Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In the Matter of U.S. Department of Energy (High Level Waste Repository: Pre-Application Matters); Order (Scheduling Case Management Conference), 20606-20607 [E5-1850]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to OMB and solicitation of
public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a
submittal to OMB for review of
continued approval of information
collections under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the
requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information
collection: Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Provisions.
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0107.
3. How often the collection is
required: On occasion, one-time.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Grantees and Cooperators.
5. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 60.
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 1,160 hours (1,055 for reporting
(17.58 hours per response) and 105 for
recordkeeping (.57 hours per
recordkeeper)).
7. Abstract: The Division of Contracts
uses provisions, required to obtain or
retain a benefit in its awards and
cooperative agreements to ensure:
Adherence to Public Laws, that the
Government’s rights are protected, that
work proceeds on schedule, and that
disputes between the Government and
the recipient are settled.
Submit, by June 20, 2005, comments
that address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
A copy of the draft supporting
statement may be viewed free of charge
at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD
20852. OMB clearance requests are
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available at the NRC worldwide Web
site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
doc-comment/omb/. The
document will be available on the NRC
home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions about the
information collection requirements
may be directed to the NRC Clearance
Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, T–5 F53,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, by
telephone at 301–415–7233, or by
Internet electronic mail to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of April, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In
the Matter of U.S. Department of
Energy (High Level Waste Repository:
Pre-Application Matters); Order
(Scheduling Case Management
Conference)
April 13, 2005.
Before Administrative Judges: Thomas
S. Moore, Chairman, Alex S. Karlin,
Alan S. Rosenthal.
The Pre-License Application
Presiding Officer Board will hold a case
management conference at 9 a.m. EDT
on May 4, 2005 in the Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel’s hearing
room, third floor, Two White Flint
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland. Counsel for the United States
Department of Energy (DOE), the NRC
Staff, and the State of Nevada (State)
shall attend and participate in the
conference. Because DOE, the NRC
Staff, and the State are all represented
by multiple counsel, the Board expects
there will not be any motions to alter
the conference date. Counsel for any
other potential participants, interested
Indian Tribes, and interested units of
local government (collectively Potential
Participants) are encouraged to attend.
Even though no Potential Participants
submitted proposed case management
orders on the subject of privilege log
formats and procedures pursuant to the
Board’s January 24, 2005 First Case
Management Order or subsequent
March 11, 2005 Order, the Potential
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Participants, at the discretion of the
Board, may be allowed to participate in
the conference.
The Administrator of the Licensing
Support Network (LSN) shall also attend
to respond to Board and participant
questions concerning the design
capabilities of the LSN and to provide
technical information and
recommendations regarding those
portions of the proposed case
management order submitted by DOE
and the NRC Staff impacting the LSN.
In this regard, DOE, the NRC Staff, and
the State shall each have in attendance
their respective information technology
data management specialist or
administrator who can address
computer hardware and software issues
that may arise in the development and
use of electronic privilege logs and
procedures. Counsel for Potential
Participants are similarly encouraged to
bring their respective information
technology data management specialist
or administrator to the conference.
The Board will issue a subsequent
order detailing the matters that DOE, the
NRC Staff, the State, and counsel for
Potential Participants should be
prepared to discuss. The Board intends
to conduct the conference quickly and
efficiently but notes that the number of
subjects to be covered may make it
necessary to reconvene following a
recess for lunch. All attendees should
plan accordingly.
To expedite entry into the NRC
headquarters complex, counsel for DOE,
the NRC Staff, and the State should, no
later than 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, May
2, 2005, e-mail the Board
(PAPO@nrc.gov) a list of names of all
persons associated with that participant
that will be attending the hearing.
Counsel for Potential Participants and
any member of the public who wish to
expedite his or her entry into the
building on May 4 also should e-mail a
similar preregistration. In preregistering,
counsel should recognize that the
seating capacity of the ASLBP hearing
room is not unlimited.
Upon arrival at the main entrance of
the NRC headquarters Two White Flint
North building on May 4, all
participants and members of the public
seeking to attend the conference shall be
required to present photo identification
and then undergo security screening.
All non-NRC employees must be
escorted to the hearing room by an
authorized NRC employee. Because of
the time required for the security
procedures, all counsel should arrive no
later than 8:30 a.m. on May 4, 2005 in
order not to delay the conference.
Similarly, the members of the public
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also should arrive early in order to gain
on-time admission to the hearing room.
It is so ordered.
Issued in Rockville, Maryland, on April 13,
2005.
