
approved exemption from the same
portion of the financial test in 10 CFR
30, Appendix C, until the earlier
occurrence of (1) May 11, 2009, or (2)
the effective date of a final rule
amending 10 CFR Part 30 consistent
with the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on January 22, 2008.
Since May 26, 1994, Honeywell has
provided a corporate self-guarantee as
financial assurance for
decommissioning as required by 10 CFR
Part 30 Appendix C (as made applicable
by 10 CFR Part 40.36(e)(2)). However, in
a letter dated November 3, 2006,
Honeywell notified NRC that it was
unable to meet the tangible net worth
part of the financial test as required by
10 CFR Part 30 Appendix C. The
regulations require, among other things,
that the licensees have tangible net
worth of at least 10 times the
decommissioning obligation.
Honeywell’s tangible net worth no
longer meets the 10 to 1 ratio test, which
means that absent an exemption, it
would no longer be eligible to use the
self-guarantee. The regulations require
that Honeywell provide alternate
financial assurance within 120 days
after notifying the NRC that it is no
longer qualified to use the selfguarantee.
In a letter dated December 1, 2006,
Honeywell submitted a request under
the provisions of 10 CFR 40.14 for an
exemption from 10 CFR 30, Appendix
C, that it be allowed to include goodwill
in the determination of tangible net
worth for the purpose of the ratio test.
On May 11, 2007, NRC approved the
renewal of Honeywell Materials License
No. SUB–456 and documented its
review in a Safety Evaluation Report
(SER) enclosed with the renewed
license. In Section 11.5 of this SER,
Honeywell was granted a one-year
exemption from the tangible net worth
portion of the financial test which is
stipulated in 10 CFR Part 30 Appendix
C, Section II. This exemption allowed
Honeywell to use goodwill in its
calculation of net worth. This
exemption was granted based on many
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factors that were documented in the
SER including Honeywell’s bond rating
of ‘‘A’’ as assigned by Standard & Poor’s.
The SER outlined that a company with
an ‘‘A’’ bond rating had a relatively low
probability of default, and that this
default rate was almost non-existent
during any given one-year time period.
As Honeywell’s one-year exemption
expired on May 11, 2008, Honeywell
seeks to extend this exemption until the
earlier of (1) May 11, 2009 (i.e. , an
additional one year period) or (2) the
effective date of a final rule amending
10 CFR Part 30 consistent with the
proposed rule published in the Federal
Register on January 22, 2008.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its safety
evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes the proposed action to be
acceptable. The details of the staff’s
safety evaluation will be provided in the
exemption that will be issued as part of
the letter to the licensee approving the
exemption request dated April 11, 2008.
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 off site. There is no
significant increase in the amount of
any effluent released off site. 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 non-radiological
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
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Denial of the application
would result in additional licensee
resources being expended on the
alternate financial assurance methods
which would increase the likelihood
that funds for decommissioning will not
be available when needed.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
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previously considered in the
Environmental Assessment for Renewal
of NRC License No. SUB–526 for the
Honeywell Specialty Materials
Metropolis Work Facility, dated June 30,
2006.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On August 6, 2008, the staff consulted
with the Illinois State official, Gerald
Steele of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no
comments.
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[Docket No. 50–413; Renewed License No.
NPF–35]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC; North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation; Saluda River
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Catawba
Nuclear Station, Unit 1); Order
Approving Direct Transfer of License
and Approving Conforming
Amendment
I.
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.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the
licensee), the North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation (NCEMC/the
licensee), and the Saluda River Electric
Cooperative, Inc. (SREC), are the owners
of Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1
(Catawba 1). With respect to their
ownerships, they are coholders of
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–35. Catawba 1 is located in York
County, South Carolina.
Further Information
II.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated April 11, 2008, as supplemented
on May 15, 2008. Documents may be
examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
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 System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the NRC
Web site, 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
send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
By application dated December 20,
2007, as supplemented by letter dated
May 29, 2008, Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC, requested on behalf of itself,
NCEMC and SREC, pursuant to Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) consent to certain license
transfers to permit the direct transfer of
the 18.75 percent undivided ownership
interest of SREC in Catawba 1, to the
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, a current
owner and operator, and NCEMC, a
current owner. According to the
application for approval filed by the
licensees, following approval, Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC will purchase
71.96 percent of the SREC’s interest in
Catawba 1 (i.e., 13.49 percent of SREC’s
undivided ownership interest) and
NCEMC will purchase 28.04 percent of
SREC’s interest in Catawba 1 (i.e., 5.26
percent of SREC’s undivided ownership
interest). Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
will remain responsible for the
operation and maintenance of
Catawba 1.
Approval of the direct transfer of the
facility operating license was requested
by Duke pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. A
notice entitled,‘‘Notice of Consideration
of Approval of the Proposed Transfer of
the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1,
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–35 and Conforming Agreement,
and Opportunity for a Hearing
Regarding Transfer of the Saluda River
Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s Undivided
Ownership Interest in Catawba Nuclear
Finding of No Significant Impact
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
day of August 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Michael D. Tschiltz,
Acting Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety
and Safeguards, Office of Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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Station, Unit 1, to Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, a Current Owner and
Operator, and North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation, a Current
Owner,’’ was published in the Federal
Register on July 21, 2008 (73 FR 42375).
