Notice of Issuance of Materials License Snm-2513 for the Private Fuel Storage Facility, 10068-10069 [E6-2792]
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of February, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mahesh Chawla,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III–
1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Private Fuel Storage, Limited Liability
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Notice of Issuance of Materials License
Snm–2513 for the Private Fuel Storage
Facility
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Materials License;
Termination of NHPA Consultation.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stewart W. Brown, Senior Project
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Telephone: (301) 415–8531; fax number:
(301) 415–8555; e-mail: swb1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or the Commission) has issued Materials
License No. SNM–2513 to Private Fuel
Storage, Limited Liability Company
(PFS) for the receipt, possession,
storage, and transfer of spent fuel at the
Private Fuel Storage Facility (PFSF), to
be located on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians,
in Tooele County, Utah.
In connection with its review of the
PFS license application, the NRC, in
coordination with three cooperating
Federal agencies, developed a final
environmental impact statement
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), which was
published in December 2001. In
addition, the NRC participated in
consultations with the three cooperating
agencies and other parties concerning
the protection of historic and cultural
properties which may be impacted by
the agencies’ proposed actions, in
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accordance with the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) and
regulations promulgated by the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (ACHP). By letter dated
November 22, 2005, the NRC notified
the ACHP that it was terminating the
NHPA consultation process for reasons
described in the letter, pursuant to 36
CFR 800.7(a); notice of such termination
was also provided to all parties involved
in the consultation process. By letter
dated January 9, 2006, the ACHP
provided its comments in response to
the NRC’s letter of November 22, 2005.
In accordance with 36 CFR 800.7(c)(4),
the NRC has considered the ACHP’s
comments, as set forth in a letter to the
ACHP dated February 10, 2006, and has
determined that final action on the PFS
license application is appropriate.
Accordingly, notice is hereby
provided that the NRC has determined
to grant the PFS license application, and
to issue Materials License No. SNM–
2513 to PFS for the PFSF. This Materials
License is issued under the provisions
of 10 CFR Part 72, and is effective as of
the date of issuance. In accordance with
10 CFR Part 72, the PFSF license is
issued for a term of 20 years, but the
licensee may seek to renew the license
prior to its expiration. The license
authorizes PFS to provide interim
storage in a dry cask storage system for
up to 40,000 metric tons of uranium
contained in intact spent fuel, damaged
fuel assemblies, and fuel debris. The dry
cask storage system authorized for use is
a site-specific version of the HI-STORM
100 system designed by Holtec
International, Inc., as more fully
described in Materials License No.
SNM–2513.
Background
Following receipt of PFS’s application
dated June 20, 1997, the NRC staff
published a ‘‘Notice of Docketing,
Notice of Proposed Action, and Notice
of Opportunity for a Hearing for a
Materials License for the PFSF in the
Federal Register on July 31, 1997 (62 FR
41099). In conjunction with the
issuance of this license, the staff and
three cooperating Federal agencies
(Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and Surface
Transportation Board) published the
‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Construction and Operation of an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
and the Related Transportation Facility
in Tooele County, Utah,’’ NUREG–1714
(December 2001) (FEIS). The FEIS
considered the impacts of the
construction, operation and
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decommissioning of the proposed ISFSI
at the Skull Valley site and the impacts
of certain transportation facilities which
had been proposed by PFS. The FEIS
indicated that the NRC staff and the
three Cooperating Agencies had
concluded, in part, that the overall
benefits of the proposed PFSF outweigh
the disadvantages and cost, and that the
measures required by other permitting
authorities and the mitigation measures
proposed in the FEIS would eliminate
or ameliorate any potential adverse
environmental impacts associated with
the PFS license application.
The safety and security of the
proposed PFSF were addressed in a
Safety Evaluation Report (SER) issued in
December 2000 and two amendments
thereto, as reissued in a consolidated
SER in March 2002. Evidentiary
hearings on the proposed license
application were held before an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board in 2000,
2002 and 2004, and final adjudicatory
decisions have been issued with respect
to all contested issues in the proceeding.
In sum, the NRC has completed its
environmental and safety reviews of the
PFSF license application. Based on its
review of the application and other
pertinent information, the NRC issued
Materials License No. SNM–2513 for the
PFSF on February 21, 2006.