For the Pre-License Application Presiding
Officer Board.
Thomas S. Moore,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
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[Docket 72–30]
Maine Yankee Atomic Power
Company; Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact Regarding a
Proposed Exemption
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Environmental assessment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy A. Smith, Project Manager,
Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555. Telephone:
(301) 415–8500; fax number: (301) 415–
8555; e-mail: jas5@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or the staff) is considering issuance of
an exemption, pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7,
from the provisions of 10 CFR 72.72(d)
to Maine Yankee Atomic Power
Company (Maine Yankee or applicant).
The requested exemption would allow
Maine Yankee to maintain a single set
of spent fuel, high-level radioactive
waste, and reactor-related Greater Than
Class C (GTCC) waste records in
accordance with the requirements of 10
CFR 50.71(d)(1), for the Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)
at Maine Yankee in Wiscasset, Maine.
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Identification of Proposed Action: By
letter dated November 29, 2004, Maine
Yankee requested an exemption from
the requirement in 10 CFR 72.72(d)
which states in part that, ‘‘Records of
spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
and reactor-related GTCC waste
containing special nuclear material
meeting the requirements in paragraph
(a) of this section must be kept in
duplicate. The duplicate set of records
must be kept at a separate location
sufficiently remote from the original
records that a single event would not
destroy both sets of records.’’
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The proposed action before the
Commission is whether to grant this
exemption pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7.
Need for the Proposed Action: The
applicant stated that ISFSI spent-fuel,
high-level radioactive waste, and
reactor-related GTCC waste records will
be maintained in a manner consistent
with the records of Maine Yankee,
which are stored in compliance with the
requirements established in 10 CFR
50.71(d)(1). No exemption is requested
from the 10 CFR 72.72(d) requirements
for the records retention period
requirements. The applicant seeks to
provide consistency in recordkeeping
maintenance for the Maine Yankee
ISFSI spent fuel, high-level radioactive
waste, and reactor-related GTCC waste
records. The exemption request will
also preclude the need to construct and
operate a separate, second records
storage facility to store a duplicate set of
spent-fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
and reactor-related GTCC waste records.
10 CFR 50.71(d)(1) provides
requirements for the maintenance of
nuclear power plant records. The
regulation states:
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Records which must be maintained
pursuant to this part may be the original or
a reproduced copy or microform if such
reproduced copy or microform is duly
authenticated by authorized personnel and
the microform is capable of producing a clear
and legible copy after storage for the period
specified by the Commission regulations. The
record may also be stored in electronic media
with the capability of producing legible,
accurate, and complete records during the
required retention period. Records such as
letters, drawings, specifications, must
include all pertinent information such as
stamps, initials, and signatures. The licensee
shall maintain adequate safeguards against
tampering with and loss of records.
location, and assigned responsibility.’’
ANSI N.45.2.9–1974 also satisfies the
requirements of 10 CFR 72.72 by
providing for adequate maintenance of
records regarding the identity and
history of the spent fuel in storage. Such
records would be subject to and need to
be protected from the same types of
degradation mechanisms as nuclear
power plant Quality Assurance records.
Environmental Impacts of the
Proposed Action: An exemption from
the requirement to store a duplicate set
of ISFSI records at a separate location
has no impact on the environment.
Storage of records does not change the
methods by which spent fuel will be
handled and stored at the Maine Yankee
ISFSI and does not change the amount
of effluents, radiological or
nonradiological, associated with the
ISFSI.
Alternative to the Proposed Action:
Since there is no environmental impact
associated with the proposed action,
alternatives are not evaluated other than
the no action alternative. The alternative
to the proposed action would be to deny
approval of the exemption and,
therefore, not allow storage of ISFSI
spent fuel records at a single qualified
record storage facility. The no action
alternative would require the applicant
to construct or identify a separate
storage facility; therefore, the
environmental impacts of the proposed
action would be less than, or the same
as, the no action alternative.
Agencies and Persons Consulted: On
March 28, 2005, Maine State Nuclear
Safety Inspector Mr. Patrick Dostie was
contacted regarding the environmental
assessment for the proposed action and
had no comments.
Regulatory Guide 1.88, ‘‘Collection,
Storage, and Maintenance of Nuclear
Power Plant Quality Assurance
Records,’’ establishes guidance for the
storage of nuclear plant quality
assurance records. Maine Yankee plans
to implement Revision 2 of Regulatory
Guide 1.88, with minor exceptions
described in the Maine Yankee Quality
Assurance Plan (QAP).
