[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18675-18677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07824]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0168; NRC-2016-0167]


Request for a License Amendment to Export Radioactive Waste: 
Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc.

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Opening of comment period on application to Amend License to 
Export Radioactive Waste.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is opening the 
opportunity for public comment; and opening the opportunity to request 
a hearing or a petition to intervene for an amendment application to 
export radioactive waste filed by Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (Perma-
Fix).

DATES: The comment period for the ``Request to Amend a License to 
Export Radioactive Waste'' has been opened. Comments should be filed no 
later than May 22, 2017. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for NRC-2016-0167 for the ``Request for 
a License to Export Radioactive Waste''. 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.

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     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do not 
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact the 
Office of the Secretary at 301-415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at 301-415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
     Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal 
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Jones, Office of International 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-287-9072, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0167, when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     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 in this document 
(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-2016-0167, 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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On January 5, 2017, NRC received applications from Perma-Fix 
Northwest, Inc. (Perma-Fix) requesting amendment 05 to both a specific 
import license (IW022) and a specific export license (XW012) for import 
and export, respectively, of radioactive waste. (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML17005A377 and ML17005A373, respectively].\1\ Notice of receipt of the 
applications were provided in Federal Register notices issued on March 
6, 2017 and March 7, 2017 (82 FR 12640-12641 and 82 FR 12858, 
respectively).
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    \1\ The NRC previously returned without action earlier-filed 
Perma-Fix applications to amend the same import and export licenses 
because the prior applications were unclear as to the material 
proposed to be imported and exported. [ADAMS Accession No. 
ML16291A466].
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    On March 22, 2017, the NRC returned the import amendment 
application without further action [ADAMS Accession No. ML17082A001]. 
The reason for the return of the application is that the material 
proposed for import does not meet the definition of radioactive waste 
in 10 CFR 110.2, because Perma-Fix will not be importing any of the 
material for ultimate disposal in the U.S. As such, the requested 
import activities are authorized under an NRC general import license 
pursuant to 10 CFR 110.27.
    Given the return without action of Perma-Fix's import amendment 
application, the only regulatory action pending before the NRC is 
Perma-Fix's application to amend its specific export license (XW012) 
for the export of low-level radioactive waste to Canada. The export 
license amendment is requested to change the point of contact; change 
the foreign supplier name; remove references to the waste 
classification as defined in 10 CFR 61.55 and references to Table A2 
values of 49 CFR 173.435; and extend the date of expiration from 
September 30, 2017, to September 30, 2022.
    The NRC is noticing the request to amend the license to export 
radioactive waste; opening the opportunity for public comment; and 
opening the opportunity to file a request for a hearing or petition for 
leave to intervene on XW012 for an additional 30 days after publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register (FR). Any request for hearing or 
petition for leave to intervene shall be served by the requestor or 
petitioner upon the applicant, the office of the General Counsel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; the Secretary, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; and the 
Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20520.
    A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be 
filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with NRC's E-Filing 
rule promulgated in August 2007 (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). 
Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC's 
public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. To 
ensure timely electronic filing, at least 5 days prior to the filing 
deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the 
Secretary by email at [email protected], or by calling 301-415-
1677, to request a digital ID certificate and allow for the creation of 
an electronic docket.
    In addition to a request for hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene, written comments, in accordance with 10 CFR 110.81, should 
be submitted within thirty days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register to Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and 
Adjudications.
    The information concerning this application for an export license 
follows.

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                                    NRC Export License Amendment Application
                                            [Description of material]
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  Name of Applicant, date of
 application, date  received,                                                                     Country of
 application No., docket No.,     Material type      Total quantity           End use             destination
     ADAMS  Accession No.
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Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc,       Class A, B, or C   No to exceed       Amend to: (1) Change    Canada.
 January 5, 2017, XW012/05,      radioactive        5,500 tons.        the licensee's point
 11005699, ML17005A373.          waste.                                of contact; (2)
                                                                       change the foreign
                                                                       suppliers name from
                                                                       Atomic Energy of
                                                                       Canada Limited to
                                                                       Canadian Nuclear
                                                                       Laboratories; (3)
                                                                       remove reference to
                                                                       Waste Classification
                                                                       as defined in 10 CFR
                                                                       61.55 and reference
                                                                       to Table A2 values of
                                                                       49 CFR 173.435 from
                                                                       the waste
                                                                       description; and (4)
                                                                       change the date of
                                                                       expiration from
                                                                       September 30, 2017 to
                                                                       September 30, 2022.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of April 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-07824 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]
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