[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3470-3473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00786]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-09415; NRC-2013-0006]
Aptuit, LLC; License Amendment Request, Opportunity To Provide
Comments, Request a Hearing and To Petition for Leave To Intervene
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Decommissioning plan, license amendment request; opportunity to
comment, request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
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DATES: Comments must be filed by February 15, 2013. A request for a
hearing must be filed by March 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2013-
0006. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0006. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael LaFranzo, Senior Health
Physicist, Materials Control, ISFSI, and Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, 2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532;
telephone: 630-829-9865; fax number: 630-515-1259; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0006 when contacting the NRC
about
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the availability of information regarding this document. You may access
information related to this document by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0006.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then 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 notice (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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2013-0006 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by
letter dated August 30, 2012, (ADAMS Accession Number ML12248A095) a
proposed decommissioning plan and license amendment request from
Aptuit, LLC requesting approval of the decommissioning plan for its
facility located in Kansas City, Missouri. Specifically, the approval
of the decommissioning plan would allow Aptuit, LLC to begin
decommissioning work at the facility to make it suitable for release in
accordance with NRC requirements in support of license termination.
An NRC administrative review, documented in a letter to the
Licensee dated November 8, 2012, (ADAMS Accession Number ML12314A055)
found the decommissioning plan acceptable to begin a technical review.
If the NRC approves the amendment, the approval will be documented in
an amendment to NRC License No 24-15595-01. However, before approving
the proposed amendment, the NRC will need to make the findings required
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's
regulations. These findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation
Report and an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact
Statement.
III. Notice and Solicitation of Comments
In accordance with section 20.1405 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the Commission is providing notice and
soliciting comments from local and State governments in the vicinity of
the site and any Federally-recognized Indian tribe that could be
affected by the decommissioning. This notice and solicitation of
comments is published pursuant to Sec. 20.1405, which provides for
publication in the Federal Register and in a forum, such as local
newspapers, letters to State or local organizations, or other
appropriate forum, that is readily accessible to individuals in the
vicinity of the site. Comments should be provided within 30 days of the
date of this notice.
IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing; Petitions for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this Federal
Register notice, any person whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene with respect to the license amendment request. Requirements
for hearing requests and petitions for leave to intervene are found in
Sec. 2.309, ``Hearing requests, Petitions to Intervene, Requirements
for Standing, and Contentions.'' Interested persons should consult
Sec. 2.309, which is available at the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR), Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852 (or call the PDR at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737). The NRC's regulations are available online in the NRC Library at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/.
Any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and
who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a
written petition for leave to intervene. As required by Sec. 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the
interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and how that interest may
be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition must provide
the name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner and
specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the following factors: (1) The nature of
the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property,
financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible
effect of any order that may be entered in the proceeding on the
petitioner's interest.
A petition for leave to intervene must also include a specification
of the contentions that the petitioner seeks to have litigated in the
hearing. For each contention, the petitioner must provide a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted, as
well as a brief explanation of the basis for the contention.
Additionally, the petitioner must demonstrate that the issue raised by
each contention is within the scope of the proceeding and is material
to the findings the NRC must make to support the granting of a license
amendment in response to the request. The petition must also include a
concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinions which support
the position of the petitioner and on which the petitioner intends to
rely at hearing, together with references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely. Finally, the
petition must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact,
including references to specific portions of the request for amendment
that the petitioner disputes and the supporting reasons for each
dispute, or, if the petitioner believes that the request for amendment
fails to contain information on a relevant matter as required by law,
the identification of each failure and the supporting reasons for the
petitioner's
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belief. Each contention must be one that, if proven, would entitle the
petitioner to relief.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that person's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence and to
submit a cross-examination plan for cross-examination of witnesses,
consistent with the NRC regulations, policies, and procedures. The
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will set the time and place for any
prehearing conferences and evidentiary hearings, and the appropriate
notices will be provided.
Non-timely petitions for leave to intervene and contentions,
amended petitions, and supplemental petitions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the Commission, the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board or a Presiding Officer that the petition should be
granted and/or the contentions should be admitted based upon a
balancing of the factors specified in Sec. 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
A State, county, municipality, Federally-recognized Indian tribe,
or agencies thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under Sec. 2.309(d)(2). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by March
18, 2013. The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing
instructions in Section V of this document, and should meet the
requirements for petitions for leave to intervene set forth in this
section, except that State and Federally-recognized Indian tribes do
not need to address the standing requirements in Sec. 2.309(d)(1) if
the facility is located within its boundaries. The entities listed
above could also seek to participate in a hearing as a nonparty
pursuant to Sec. 2.315(c).
Any person who does not wish, or is not qualified, to become a
party to this proceeding may request permission to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
position on the issues, but may not otherwise participate in the
proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to such limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Persons desiring to make a limited appearance are requested to inform
the Secretary of the Commission by March 18, 2013.
V. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in the NRC's adjudicatory proceedings,
including a request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any
motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the
submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under
Sec. 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
Internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media.
Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they
seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or
petition for hearing (even in instances in which the participant, or
its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for
Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web
site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but
should note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted
software, and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer
assistance in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC's
Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form,
including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on
the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with the NRC guidance
available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's Web site
at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email at
[email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an
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exemption request, in accordance with Sec. 2.302(g), with their
initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit
documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First
class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express
mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications
Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible
for serving the document on all other participants. Filing is
considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service
upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. A
presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E-
Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the
presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
http://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information, such as Social Security numbers,
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With
respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve
the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted
materials in their submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from January 16, 2013. Requests for hearing, petitions for leave
to intervene, and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions
that are filed after the 60-day deadline will not be entertained absent
a determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates
good cause by satisfying the following three factors in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1): (i) The information upon which the filing is based was not
previously available; (ii) the information upon which the filing is
based is materially different from information previously available;
and (iii) the filing has been submitted in a timely fashion based on
the availability of the subsequent information.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 8th day of January 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christine A. Lipa,
Chief, Materials Control, ISFSI, and Decommissioning Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2013-00786 Filed 1-15-13; 8:45 am]
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