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bases changes.’’ (See, e.g., Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Station’s OIP)
In order to clarify the relationship
between the Mitigating Strategies order
and the hazard reevaluation, the NRC
staff provided COMSECY–14–0037 to
the Commission on November 21, 2014,
requesting that the Commission affirm
that ‘‘[l]icensees for operating nuclear
power plants need to address the
reevaluated flooding hazards within
their mitigating strategies for beyonddesign-basis external events (Order EA–
12–049 and related [Mitigation of
Beyond-Design-Basis Events] MBDBE
rulemaking).’’ COMSECY–14–0037
further requested affirmation that
‘‘[l]icensees for operating nuclear power
plants may need to address some
specific flooding scenarios that could
significantly damage the power plant
site by developing targeted or scenariospecific mitigating strategies, possibly
including unconventional measures, to
prevent fuel damage in reactor cores or
spent fuel pools.’’ In SRM–COMSECY–
14–0037, the Commission affirmed
these two items and noted that ‘‘it is
within the staff’s authority, and is the
staff’s responsibility, to determine, on a
plant-specific basis, whether targeted or
scenario-specific mitigating strategies,
possibly including unconventional
measures, are acceptable.’’
On August 25, 2015, NEI submitted
Revision 1 to NEI 12–06, incorporating
lessons learned in the implementation
of Order EA–12–049 and alternative
approaches taken by licensees for
compliance to that order. Following a
public webinar discussion of potential
exceptions and clarifications that took
place on September 21, 2015, NEI
submitted Revision 1A to NEI 12–06 on
October 5, 2015.
III. Specific Request for Comment
The NRC is seeking advice and
recommendations from the public on
the revision to this interim staff
guidance document. We are particularly
interested in comments and supporting
rationale from the public on the
following:
Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Spray strategy:
Order EA–12–049 was issued in parallel
with the March 12, 2012, request for
information under 10 CFR 50.54(f) for
reevaluation of seismic and flooding
hazards. The order and the guidance
developed to support the development
and implementation of the mitigating
strategies were intended to address the
uncertainties associated with beyonddesign-basis external events. Since
March 12, 2012, the NRC has completed
NUREG–2161, ‘‘Consequence Study of a
Beyond-Design-Basis Earthquake
Affecting the Spent Fuel Pool for a U.S.
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Mark I Boiling Water Reactor,’’ which
predicted an SFP liner failure likelihood
of about two times in a million years
and a possibility of release of
radioactive materials only if that liner
failure occurs during 8 percent of the
operating cycle of the reference plant
considered in the study. The results of
the study showed that the risk of
individual latent cancer fatality within
10 miles of the reference plant due to
the effects of a beyond-design-basis
earthquake on the SFP is several orders
of magnitude below the quantitative
health objectives established in the
Commission’s safety goal policy, ‘‘Safety
Goals for the Operations of Nuclear
Power Plants,’’ 51 FR 28044, August 4,
1986, as corrected and republished at 51
FR 30028, August 21, 1986. These
results did not quantitatively credit the
existing SFP spray strategy under 10
CFR 50.54(hh)(2), which would be
necessary for conformance with the
guidance contained in this revision to
JLD–ISG–2012–01 through its
endorsement of NEI 12–06, Revision 1A,
at Tables C–3 and D–3 for boiling-water
reactors and pressurized-water reactors,
respectively. The NRC seeks comment
on whether continuing to require the
SFP spray strategy under Order EA–12–
049 is warranted in light of the analyses
performed for NUREG–2161, or whether
the need for this strategy should be
limited or removed.
Proposed Action
By this action, the NRC is requesting
public comments on JLD–ISG–2012–01
Draft Revision 1. This draft JLD–ISG
proposes guidance related to
requirements contained in Order EA–
12–049, Mitigation Strategies for
Beyond-Design-Basis External Events.
The NRC staff will make a final
determination regarding issuance of the
JLD–ISG after it considers any public
comments received in response to this
request.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of November, 2015.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart N. Bailey,
Acting Director, Japan Lessons-Learned
Division, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket Nos. 50–361, 50–362, and 72–41;
NRC–2015–0023]
Southern California Edison Company,
San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 2 and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft environmental
assessment (EA) and finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) related to a
request to amend Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–10 and NPF–15 and
Docket No. 72–41, issued to the
Southern California Edison Company
(SCE or ‘‘the licensee’’), for operation of
the San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 2 and 3 (hereinafter
‘‘SONGS’’ or ‘‘the facility’’), including
the general-license Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located
in San Diego County, California. The
requested amendment would permit
licensee security personnel to use
certain firearms and ammunition
feeding devices not previously
permitted, notwithstanding State, local
and certain Federal firearms laws or
regulations that otherwise prohibit such
actions.
