[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57889-57890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20417]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 11006380; NRC-2020-0198]


Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments, 
request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is 
considering issuing an export license (XW027), received from Perma-Fix 
Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW). The request seeks the NRC's approval 
for an existing license authorizing the export of radioactive waste to 
Germany. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment, 
request a hearing, and petition to intervene on PFNW's application.

DATES: Submit comments by October 16, 2020. A request for a hearing or 
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by October 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0198. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do not 
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us 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.
    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: Stephen C. Baker, Office of 
International Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9059, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to NRC-2020-0198 or Docket No. 11006380 when 
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this 
action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this 
action by the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0198.
     NRC's Public Website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search 
for XW027, Docket No. 11006380, Docket ID NRC-2020-0198, or ADAMS 
Accession No. ML20126G236.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by 
email to [email protected]. The export license application from PFNW 
is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20126G236.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include NRC-2020-0198 or Docket No. 11006380 in your comment 
submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://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

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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

    In accordance with paragraph 110.70(b) of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) the NRC is noticing the receipt of an 
export license application submitted by PFNW on May 4, 2020, for the 
export of German-origin radioactive waste from PFNW processing 
facilities to Germany. The application seeks authorization to export no 
greater than 20,000 kilograms and 0.0153 terabecquerels of low-level 
radioactive waste in the form of residual ash and residual metal or 
non-combustible material. The application requests an expiration date 
of September 1, 2025.
    The NRC is noticing the receipt of the application; providing the 
opportunity to submit written comments concerning the application; and 
providing the opportunity to request a hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene, for a period of 30 days after publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. Any request for a hearing or petition for leave 
to intervene shall be served by the requestor or petitioner in 
accordance with 10 CFR 110.89. A hearing request or petition for leave 
to intervene must include the information specified in 10 CFR 
110.82(b).
    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, as 
amended at 77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). Information about filing 
electronically is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure timely electronic 
filing, at least 10 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 (1) request a 
digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant 
(or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and 
access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is 
participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will 
be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in 
instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, 
already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this 
information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the 
hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not already established 
an electronic docket.
    The information concerning this application for an export license 
amendment follows.

                     NRC Export License Application
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Application Information:
    Name of Applicant........  Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.
                                (PFNW).
    Date of Application......  April 27, 2020.
    Date Received............  May 4, 2020.
    Application No...........  XW027.
    Docket No................  11006380.
    ADAMS Accession No.......  ML20126G236.
Description of Material:
    Material Type............  Radioactive material consisting of dry
                                active waste, incinerable dry active
                                material including personal protective
                                equipment, paper, plastic, glass and
                                liquid. The waste was generated by
                                medical and pharmaceutical research
                                projects and other industries (excluding
                                Nuclear Power Plants).
    Total Quantity...........  Authorization to export a total maximum
                                quantity of not to exceed 2.4 TBq as
                                follows: H-3: 0.0123 TBq, C-14: 0.00815
                                Tbq, Cs-137, Co-60, Sr-90, Ra-226, Tc-
                                99, and Fe-55: 0.40 MBq, Ni-63: 2.38
                                TBq.
    End Use..................  Disposal in Germany.
    Country of Destination...  Germany.
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    Dated: September 11, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-20417 Filed 9-15-20; 8:45 am]
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