No comments or hearing requests were
received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or
any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) shall give
its consent in writing. Upon review of
the information in the licensees’
application, and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff
has determined that Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, and NCEMC are
qualified to hold the license to the
extent proposed to permit the transfer of
SREC’s 18.75 percent undivided
ownership interest in Catawba 1 to Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC, (13.49 percent)
and NCEMC (5.26 percent), and that the
transfers of the license are otherwise
consistent with the applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant
thereto, subject to the conditions set
forth below. The NRC staff has further
found that the application for the
proposed license 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 set
forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facilities
will operate in conformity with the
application, the provisions of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the
Commission; there is reasonable
assurance that the activities authorized
by the proposed license amendment can
be conducted without endangering the
health and safety of the public and that
such activities will be conducted in
compliance with the Commission’s
regulations; the issuance of the
proposed license amendment will not
be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of
the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendment will be in
accordance with10 CFR Part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The findings set forth above
are supported by a safety evaluation
dated September 25, 2008.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o),
and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby
ordered that the application regarding
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-3392]
Honeywell International, Inc.; Honeywell Metropolis Works;
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption from 10 CFR 30, Appendix C, for Materials
License No. SUB-456, issued to Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell
or the licensee), for operation of the Honeywell Metropolis Works,
located in Metropolis, Illinois. As required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC
has prepared this environmental assessment and finds that granting the
exemption request will have no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow Honeywell an extension of a one-
year exemption, previously granted by NRC via letter dated May 11,
2007, from a portion of the financial test in 10 CFR 30, Appendix C,
which requires that Honeywell's year end tangible net worth be equal to
at least ten times its total decommissioning liabilities. The exemption
granted by NRC allowed Honeywell to include goodwill in the
determination of tangible net worth and was contained in License
Condition (LC) -27 in its Materials License No. SUB-526 renewed on May
11, 2007. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated April 11, 2008, as supplemented by letter dated May
15, 2008.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow Honeywell an extension of a
previously approved exemption from the same portion of the financial
test in 10 CFR 30, Appendix C, until the earlier occurrence of (1) May
11, 2009, or (2) the effective date of a final rule amending 10 CFR
Part 30 consistent with the proposed rule published in the Federal
Register on January 22, 2008.
Since May 26, 1994, Honeywell has provided a corporate self-
guarantee as financial assurance for decommissioning as required by 10
CFR Part 30 Appendix C (as made applicable by 10 CFR Part 40.36(e)(2)).
However, in a letter dated November 3, 2006, Honeywell notified NRC
that it was unable to meet the tangible net worth part of the financial
test as required by 10 CFR Part 30 Appendix C. The regulations require,
among other things, that the licensees have tangible net worth of at
least 10 times the decommissioning obligation. Honeywell's tangible net
worth no longer meets the 10 to 1 ratio test, which means that absent
an exemption, it would no longer be eligible to use the self-guarantee.
The regulations require that Honeywell provide alternate financial
assurance within 120 days after notifying the NRC that it is no longer
qualified to use the self-guarantee.
In a letter dated December 1, 2006, Honeywell submitted a request
under the provisions of 10 CFR 40.14 for an exemption from 10 CFR 30,
Appendix C, that it be allowed to include goodwill in the determination
of tangible net worth for the purpose of the ratio test. On May 11,
2007, NRC approved the renewal of Honeywell Materials License No. SUB-
456 and documented its review in a Safety Evaluation Report (SER)
enclosed with the renewed license. In Section 11.5 of this SER,
Honeywell was granted a one-year exemption from the tangible net worth
portion of the financial test which is stipulated in 10 CFR Part 30
Appendix C, Section II. This exemption allowed Honeywell to use
goodwill in its calculation of net worth. This exemption was granted
based on many factors that were documented in the SER including
Honeywell's bond rating of ``A'' as assigned by Standard & Poor's. The
SER outlined that a company with an ``A'' bond rating had a relatively
low probability of default, and that this default rate was almost non-
existent during any given one-year time period.
As Honeywell's one-year exemption expired on May 11, 2008,
Honeywell seeks to extend this exemption until the earlier of (1) May
11, 2009 (i.e. , an additional one year period) or (2) the effective
date of a final rule amending 10 CFR Part 30 consistent with the
proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2008.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its safety evaluation of the proposed action
and concludes the proposed action to be acceptable. The details of the
staff's safety evaluation will be provided in the exemption that will
be issued as part of the letter to the licensee approving the exemption
request dated April 11, 2008.
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 off site. There is no significant
increase in the amount of any effluent released off site. 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 non-radiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does
not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no other
environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant non-
radiological 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 proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the application would result in additional licensee resources
being expended on the alternate financial assurance methods which would
increase the likelihood that funds for decommissioning will not be
available when needed.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those
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previously considered in the Environmental Assessment for Renewal of
NRC License No. SUB-526 for the Honeywell Specialty Materials
Metropolis Work Facility, dated June 30, 2006.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
On August 6, 2008, the staff consulted with the Illinois State
official, Gerald Steele of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency, 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.
Further Information
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the
licensee's letter dated April 11, 2008, as supplemented on May 15,
2008. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR), 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 System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on
the NRC Web site, https://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 PDR Reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of August 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Michael D. Tschiltz,
Acting Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office
of Material Safety and Safeguards.
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