[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24454]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Availability of Memoranda 
of Agreement for Disposal Services for Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel and 
Department of Energy-Owned Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level 
Radioactive Waste

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Memoranda of Agreement between the 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and the Naval Nuclear 
Propulsion Program and between the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management and the Office of Environmental Management addressing 
acceptance, transportation, storage, and disposal of naval spent 
nuclear fuel and of Department of Energy-owned spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level radioactive waste.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management (OCRWM), is providing public notice of the 
availability of two Memoranda of Agreement between OCRWM and the Naval 
Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) and the DOE Office of Environmental 
Management (EM), respectively. These two agreements address the roles 
and responsibilities of OCRWM, NNPP, and EM concerning the acceptance, 
transportation, storage (if needed and available), and ultimate 
disposal of naval SNF managed by the NNPP, and of DOE SNF and HLW 
managed by EM. These agreements comply with the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act, as amended (NWPA). In particular, section 302(b)(4), of the NWPA, 
makes the disposal of Federally-owned SNF and HLW in a repository 
constructed under the NWPA subject to the transfer of funds equivalent 
to fees that would be paid by civilian nuclear utilities for similar 
services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey R. Williams, Director, Systems Engineering and International 
Division, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department 
of Energy, Room 7F-085, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has previously committed to provide the 
MOAs for public information. Additionally, it is DOE's expectation that 
the MOAs may require revision from time to time to reflect changes in 
policy or to redefine responsibilities as the MOAs are implemented. In 
order to provide a cost-effective and timely means of notifying 
interested parties and the public if revisions to MOAs do occur, DOE 
intends to publish the MOAs, and any revisions thereto, on the 
Internet. The OCRWM Home Page will contain hyperlinks to electronic 
versions of the MOAs, a summary of any revisions that have taken place, 
the reasons for any revisions, and other information, as appropriate. 
The OCRWM Home Page universal resource locator (URL) is HTTP://
WWW.RW.DOE.GOV. For those individuals without Internet access, please 
contact the person identified above for further information.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 1998.
Lake H. Barrett,
Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 98-24454 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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