Further details with respect to this
action are provided in the application
dated June 20, 1997, as amended; the
staff’s Final Environmental Impact
Statement, dated December 2001; the
staff’s Consolidated Safety Evaluation
Report, dated March 5, 2002; Materials
License SNM–2513; the NRC’s letter to
the ACHP dated November 22, 2005; the
ACHP’s letter dated January 9, 2006; the
NRC’s letter to the ACHP dated
February 10, 2006; and other related
documents, which are publicly available
in the records component of NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). These
documents may be accessed through the
NRC’s Public Electronic Reading Room
on the Internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. These
documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR), O1F21, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
MD 20852. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209 or (301) 415–4737,
or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
of February, 2006.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart W. Brown,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Section,
Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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[Docket No. 040–00341]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for the Defense Logistics
Agency, Defense National Stockpile
Center Facility In Scotia, NY
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betsy Ullrich, Commercial and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406
telephone (610) 337–5040, fax (610)
337–5269; or by e-mail: exu@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Defense Logistics Agency, Defense
National Stockpile Center (DLA/DNSC)
for Materials License No. STC–133, to
authorize release of its facility in Scotia,
New York for unrestricted use. NRC has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) in support of this proposed action
in accordance with the requirements of
10 CFR Part 51. Based on the EA, the
NRC has concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) is
appropriate. The amendment will be
issued following the publication of this
Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is
to authorize the release of the licensee’s
Scotia, New York facility for
unrestricted use. DLA/DNSC was
authorized by NRC from 1970 to use
radioactive materials for storage and
sampling purposes at the Scotia site. On
January 8, 2005, DLA/DNSC requested
that NRC release the facility for
unrestricted use. DLA/DNSC has
conducted surveys of the facility and
provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the site meets the
license termination criteria in Subpart E
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of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted
release.
The NRC staff has prepared an EA in
support of the license amendment. The
facility was remediated and surveyed
prior to the licensee requesting the
license amendment. The NRC staff has
reviewed the information and final
status survey submitted by DLA/DNSC.
Based on its review, the staff has
determined that there are no additional
remediation activities necessary to
complete the proposed action.
Therefore, the staff considered the
impact of the residual radioactivity at
the facility and concluded that since the
residual radioactivity meets the
requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR
part 20, a Finding of No Significant
Impact is appropriate.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA
(summarized above) in support of the
license amendment to release the
facility for unrestricted use. The NRC
staff has evaluated DLA/DNSC’s request
and the results of the surveys and has
concluded that the completed action
complies with the criteria in Subpart E
of 10 CFR part 20. The staff has found
that the radiological environmental
impacts from the action are bounded by
the impacts evaluated by NUREG–1496,
Volumes 1–3, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement in Support of
Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for
License Termination of NRC–Licensed
Facilities’’ (ML042310492,
ML042320379, and ML042330385).
Additionally, no non-radiological or
cumulative impacts were identified. On
the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that there are no significant
environmental impacts from the
proposed action, and has determined
not to prepare an environmental impact
statement for the proposed action.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for the license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this Notice are: Environmental
Assessment [ML060520131]; Defense
National Stockpile Center Final Status
Survey Report, Scotia Depot, New York,
Final, December 2004 [ADAMS
Accession No. ML050340087]; letter
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dated August 16, 2005 [ML052310209];
and letter dated October 4, 2005
[ML052910324]. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at (800) 397–4209 or (301)
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Documents related to operations
conducted under this license not
specifically referenced in this Notice
may not be electronically available and/
or may not be publicly available.
Persons who have an interest in
reviewing these documents should
submit a request to NRC under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Instructions for submitting a FOIA
request can be found on the NRC’s Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/foia-privacy.html.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this
21st day of February, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
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Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for The E. R. Squibb and
Sons, Inc. Facility in Hamilton, NJ
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betsy Ullrich, Commercial and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406,
telephone (610) 337–5040, fax (610)
337–5269; or by e-mail: exu@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to E.
