[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17206-17207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7789]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Working Group on Termination of Uranium Mill Licenses in 
Agreement States

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of formation of working group and public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
formation of a working group on Termination of Uranium Mill Licenses in 
Agreement States. The working group will provide recommendations to the 
NRC on the NRC concurrence process for uranium license termination in 
Agreement States. The working group is composed of representatives from 
the NRC and Agreement States.

DATES: The first meeting will be held on April 24, 2001, from 2 p.m. to 
4 p.m. at the NRC Headquarters,11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-3-B4, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Agreement State representatives will 
participate in the

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meeting by phone. These meetings will be open to the public. Future 
meetings will be announced on the NRC public meeting web site, http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/meet.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Hsueh, Health Physicist, Office 
of State and Tribal Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 301-415-2598, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of State and Tribal Programs 
(STP) Procedure SA-900, ``Termination of Uranium Mill Licenses in 
Agreement Sates,'' has been used as guidance by NRC staff for review of 
uranium license termination proposals as well as by Agreement State 
staff on preparation of such proposals. The NRC has made its 
concurrence determinations on one conventional and seven in-situ 
uranium mill license termination proposals submitted by Agreement 
States since the STP SA-900 procedure was issued in April 1999.
    During NRC review of the license termination proposals, especially 
Washington State's proposal for termination of the Western Nuclear 
(Sherwood) mill license, NRC staff recognized that in some areas the 
guidance may need to be expanded to better characterize the level of 
detail in information which should be provided by an Agreement State in 
support of a license termination proposal. In addition, the NRC also 
received a comment letter from the National Mining Association 
recommending clarifying changes to the guidance provided in the STP SA-
900 procedure.
    The working group will identify areas that need improvements in the 
NRC concurrence process based on the review experience to date, and 
propose a draft revised SA-900 procedure that addresses issues 
identified by the working group and stakeholders. The working group is 
scheduled to complete the project by October 2001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 23rd day of March, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Janet R. Schlueter,
Acting Director, Office of State and Tribal Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-7789 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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