DATES: Submit comments by December
10, 2015. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received before this date. Any potential
party as defined in § 2.4 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
who believes access to sensitive
unclassified non-safeguards information
(SUNSI) is necessary to respond to this
notice must request document access by
November 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0023. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
SUMMARY:
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OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marlayna Vaaler, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3178, Marlayna.Vaaler@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
0023 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0023.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents'' and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. The applications
for amendments for SONGS, dated
August 28, 2013, as supplemented by a
letter dated February 10, 2015, contain
SUNSI and are being withheld from
public disclosure.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
0023 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC posts all comment
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submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as entering
the comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering a request to
amend Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF–10 and NPF–15 and Docket No.
72–41, issued to SCE for the operation
of SONGS, Units 2 and 3, including the
general-license ISFSI, located in San
Diego County, California, in accordance
with 10 CFR 50.90, ‘‘Application for
amendment of license, construction
permit, or early site permit.’’ Therefore,
as required by 10 CFR 51.21, ‘‘Criteria
for and identification of licensing and
regulatory actions requiring
environmental assessments,’’ and 10
CFR 51.33, ‘‘Draft finding of no
significant impact; distribution,’’ the
NRC has prepared a draft EA
documenting its finding. The requested
amendment would permit licensee
security personnel to use certain
firearms and ammunition feeding
devices not previously permitted,
notwithstanding State, local, and certain
Federal firearms laws or regulations that
otherwise prohibit such actions.
III. Draft Environmental Assessment
and Finding of No Significant Impact
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would permit
security personnel at SONGS during the
performance of their official duties, to
transfer, receive, possess, transport,
import, and use certain firearms and
large capacity ammunition feeding
devices not previously permitted to be
owned or possessed, notwithstanding
State, local, and certain Federal firearms
laws, or regulations that otherwise
prohibit such actions.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the SONGS application dated
August 28, 2013 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML13242A277), as supplemented
by letters dated December 31, 2013
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14007A496),
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May 15, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14139A424), and February 10, 2015
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15044A047).
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow the
transfer, receipt, possession,
transportation, importation, and use of
those firearms and devices needed in
the performance of official duties
required for the protection of SONGS
and associated special nuclear
materials, consistent with the SONGS
NRC-approved security plan.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation
of the proposed action and concludes
that the proposed action would only
allow the use of those firearms and
devices necessary to protect SONGS and
associated special nuclear materials,
consistent with the SONGS NRCapproved security plan. Therefore, the
proposed action would not significantly
increase the probability or consequences
of any accidents. In addition, the
proposed action would not change the
types or the amounts of any effluents
that may be released offsite. There
would also be no significant increase in
occupational or public radiation
exposure. Therefore, there would be no
significant radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
The proposed action would not
impact land, air, or water resources,
including biota. In addition, the
proposed action would not result in any
socioeconomic or environmental justice
impacts or impacts to historic and
cultural resources. Therefore, there
would also be no significant nonradiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
the issuance of the requested
amendment would not result in
significant environmental impacts.
The NRC will publish in the Federal
Register a copy of the final EA as part
of the final FONSI.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the NRC staff considered
denying the proposed action (i.e., the
‘‘no-action’’ alternative). Denial of the
license amendment request would result
in no change to current environmental
conditions at SONGS.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action would not
involve the use of any resources.
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Agencies and Persons Consulted
The staff did not consult with any
Federal agency or California state
agencies regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action.
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
The licensee has requested a license
amendment to permit licensee security
personnel, in the performance of their
official duties, to transfer, receive,
possess, transport, import, and use
certain firearms and large capacity
ammunition feeding devices not
previously permitted to be owned or
possessed, notwithstanding State, local,
and certain Federal firearms laws or
regulations that would otherwise
prohibit such actions.
On the basis of the information
presented in this environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action would not cause any
significant environmental impact and
would not have a significant effect on
the quality of the human environment.
In addition, the NRC has determined
that an environmental impact statement
is not necessary for the evaluation of
this proposed action.
Other than the licensee’s letter dated
August 28, 2013, there are no other
environmental documents associated
with this review. This document is
available for public inspection as
indicated above.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of November, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce A. Watson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium
Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the
ACRS Subcommittee on Regulatory
Policies and Practices; Notice of
Meeting
The ACRS Subcommittee on
Regulatory Policies and Practices will
hold a meeting on November 18, 2015,
Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
The meeting will be open to public
attendance.
