[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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