Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-482]

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Notice of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued

Amendment No. 122 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-42 issued to

the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC or the licensee),

which revised the technical specifications for operation of the Wolf

Creek Generating Station (WCGS) located in Coffey County, Kansas.

The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.

The amendment revises Technical Specification (TS) 4.7.3b., ``Plant

Systems--Component Cooling Water System--Surveillance Requirements,''

by deleting the requirement to perform the specified surveillances

during shutdown.

The application for the 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. The Commission has made

appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules

and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license

amendment.

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity

for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal

Register on October 5, 1998 (63 FR 53471), February 26, 1999 (64 FR

9546), and March 1, 1999 (64 FR 10028). No request for a hearing or

petition for leave to intervene was filed following these notices.

The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to

the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact

statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has

concluded that the issuance of this amendment will not have a

significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

For further details with respect to the action see (1) the

application for amendment dated May 15, 1997, as supplemented by

letters dated June 30, August 5, August 28, September 24, October 16,

October 23, November 24, December 2, December 17, and December 21, 1998

and January 15, 1999, (2) Amendment No. 122 to Facility Operating

License No. NPF-42, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation

and Environmental Assessment. All of these items are available for

public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public

document rooms located at the Emporia State University, William Allen

White Library, 1200 Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas 66801, and

Washburn University School of Law Library, Topeka, Kansas 66621. A copy

of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555, Attention:

Director, Division of Licensing Project Management.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of March 1999.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Kristine M. Thomas,

Project Manager, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Licensing

Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 99-7599 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]

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