The agenda for the subject meeting
shall be as follows:
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The Subcommittee will review the
Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.127,
‘‘Design and Inspection Criteria for
Water-Control Structures Associated
with Nuclear Power Plants’’. The
Subcommittee will hear presentations
by and hold discussions with the NRC
staff and other interested persons
regarding this matter. The
Subcommittee will gather information,
analyze relevant issues and facts, and
formulate proposed positions and
actions, as appropriate, for deliberation
by the Full Committee.
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comments should notify the Designated
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(Telephone 301–415–6855 or Email:
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Thirty-five hard copies of each
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participation in ACRS meetings were
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Detailed meeting agendas and meeting
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regarding topics to be discussed,
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Mark L. Banks,
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Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
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
or combined license, as applicable,
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 October 10,
2015, to October 26, 2015. The last
biweekly notice was published on
October 27, 2015.
DATES: Comments must be filed
December 10, 2015. A request for a
hearing must be filed by January 11,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0253. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
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Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
SUMMARY:
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[Docket Nos. 50-361, 50-362, and 72-41; NRC-2015-0023]
Southern California Edison Company, San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 2 and 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment a draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) related to a request to amend Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF-10 and NPF-15 and Docket No. 72-41, issued
to the Southern California Edison Company (SCE or ``the licensee''),
for operation of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and
3 (hereinafter ``SONGS'' or ``the facility''), including the general-
license Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in
San Diego County, California. The requested amendment would permit
licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition
feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local
and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that otherwise
prohibit such actions.
DATES: Submit comments by December 10, 2015. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
before this date. Any potential party as defined in Sec. 2.4 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who believes access to
sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI) is necessary
to respond to this notice must request document access by November 20,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0023. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop:
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OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlayna Vaaler, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178,
Marlayna.Vaaler@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0023 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0023.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. The applications for amendments for
SONGS, dated August 28, 2013, as supplemented by a letter dated
February 10, 2015, contain SUNSI and are being withheld from public
disclosure.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0023 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering a request to amend Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF-10 and NPF-15 and Docket No. 72-41, issued to SCE for
the operation of SONGS, Units 2 and 3, including the general-license
ISFSI, located in San Diego County, California, in accordance with 10
CFR 50.90, ``Application for amendment of license, construction permit,
or early site permit.'' Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21,
``Criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions
requiring environmental assessments,'' and 10 CFR 51.33, ``Draft
finding of no significant impact; distribution,'' the NRC has prepared
a draft EA documenting its finding. The requested amendment would
permit licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and
ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding
State, local, and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that
otherwise prohibit such actions.
III. Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would permit security personnel at SONGS during
the performance of their official duties, to transfer, receive,
possess, transport, import, and use certain firearms and large capacity
ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted to be owned or
possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms
laws, or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.
The proposed action is in accordance with the SONGS application
dated August 28, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13242A277), as
supplemented by letters dated December 31, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14007A496), May 15, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14139A424), and
February 10, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15044A047).
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow the transfer, receipt, possession,
transportation, importation, and use of those firearms and devices
needed in the performance of official duties required for the
protection of SONGS and associated special nuclear materials,
consistent with the SONGS NRC-approved security plan.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the proposed action would only allow the use of those
firearms and devices necessary to protect SONGS and associated special
nuclear materials, consistent with the SONGS NRC-approved security
plan. Therefore, the proposed action would not significantly increase
the probability or consequences of any accidents. In addition, the
proposed action would not change the types or the amounts of any
effluents that may be released offsite. There would also be no
significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure.
Therefore, there would be no significant radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action.
The proposed action would not impact land, air, or water resources,
including biota. In addition, the proposed action would not result in
any socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts or impacts to
historic and cultural resources. Therefore, there would also be no
significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the
proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that the issuance of the requested
amendment would not result in significant environmental impacts.
The NRC will publish in the Federal Register a copy of the final EA
as part of the final FONSI.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the NRC staff considered
denying the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the license amendment request would result in no change to
current environmental conditions at SONGS.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action would not involve the use of any resources.
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Agencies and Persons Consulted
The staff did not consult with any Federal agency or California
state agencies regarding the environmental impact of the proposed
action.
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
The licensee has requested a license amendment to permit licensee
security personnel, in the performance of their official duties, to
transfer, receive, possess, transport, import, and use certain firearms
and large capacity ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted
to be owned or possessed, notwithstanding State, local, and certain
Federal firearms laws or regulations that would otherwise prohibit such
actions.
On the basis of the information presented in this environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action would not cause
any significant environmental impact and would not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human environment. In addition, the NRC
has determined that an environmental impact statement is not necessary
for the evaluation of this proposed action.
Other than the licensee's letter dated August 28, 2013, there are
no other environmental documents associated with this review. This
document is available for public inspection as indicated above.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of November, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce A. Watson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning,
Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-28594 Filed 11-9-15; 8:45 am]
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