[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 56627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25776]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-9083; NRC-2017-0106]
U.S. Army Installation Command
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: 10 CFR 2.206 request; receipt.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice
that by petition dated March 16, 2017, as supplemented on April 10, May
21, June 25, July 24, August 16, August 18, October 11, October 12,
October 15, and October 16, 2017, Dr. Michael Reimer (the petitioner)
has requested that the NRC take action with regard to depleted uranium
(DU) from the M101 spotting rounds licensed at the Pohakuloa Training
Area (PTA) under source materials license SUC-1593. The petitioner's
requests that have been accepted for evaluation are included in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0106 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-2017-0106. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected].
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 20852-2738.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Snyder, Senior Project Manager,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Materials
Decommissioning Branch, M.S. T8F05, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852-2738, [email protected] or 301 415-6822.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17110A308), as supplemented on April 10 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17250A248); May 21 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17143A165); June 25 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17177A703); July 24 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17249A091);
August 16 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17248A524); August 18, 2017 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17249A075); and October 11, October 12, October 15, and
October 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17292A690 (Pkg.)), the
petitioner requested that the NRC take action with regard to the U.S.
Army Installation Command (ADAMS Accession No. ML17079A447). The
petitioner requested that the NRC reconsider approval of License SUC-
1593 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16343A164) for possession of DU at four
ranges located on PTA, one of the facilities licensed under SUC-1593
paying particular attention to environmental radiation monitoring. The
petitioner is concerned about the adequacy of various aspects of the
Environmental Radiation Monitoring Program for the licensed DU that is
located in the radiation control areas at the PTA, transparency in the
licensing of DU at the PTA, and the appropriateness of the DU inventory
estimate at the PTA. As the basis for this request, the petitioner
identified concerns about the lack of air sampling, the
inappropriateness of the location and number of sediment samples, and
insufficient geologic sampling procedures for sediment collection for
the licensed DU that is located in radiation controlled areas at the
PTA.
The request is being treated pursuant to section 2.206 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of the Commission's
regulations. The request has been referred to the Director of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards. The NRC has accepted the following
concerns for evaluation under the 10 CFR 2.206 process:
[ssquf] Inappropriate number of sediment samples,
[ssquf] Inappropriate frequency of sediment sampling,
[ssquf] Inappropriate and poorly described analytical techniques
(sample analysis methods),
[ssquf] Inappropriate geological sampling procedures for sediment
collection, and
[ssquf] Inappropriate data evaluation methods (leading to dilution
of samples) to determine the presence of depleted uranium outside the
ranges associated with the Pohakuloa Training Area.
As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on
this petition within a reasonable time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22th day of November 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott W. Moore,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-25776 Filed 11-28-17; 8:45 am]
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