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BILLING CODE 7533-01-M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No.: 70-1151] Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Renewal for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, Columbia, SC AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Adams, Senior Project Manager, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-8F42, Washington, DC 20555. *Telephone:*
(301)415-7249; *fax number:*
(310)415-5955; *e-mail: mta@nrc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering the renewal of Special Nuclear Material License SNM-1107 for the continued operation of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
(CFFF)located near Columbia, South Carolina. This renewal would authorize the licensee to receive and possess nuclear materials at CFFF in order to fabricate and assemble nuclear fuel components under the provisions of 10 CFR part 70, Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material. If approved, the renewed license term would be for 20 years. The NRC has prepared an environmental assessment
(EA)in support of this action in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate. If approved, the renewed license would be issued following the publication of this Notice. II. EA Summary Proposed Action The proposed action is to renew the SNM-1107 license for a 20-year period, thereby authorizing WEC to continue manufacturing nuclear fuel at CFFF. The current license authorizes WEC to receive, possess, use, and transfer special nuclear material at the CFFF in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 70. The renewed license would provide the same continued authorization to WEC. WEC's request for the renewal was previously noticed in the **Federal Register** on December 29, 2005, (70 FR 249) with an opportunity to request a hearing. No hearing requests were received. Need for the Proposed Action CFFF is one of several facilities that fabricates fuel assemblies for commercial light-water cooled nuclear reactors. Continued production of the fuel assemblies is needed to meet the anticipated steady or increasing demand for electricity generated by these nuclear power reactors. WEC plans to continue to be a major supplier of this type of fuel through continued operations at the CFFF under its renewed NRC license. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The NRC staff concluded that the proposed renewal, for a 20-year period, of license SNM-1107, involving the continued operations at the WEC CFFF, will not result in a significant impact to the environment. No significant impacts to site ecology are anticipated because of the proposed action. The proposed action will not adversely affect federal or state-listed threatened or endangered species nor other flora and fauna in the site vicinity. No significant impacts to regional historic and cultural resources are anticipated because of the proposed action. The license renewal request does not require altering undeveloped portions of the site. The proposed action can be viewed as a continuation of impacts and can be evaluated based on the previous impacts from past operations. Airborne effluents released through stacks and liquid effluents released in the Congaree River are below and are anticipated to remain below regulatory limits for nonradiological and radiological contaminants. No significant impacts to air quality from radiological contaminants are anticipated because of the proposed action. The CFFF radiological gaseous emissions are within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. The levels of radioactive material in the discharged liquid effluent from CFFF are monitored and have historically remained below 10 CFR part 20 limits. Finally, doses to the general public have been a small fraction of the annual limit in 10 CFR 20.1301 and occupational exposures are also below the annual limit in 10 CFR 20.1201. Agencies and Persons Consulted The NRC staff consulted with other agencies regarding the proposed action. These agencies include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, i.e. the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and the Catawba Indian Nation, i.e. the local Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO). These consultations were intended to ensure that the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act were met and provided the designated state liaison agency the opportunity to comment on the proposed action. Conclusion The NRC staff concludes that the renewal of license SNM-1107 involving the continued operation of the CFFF site near Columbia will not result in a significant impact to the environment. The facility already exists, and no substantial changes to the facility or its operation are associated with the license renewal. The proposed action can be considered a continuation of impacts and was evaluated based on impacts from past operations. Gaseous emissions and liquid effluents are within regulatory limits for nonradiological and radiological components. Public and occupation radiological dose exposures are below 10 CFR part 20 regulatory limits. III. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. IV. Further Information Documents related to this action, including the application for renewal and supporting documentation, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at *http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.* From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are: Document ADAMS accession No. License Renewal Application ML052990073 NRC Letter to THPO ML063120174 NRC Letter to SHPO ML063050373 NRC Letter to SCDHEC ML063040417 NRC Letter to FWS ML063060187 Request for Additional Information
(RAI)ML062020156 RAI Responses ML061880362/ML061460118 THPO letters to NRC ML0634901270/ML070710156 SHPO letter to NRC ML070030536 SCDHEC letter to NRC ML063610016 FWS letter to NRC ML070050255 Environmental Assessment ML070510647 If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR)Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to *pdr@nrc.gov.* These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's PDR, O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of April 2007. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Gregory Suber, Acting Chief, Environmental Review Branch, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. E7-9846 Filed 5-21-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notice Dates: Weeks of May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2007. Place: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Status: Public and Closed. Matters to be Considered: Week of May 21, 2007 There are no meetings scheduled for the Week of May 21, 2007. Week of May 28, 2007—Tentative Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:30 p.m. NRC All Hands Meeting (Public Meeting). ( *Contact:* Rickie Seltzer, 301-415-1728), Marriott Bethesda North Hotel, Salons A-E, 5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD 20852. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative): a. USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Plant), LBP-07-06 (Initial Decision Authorizing License), Geoffrey Sea Letter “in preparation of late-filed contentions” (Tentative). b. Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. (Licensing Amendment Request for Decommissioning of the Newfield, New Jersey Facility), Docket No. 40-7102-MLA, Appeal of Loretta Williams from LBP-07-05 (Tentative). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address, *http://www.nrc.gov* . 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Results of the Agency Action Review Meeting (AARM)—Materials (Public Meeting). ( *Contact:* Duane White, 301-415-6272). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address, *http://www.nrc.gov* . 10:15 a.m. Discussion of Security Issues (Closed—Ex.1). Thursday, May 31, 2007 9 a.m. Briefing on Results of the Agency Action Review Meeting (AARM)—Reactors (Public Meeting). ( *Contact:* Mark Tonacci, 301-415-4045). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address, *http://www.nrc.gov* . Week of June 4, 2007—Tentative Thursday, June 7, 2007 1:30 p.m. Meeting with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). (Public Meeting). ( *Contact:* Frank Gillespie, 301-415-7360). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address, *http://www.nrc.gov* . Week of June 11, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the Week of June 11, 2007. Week of June 18, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the Week of June 18, 2007. Week of June 25, 2007—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the Week of June 25, 2007. *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings call (recording)—(301) 415-1292. Contact person for more information: Michelle Schroll,
(301)415-1662. The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: *http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policy-making/schedule.html* . The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please notify the NRC's Disability Program Coordinator, Deborah Chan, at 301-415-7041, TDD: 301-415-2100, or by e-mail at *DLC@nrc.gov* . Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. This notice is distributed by mail to several hundred subscribers; if you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969). In addition, distribution of this meeting notice over the Internet system is available. If you are interested in receiving this Commission meeting schedule electronically, please send an electronic message to *dkw@nrc.gov* . Dated: May 17, 2007. R. Michelle Schroll, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 07-2559 Filed 5-18-07; 11:28 am]
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