The requirements in ANSI N45.2.9–
1974 have been endorsed by the NRC in
Regulatory Guide 1.88 as adequate for
satisfying the recordkeeping
requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B, which states in part that
‘‘records shall be identifiable and
retrievable.’’ Additionally, conditions in
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B establish
that ‘‘[c]onsistent with applicable
regulatory requirements (including 10
CFR 50.71(d)(1)), the applicant shall
establish requirements concerning
record retention, such as duration,
Finding of No Significant Impact
The environmental impacts of the
proposed action have been reviewed in
accordance with the requirements set
forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the
foregoing Environmental Assessment,
the Commission finds that the proposed
action of granting the exemption from
10 CFR 72.72(d), so that Maine Yankee
may store spent fuel records for the
ISFSI in a single records storage facility
which meets the requirements of ANSI
N.45.2.9–1974, with the given exception
listed in the Maine Yankee QAP, will
not significantly impact the quality of
the human environment. Accordingly,
the Commission has determined that an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed exemption is not necessary.
The request for exemption was
docketed under 10 CFR Part 72, Docket
72–30. For further details with respect
to this exemption request, see the Maine
Yankee letter requesting the exemption
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[Docket No. PAPO-00; ASLBP No. 04-829-01-PAPO]
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In the Matter of U.S.
Department of Energy (High Level Waste Repository: Pre-Application
Matters); Order (Scheduling Case Management Conference)
April 13, 2005.
Before Administrative Judges: Thomas S. Moore, Chairman, Alex S.
Karlin, Alan S. Rosenthal.
The Pre-License Application Presiding Officer Board will hold a
case management conference at 9 a.m. EDT on May 4, 2005 in the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel's hearing room, third floor, Two White
Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Counsel for the
United States Department of Energy (DOE), the NRC Staff, and the State
of Nevada (State) shall attend and participate in the conference.
Because DOE, the NRC Staff, and the State are all represented by
multiple counsel, the Board expects there will not be any motions to
alter the conference date. Counsel for any other potential
participants, interested Indian Tribes, and interested units of local
government (collectively Potential Participants) are encouraged to
attend. Even though no Potential Participants submitted proposed case
management orders on the subject of privilege log formats and
procedures pursuant to the Board's January 24, 2005 First Case
Management Order or subsequent March 11, 2005 Order, the Potential
Participants, at the discretion of the Board, may be allowed to
participate in the conference.
The Administrator of the Licensing Support Network (LSN) shall also
attend to respond to Board and participant questions concerning the
design capabilities of the LSN and to provide technical information and
recommendations regarding those portions of the proposed case
management order submitted by DOE and the NRC Staff impacting the LSN.
In this regard, DOE, the NRC Staff, and the State shall each have in
attendance their respective information technology data management
specialist or administrator who can address computer hardware and
software issues that may arise in the development and use of electronic
privilege logs and procedures. Counsel for Potential Participants are
similarly encouraged to bring their respective information technology
data management specialist or administrator to the conference.
The Board will issue a subsequent order detailing the matters that
DOE, the NRC Staff, the State, and counsel for Potential Participants
should be prepared to discuss. The Board intends to conduct the
conference quickly and efficiently but notes that the number of
subjects to be covered may make it necessary to reconvene following a
recess for lunch. All attendees should plan accordingly.
To expedite entry into the NRC headquarters complex, counsel for
DOE, the NRC Staff, and the State should, no later than 3 p.m. EDT on
Monday, May 2, 2005, e-mail the Board (PAPO@nrc.gov) a list of names of
all persons associated with that participant that will be attending the
hearing. Counsel for Potential Participants and any member of the
public who wish to expedite his or her entry into the building on May 4
also should e-mail a similar preregistration. In preregistering,
counsel should recognize that the seating capacity of the ASLBP hearing
room is not unlimited.
Upon arrival at the main entrance of the NRC headquarters Two White
Flint North building on May 4, all participants and members of the
public seeking to attend the conference shall be required to present
photo identification and then undergo security screening. All non-NRC
employees must be escorted to the hearing room by an authorized NRC
employee. Because of the time required for the security procedures, all
counsel should arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. on May 4, 2005 in order
not to delay the conference. Similarly, the members of the public
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also should arrive early in order to gain on-time admission to the
hearing room.
It is so ordered.
Issued in Rockville, Maryland, on April 13, 2005.
For the Pre-License Application Presiding Officer Board.
Thomas S. Moore,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. E5-1850 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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