[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06575]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-1050]
In the Matter of Waste Control Specialists LLC; Consolidated
Interim Storage Facility
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Confirmatory order; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a
notice in the Federal Register of Waste Control Specialists, LLC's
(WCS) license application to construct and operate a consolidated
interim waste storage facility. The deadline for members of the public
to file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene on
WCS's application was March 31, 2017. This order is extending the
deadline until May 31, 2017.
DATES: Effective Date is March 29, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 72-1050 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: NRC's Electronic Hearing Docket: You may
obtain publicly available documents related to this hearing online at
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory.html.
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 is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of March, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of, WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC, (Consolidated
Interim Storage Facility)
Docket No. 72-1050
ORDER
On January 30, 2017, the NRC provided notice in the Federal
Register of Waste Control Specialists, LLC's (WCS) license application
to construct and operate a consolidated interim waste storage
facility.\1\ The Federal Register notice set a deadline of March 31,
2017, for members of the public to file a request for a hearing and
petition for leave to intervene on WCS's application
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\1\ Waste Control Specialists LLC's Consolidated Interim Spent
Fuel Storage Facility Project, 82 FR 8773 (Jan. 30, 2017).
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The Sierra Club, the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
(SEED) Coalition, and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service
(NIRS) each requested a 120-day extension to file hearing requests.\2\
The Sierra Club later withdrew its original request and re-filed a
joint motion with WCS requesting a revised schedule that would extend
the deadline for filing all hearing requests by 61 days, to May 31,
2017.\3\ This joint motion also proposes a briefing schedule for
answers to be filed 44 days after the deadline for hearing petitions
and for replies to be filed 7 days after the deadline for answers. The
joint motion represents that the NRC Staff does not oppose this
proposed schedule.
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\2\ Sierra Club's Motion for Extension of Time to Intervene in
Licensing Proceeding (Mar. 2, 2017) (ADAMS accession no.
ML17062A897); Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition
(SEED Coalition) Request for Extension of 120 Days for Submission of
Hearing Requests and Petitions to Intervene (Mar. 7, 2017)
(ML17080A493); Nuclear Information and Resource Service and Nineteen
other Organization's Request for Extension on Deadline (Mar. 9,
2017) (ML17069A492). The NRC Staff and WCS oppose the SEED Coalition
and NIRS requests. See Waste Control Specialists LLC's Answer
Opposing Nuclear Information and Resource Service's Letter
Requesting an Extension of Time and Proposing Approval of
Alternative Briefing Schedule (Mar. 17, 2017) (ML17076A365); Waste
Control Specialists LLC's Answer Opposing Sustainable Energy and
Economic Development Coalition's Request for an Extension of Time
and Proposing Approval of Alternative Briefing Schedule (Mar. 23,
2017) (ML17082A426); NRC Staff's Response to the Nuclear Information
and Resource Service's Motion for an Extension of Time to Request a
Hearing (Mar. 20, 2017) (ML17079A534); NRC Staff's Response to the
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition's Letter
Requesting an Extension of Time to Request a Hearing (Mar. 23, 2017)
(ML17082A441).
\3\ Waste Control Specialists LLC and Sierra Club's Joint Motion
for Revised Schedule Related to Hearing Requests (Mar. 13, 2017)
(ML17072A498).
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Given that the joint motion is unopposed, and in the interests of
efficiency, pursuant to my authority in 10 CFR 2.346(b), I hereby grant
all petitioners an extension of time until May 31, 2017, to file
hearing requests on WCS's license application. The deadline for answers
to timely hearing petitions shall be July 14, 2017. And the deadline
for any replies shall be July 21, 2017.
It is so ordered.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of March, 2017.
For the Commission.
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Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-06575 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
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