R. Squibb and Sons, Inc. (Squibb) for
Materials License No. 29–00139–02, to
authorize release of its facility in
Hamilton, New Jersey, for unrestricted
use. NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this proposed action in
accordance with the requirements of 10
CFR part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-22]
Private Fuel Storage, Limited Liability Company
Notice of Issuance of Materials License Snm-2513 for the Private
Fuel Storage Facility
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Materials License; Termination of NHPA
Consultation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stewart W. Brown, Senior Project
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555. Telephone: (301) 415-8531; fax number: (301) 415-8555; e-mail:
swb1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or the Commission) has issued Materials License No. SNM-2513 to Private
Fuel Storage, Limited Liability Company (PFS) for the receipt,
possession, storage, and transfer of spent fuel at the Private Fuel
Storage Facility (PFSF), to be located on the Reservation of the Skull
Valley Band of Goshute Indians, in Tooele County, Utah.
In connection with its review of the PFS license application, the
NRC, in coordination with three cooperating Federal agencies, developed
a final environmental impact statement pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), which was published in
December 2001. In addition, the NRC participated in consultations with
the three cooperating agencies and other parties concerning the
protection of historic and cultural properties which may be impacted by
the agencies' proposed actions, in accordance with the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and regulations promulgated by the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). By letter dated
November 22, 2005, the NRC notified the ACHP that it was terminating
the NHPA consultation process for reasons described in the letter,
pursuant to 36 CFR 800.7(a); notice of such termination was also
provided to all parties involved in the consultation process. By letter
dated January 9, 2006, the ACHP provided its comments in response to
the NRC's letter of November 22, 2005. In accordance with 36 CFR
800.7(c)(4), the NRC has considered the ACHP's comments, as set forth
in a letter to the ACHP dated February 10, 2006, and has determined
that final action on the PFS license application is appropriate.
Accordingly, notice is hereby provided that the NRC has determined
to grant the PFS license application, and to issue Materials License
No. SNM-2513 to PFS for the PFSF. This Materials License is issued
under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 72, and is effective as of the date
of issuance. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 72, the PFSF license is
issued for a term of 20 years, but the licensee may seek to renew the
license prior to its expiration. The license authorizes PFS to provide
interim storage in a dry cask storage system for up to 40,000 metric
tons of uranium contained in intact spent fuel, damaged fuel
assemblies, and fuel debris. The dry cask storage system authorized for
use is a site-specific version of the HI-STORM 100 system designed by
Holtec International, Inc., as more fully described in Materials
License No. SNM-2513.
Background
Following receipt of PFS's application dated June 20, 1997, the NRC
staff published a ``Notice of Docketing, Notice of Proposed Action, and
Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing for a Materials License for the
PFSF in the Federal Register on July 31, 1997 (62 FR 41099). In
conjunction with the issuance of this license, the staff and three
cooperating Federal agencies (Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and Surface Transportation Board) published the ``Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation
Facility in Tooele County, Utah,'' NUREG-1714 (December 2001) (FEIS).
The FEIS considered the impacts of the construction, operation and
decommissioning of the proposed ISFSI at the Skull Valley site and the
impacts of certain transportation facilities which had been proposed by
PFS. The FEIS indicated that the NRC staff and the three Cooperating
Agencies had concluded, in part, that the overall benefits of the
proposed PFSF outweigh the disadvantages and cost, and that the
measures required by other permitting authorities and the mitigation
measures proposed in the FEIS would eliminate or ameliorate any
potential adverse environmental impacts associated with the PFS license
application.
The safety and security of the proposed PFSF were addressed in a
Safety Evaluation Report (SER) issued in December 2000 and two
amendments thereto, as reissued in a consolidated SER in March 2002.
Evidentiary hearings on the proposed license application were held
before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in 2000, 2002 and 2004, and
final adjudicatory decisions have been issued with respect to all
contested issues in the proceeding.
In sum, the NRC has completed its environmental and safety reviews
of the PFSF license application. Based on its review of the application
and other pertinent information, the NRC issued Materials License No.
SNM-2513 for the PFSF on February 21, 2006.
Further details with respect to this action are provided in the
application dated June 20, 1997, as amended; the staff's Final
Environmental Impact Statement, dated December 2001; the staff's
Consolidated Safety Evaluation Report, dated March 5, 2002; Materials
License SNM-2513; the NRC's letter to the ACHP dated November 22, 2005;
the ACHP's letter dated January 9, 2006; the NRC's letter to the ACHP
dated February 10, 2006; and other related documents, which are
publicly available in the records component of NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). These documents may be
accessed through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. These documents
may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at
the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O1F21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a
fee.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of February, 2006.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart W. Brown,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Section, Spent Fuel Project Office,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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