[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8307-8308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01839]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-0925; NRC-2023-0087]
Cimarron Environmental Response Trust; Cimarron Facility; License
Amendment Application
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an
application by Cimarron Environmental Response Trust (CERT) for
amendment of Special Nuclear Material (SNM) License No. SNM-928 which
authorizes the possession of byproduct, source, and special nuclear
material. This amendment incorporates CERT's proposed revised
decommissioning plan into the license.
DATES: The license amendment was issued on December 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0087 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0087. 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.
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(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 (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6103; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated October 7, 2022, Cimarron
Environmental Response Trust (CERT) submitted to the NRC an application
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22284A145) to amend Special Nuclear Materials
License No. SNM-928, which authorizes the possession of byproduct,
source, and special nuclear material. The amendment requests approval
of Revision 3 of the proposed facility decommissioning plan (DP) for
the Cimarron facility in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and incorporation of DP,
Revision 3, into its license, by license amendment. Revision 3 of the
DP details the active groundwater remediation plans that specifically
target areas for groundwater
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remediation where the concentration of uranium in groundwater exceeds
the NRC criterion in License Condition 27.b. for unrestricted release.
In addition, this amendment also revises the license to authorize the
possession of Technetium-99 (TC-99) as a contaminant in groundwater,
and to distinguish between the possession limit for ``in-process''
Uranium-235 (U-235) and U-235 in packaged waste that complies with
fissile exemption criteria. The license amendment also clarifies the
authorized place of use to include subsurface areas where the
groundwater exceeds the NRC criterion, and areas where such licensed
material will be transported or managed.
After receiving the application, the NRC published a notice of
opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to
intervene, and in accordance with section 20.1405 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), requested comments (88 FR 33932).
No comments or request for a hearing were submitted. Prior to issuing
the amendment (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24339A701), the NRC
performed a review of the application with the determination documented
in the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) (ADAMS Accession No.
ML24264A155). The NRC also issued an environmental review of the
application and published a Federal Register notice of the
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (89 FR
103880).
Upon completing its review of the application, the staff determined
the request complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, as well as the NRC's rules and
regulations. The NRC approved and issued Amendment 22 to SNM-928, held
by CERT to incorporate the DP, Revision 3, into the CERT license.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106(a)(1), the NRC is providing notice of the
action taken. Amendment 22 was effective as of the date of issuance,
December 22, 2024.
Dated: January 23, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Randolph Von Till,
Chief, Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch, Division
of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2025-01839 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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