Arizona Public Service Company; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 44339-44340 [2019-18161]
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[Docket Nos. 72–1031, 72–44, 50–528, 50–
529, and 50–530; NRC–2019–0161]
Arizona Public Service Company; Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station;
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact;
issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering an
exemption request from Arizona Public
Service Company to allow the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station to
load spent fuel with a larger pellet
diameter than is authorized in the
MAGNASTOR® storage cask system in
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7. The NRC prepared
an environmental assessment (EA)
documenting its finding. The NRC
concluded that the proposed action
would have no significant
environmental impact. Accordingly, the
NRC staff is issuing a finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) associated
with the proposed exemption.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in
this document are available on August
19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2019–0161 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
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• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
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document.
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Bernard White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–
415–6577; email: Bernard.White@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is reviewing an exemption
request from Arizona Public Service
Company, dated July 5, 2019 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML19186A449). Arizona
Public Service Company is requesting
an exemption from the requirements of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) §§ 72.212(a)(2),
72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.214, and
the portion of 72.212(b)(11) that requires
compliance with the terms, conditions,
and specifications of the Certificate of
Compliance No. 1015, for spent fuel
storage at the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station independent spent
fuel storage installation.
Specifically, Arizona Public Service
Company requested an exemption to
load and store Combustion Engineering
spent fuel with a larger maximum pellet
diameter than authorized in
Amendment No. 7 of Certificate of
Compliance No. 1031 for the
MAGNASTOR® storage system.
II. Environmental Assessment
Summary
Under the requirements of §§ 51.21
and 51.30(a), the NRC staff developed
an environmental assessment (ADAMS
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Accession No. ML19205A273) to
evaluate the proposed action, which is
for the NRC to grant an exemption to
Arizona Public Service Company to
allow loading and storage of spent fuel
with a larger maximum pellet diameter
than that is authorized in Amendment
No. 7 of the NAC International (NAC)
CoC No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR®
storage system.
The EA defines the NRC’s proposed
action (i.e., to grant the exemption
request per 10 CFR 72.7) and the
purpose of and need for the proposed
action. Evaluations of the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and alternatives to the proposed
action are presented, followed by the
NRC’s conclusion.
This EA evaluates the potential
environmental impacts of granting the
exemption to load and store spent fuel
with a maximum pellet diameter than
authorized in Certificate of Compliance
No. 1031, Amendment No. 7 in the
MAGNASTOR® storage system at the
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
site. The potential environmental
impact of using NRC-approved storage
casks was initially analyzed in the EA
for the rulemaking to provide for the
storage of spent fuel under a general
license on July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181).
The environmental assessment for the
MAGNASTOR® storage system,
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7, (82 FR 25931) tiers
off the environmental assessment for the
1990 final rule.
NRC staff finds that the
environmental effects from this
exemption request is bounded by the EA
for Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7, and that there will
be no significant environmental impacts
from the proposed action. The proposed
action does not change the types or
quantities of effluents that may be
released offsite, and it does not increase
occupational or public radiation
exposure. The request by Arizona Public
Service Company to increase the pellet
diameter without a corresponding
increase in the uranium oxide loading of
fuel assemblies will not result an
inadvertent criticality event. Therefore,
there are no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action. There is no change
to the non-radiological effluents. The
proposed action will take place within
the site boundary and does not have
other environmental impacts. Thus, the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Therefore, the
environmental impacts of the proposed
action are no greater than those
described in the EA for the rulemaking
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to add the MAGNASTOR® storage
system, Certificate of Compliance No.
1031, Amendment No. 7 to 10 CFR
72.214.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared an EA and
associated FONSI in support of the
proposed action. The NRC staff has
concluded that the proposed action, for
the NRC to grant the exemption
requested for Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, allowing the use of
a larger pellet diameter in Amendment
No. 7 for the MAGNASTOR® storage
system, will not significantly impact the
quality of the human environment, and
that the proposed action is the preferred
alternative. The environmental impacts
are bounded by the previous EA for the
rulemaking to add the Certificate of
Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No.
7, cask system to 10 CFR 72.214.
The NRC provided the Arizona
Department of Health Services-Bureau
of Radiation Control a draft copy of this
EA for review in an email dated July 24,
2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19205A323).
The NRC staff has determined that
this exemption would have no impact
on historic and cultural resources or
ecological resources and therefore no
consultations are necessary under
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
and Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, respectively.
Therefore, the NRC finds that there
are no significant environmental
impacts from the proposed action, and
that preparation of an environmental
impact statement is not warranted.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined
that a FONSI is appropriate.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day
of August, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John B. McKirgan,
Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division
of Spent Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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Information Collection: Access
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘Access
Authorization.’’
