[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4294-4295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01581]


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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 amendment (XW027/01), requested 
by Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW). The request seeks the 
NRC's approval for a license amendment authorizing the export of up to 
60,000 kilograms 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 February 28, 2022. A request for a hearing or 
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by February 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website:
     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 Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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 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 amendment application 
from PFNW is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21354A043.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). 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 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.

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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 amendment application submitted by PFNW on December 20, 
2021, for the export of German-origin radioactive waste from PFNW 
processing facilities to Germany. The application seeks authorization 
to export no greater than 60,000 kilograms and 0.05 terabecquerels of 
low-level radioactive waste in the form of residual ash and residual 
metal or non-combustible material. The amendment application requests 
an expiration date of September 1, 2026.
    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 Amendment Application
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                         Application Information
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Name of Applicant............  Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW)
Date of Application..........  December 13, 2021.
Date Received................  December 20, 2021.
Application No...............  XW027/01.
Docket No....................  11006380.
ADAMS Accession No...........
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                         Description of Material
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Material Type................  Radioactive material consisting of dry
                                active waste, incinerable dry active
                                material including personal protective
                                equipment, paper, glass, plastic, and
                                liquid. The waste was generated by
                                medical and pharmaceutical research
                                projects and other industries (excluding
                                Nuclear Power Plants).
Total Quantity...............  This license authorizes the export of up
                                to 60,000 kilograms of residual ash and
                                residual metal or non-combustible
                                material that cannot be recycled. Any
                                non-conforming waste that cannot be
                                treated may be returned in its original
                                state. The maximum quantity of material
                                returned will not exceed .05 TBq.
End Use......................  Disposal in Germany.
Country of Destination.......  Germany.
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    Dated: January 24, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-01581 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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