[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-09083; NRC-2015-0209]


U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Multiple Locations

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Amendment No. 1 to Source Materials License No. SUC-1593 to the U.S. 
Army, Installation Management Command (Army), for possession of 
Depleted Uranium (DU) from the Davy Crockett M101 spotting rounds at 
the following Army installations: Donnelly Training Area, Fort 
Wainwright, AK (Alaska); Fort Benning, GA (Georgia); Fort Bragg, NC 
(North Carolina); Fort Campbell, KY (Kentucky); Fort Carson, CO 
(Colorado); Fort Gordon, GA (Georgia); Fort Hood, TX (Texas); Fort 
Hunter Liggett, CA (California); Fort Jackson, SC (South Carolina); 
Fort Knox, KY (Kentucky); Fort Polk, LA (Louisiana); Fort Riley, KS 
(Kentucky); Fort Sill, OK (Oklahoma); Joint Base Lewis-McChord/Yakima 
Training Center, WA (Washington); Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ 
(New Jersey); and Schofield Barracks/Pohakuloa Training Area, HI 
(Hawaii).
    This license amendment allows the Army to possess DU at the 
specified Army Installation sites where testing of Davy Crockett M101 
spotting rounds occurred.

DATES: March 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0209 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0209. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 (if it 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy M. Snyder, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6822, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The NRC has issued Amendment No. 1 to 
Source Materials License No. SUC-1593 to the Army for possession of DU 
from Davy Crockett M101 spotting rounds. This license amendment 
authorizes possession only of existing DU from Davy Crockett M101 
spotting rounds at the following Army installations: Donnelly Training 
Area, Fort Wainwright, AK; Fort Benning, GA; Fort Bragg, NC; Fort 
Campbell, KY; Fort Carson, CO; Fort Gordon, GA; Fort Hood, TX; Fort 
Hunter Liggett, CA; Fort Jackson, SC; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Polk, LA; 
Fort Riley, KS; Fort Sill, OK; Joint Base Lewis-McChord/Yakima Training 
Center, WA; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ; and Schofield 
Barracks/Pohakuloa Training Area, HI.
    This license amendment allows the Army to conduct activities 
necessary for the possession and management of DU from Davy Crockett 
M101 spotting rounds and fragments as a result of previous use of DU at 
the specified installations. The license amendment does not authorize 
the Army to place additional DU on the specified installations. This 
license amendment approves the Army's programmatic Radiation Safety 
Plan, programmatic Physical Security Plan, and programmatic 
Environmental Radiation Monitoring Plan (ERMP), which apply to all the 
sites (ranges) with DU from Davy Crockett M101 spotting rounds at the 
specified installations.
    In addition, the Army is required to conduct its operations at 
these installations in accordance with the conditions listed in 
Amendment No. 1 of Source Materials License No. SUC-1593. This license 
amendment prohibits the Army from performing decommissioning or ground 
disturbing activities to collect or remove DU fragments or contaminated 
soil that is identified during routine range activities without prior 
authorization from the NRC. Also, this license amendment requires that 
the Army develop a site-specific ERMP for each specified installation, 
using the criteria contained in the approved programmatic ERMP, and 
submit them to the NRC within 6 months of the effective date of this 
license amendment. The Army is required to fully implement the site-
specific ERMPs within 6 months of their approval.
    Documents related to this license amendment application carry NRC 
docket ID NRC-2015-0209. The documents for this license amendment 
include the license amendment application (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15161A454; ML15294A276; ML16004A369; and ML16048A358), the Safety 
Evaluation Report (SER) (ADAMS Accession No. ML16039A230), and the 
license (ADAMS Accession No. ML16039A234). Note that a complete listing 
of documents associated with the NRC staff's review of the Army's 
license amendment application is included in the SER.
    The Army's request for this license amendment was previously 
noticed in the Federal Register on September 4, 2015 (80 FR 53586), 
with a notice of an opportunity to request a hearing and to petition 
for leave to intervene. No requests for a hearing or petition for leave 
to intervene were filed on this proceeding.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of March, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2016-06947 Filed 3-25-16; 8:45 am]
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