SUMMARY:
Submit comments by September
23, 2019. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
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ensure consideration only for comments
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(3150–0046). Attn: Desk Officer for the
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email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0272 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 website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0272.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
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problems with ADAMS, please contact
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reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The supporting statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in
ADAMS under Accession Nos.:
ML19198A154 and ML19045A659,
respectively.
• 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.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
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Clearance Officer, David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
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The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
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II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
part 25, ‘‘Access Authorization.’’ The
NRC hereby informs potential
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conduct or sponsor, and that a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
May 1, 2019 (84 FR 18590).
1. The title of the information
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2. OMB approval number: 3150–0046.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
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Not applicable.
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or requested: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: NRC-regulated facilities and
other organizations requiring access to
NRC-classified information.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 383.8.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 132 (78 licensees plus 54
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 72-1031, 72-44, 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530; NRC-2019-0161]
Arizona Public Service Company; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact;
issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an
exemption request from Arizona Public Service Company to allow the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station to load spent fuel with a larger
pellet diameter than is authorized in the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage
cask system in Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7. The
NRC prepared an environmental assessment (EA) documenting its finding.
The NRC concluded that the proposed action would have no significant
environmental impact. Accordingly, the NRC staff is issuing a finding
of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed
exemption.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on
August 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0161 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0161. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
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 ``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 [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document (if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-6577; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is reviewing an exemption request from Arizona Public
Service Company, dated July 5, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19186A449).
Arizona Public Service Company is requesting an exemption from the
requirements of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Sec. Sec. 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.214, and the
portion of 72.212(b)(11) that requires compliance with the terms,
conditions, and specifications of the Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, for spent fuel storage at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station independent spent fuel storage installation.
Specifically, Arizona Public Service Company requested an exemption
to load and store Combustion Engineering spent fuel with a larger
maximum pellet diameter than authorized in Amendment No. 7 of
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage
system.
II. Environmental Assessment Summary
Under the requirements of Sec. Sec. 51.21 and 51.30(a), the NRC
staff developed an environmental assessment (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19205A273) to evaluate the proposed action, which is for the NRC to
grant an exemption to Arizona Public Service Company to allow loading
and storage of spent fuel with a larger maximum pellet diameter than
that is authorized in Amendment No. 7 of the NAC International (NAC)
CoC No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system.
The EA defines the NRC's proposed action (i.e., to grant the
exemption request per 10 CFR 72.7) and the purpose of and need for the
proposed action. Evaluations of the potential environmental impacts of
the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action are
presented, followed by the NRC's conclusion.
This EA evaluates the potential environmental impacts of granting
the exemption to load and store spent fuel with a maximum pellet
diameter than authorized in Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7 in the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system at the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station site. The potential environmental
impact of using NRC-approved storage casks was initially analyzed in
the EA for the rulemaking to provide for the storage of spent fuel
under a general license on July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181). The
environmental assessment for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system,
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7, (82 FR 25931)
tiers off the environmental assessment for the 1990 final rule.
NRC staff finds that the environmental effects from this exemption
request is bounded by the EA for Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7, and that there will be no significant environmental
impacts from the proposed action. The proposed action does not change
the types or quantities of effluents that may be released offsite, and
it does not increase occupational or public radiation exposure. The
request by Arizona Public Service Company to increase the pellet
diameter without a corresponding increase in the uranium oxide loading
of fuel assemblies will not result an inadvertent criticality event.
Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action. There is no change to the non-
radiological effluents. The proposed action will take place within the
site boundary and does not have other environmental impacts. Thus, the
proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of
the human environment. Therefore, the environmental impacts of the
proposed action are no greater than those described in the EA for the
rulemaking
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to add the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system, Certificate of Compliance
No. 1031, Amendment No. 7 to 10 CFR 72.214.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared an EA and associated FONSI in support of
the proposed action. The NRC staff has concluded that the proposed
action, for the NRC to grant the exemption requested for Palo Verde
Nuclear Generating Station, allowing the use of a larger pellet
diameter in Amendment No. 7 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system,
will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment, and
that the proposed action is the preferred alternative. The
environmental impacts are bounded by the previous EA for the rulemaking
to add the Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7, cask
system to 10 CFR 72.214.
The NRC provided the Arizona Department of Health Services-Bureau
of Radiation Control a draft copy of this EA for review in an email
dated July 24, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19205A323).
The NRC staff has determined that this exemption would have no
impact on historic and cultural resources or ecological resources and
therefore no consultations are necessary under Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, respectively.
Therefore, the NRC finds that there are no significant
environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that preparation of
an environmental impact statement is not warranted. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined that a FONSI is appropriate.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John B. McKirgan,
Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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