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Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to OMB and solicitation of
public comment.
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ACTION:
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: 10 CFR part 140, ‘‘Financial
Protection Requirements and Indemnity
Agreements.’’
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0039.
3. How often the collection is
required: As necessary in order for NRC
to meet its responsibilities called for in
sections 170 and 193 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act).
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Licensees authorized to operate reactor
facilities in accordance with 10 CFR
part 50 and licensees authorized to
construct and operate a uranium
enrichment facility in accordance with
10 CFR parts 40 and 70.
5. The number of annual respondents:
91.
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 1,307.
7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 of the
NRC’s regulations specifies information
to be submitted by licensees to enable
the NRC to assess (a) the financial
protection required of licensees and for
the indemnification and limitation of
liability of certain licensees and other
persons pursuant to section 170 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and (b) the liability insurance required
of uranium enrichment facility licensees
pursuant to section 193 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Submit, by May 16, 2006, 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
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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 (T–5 F52),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, by
telephone at 301–415–7233, or by
Internet electronic mail to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
of March 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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[Docket No. 50–390]
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Exemption
1.0 Background
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the
licensee) is the holder of Facility
Operating License No. NPF–90, which
authorizes operation of Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. The
license provides, among other things,
that the facility is subject to all rules,
regulations, and orders of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) now or
hereafter in effect. The facility consists
of one pressurized-water reactor located
in Rhea County, Tennessee.
2.0 Request/Action
Sections IV.F.2.b and c of Appendix
E to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 require the
licensee at each site to conduct an
exercise of its onsite emergency plan
and of its offsite emergency plans
biennially with full or partial
participation by each offsite authority
having a role under the plan. During
such biennial exercises, the NRC
evaluates onsite and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) evaluates offsite emergency
preparedness activities, including
interaction with the various State and
local emergency management agencies.
TVA successfully conducted an exercise
at WBN during the week of November
5, 2003.
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The licensee had scheduled a plume
exposure pathway exercise for
November 2, 2005, however, due to
Hurricane Katrina, the Tennessee
Emergency Management Agency
(TEMA) was unable to support the
exercise. Under the current regulations,
the licensee would have had until
December 31, 2005, to complete their
next exercise. Instead, the licensee will
conduct an evaluated exercise on June
7, 2006. Future exercises will be
scheduled biennially from the year
2005.
The Commission, pursuant to 10 CFR
50.12(a)(1), may grant exemptions from
the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 that
are authorized by law, will not present
an undue risk to public health and
safety, and are consistent with the
common defense and security. The
Commission, however, pursuant to 10
CFR 50.12(a)(2), will not consider
granting an exemption unless special
circumstances are present. Under 10
CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii), special
circumstances are present when
application of the regulation in the
particular circumstances would not
serve the underlying purpose of the rule
or is not necessary to achieve the
underlying purpose of the rule. Under
10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v), special
circumstances are present whenever the
exemption would provide only
temporary relief from the applicable
regulation and the licensee or applicant
has made good faith efforts to comply
with the regulation.
3.0 Discussion
The underlying purpose for
conducting a biennial exercise is to
ensure that emergency organization
personnel are familiar with their duties
and to test the adequacy of emergency
plans. In order to accommodate the
scheduling of exercises, the NRC has
allowed licensees to schedule the
exercises at any time during the
calendar biennium. Conducting the
WBN exercise in calendar year 2006
places the exercise past the previously
scheduled biennial calender year of
2005.
Since the last exercise conducted at
WBN on November 5, 2003, WBN has
conducted four training drills, a full
scale plume phase off-year exercise on
November 3, 2004, and an integrated
training drill on September 28, 2005.
The NRC staff considers the intent of
this requirement is met by having
conducted these series of exercises and
drills. The NRC staff considers that
these measures are adequate to maintain
an acceptable level of emergency
preparedness during this period,
satisfying the underlying purpose of the
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rule. Therefore, the special
circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii)
are satisfied.
Only temporary relief from the
regulation is provided by the requested
exemption since WBN will resume their
normal biennial exercise schedule in
2007. The licensee has made a good
faith effort to comply with the
regulation. The exemption is being
sought by the licensee in response to a
request by TEMA to postpone the
exercise. TEMA was unable to support
the original schedule for the exercise
due to a series of severe weather events.
FEMA stated, ‘‘Based on the impact that
the response to Hurricane Katrina had
on the State of Tennessee, we are
agreeing to the postponement of the
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant exercise until
June 2006.’’
The NRC staff, having considered the
schedule and resource issues with those
agencies that participate in and evaluate
the offsite portion of the exercises,
concludes that the licensee made a good
faith effort to meet the requirements of
the regulation. The NRC staff, therefore,
concludes that the exemption request
meets the special circumstances of 10
CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v) and should be
granted.
4.0
Conclusion
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Accordingly, the Commission has
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by
law, will not present an undue risk to
the public health and safety, and is
consistent with the common defense
and security. Also, special
circumstances are present. Therefore,
the Commission hereby grants TVA an
exemption from the requirements of 10
CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Sections
IV.F.2.b and c for WBN, Unit 1.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the
Commission has determined that the
granting of this exemption will not have
a significant effect on the quality of the
human environment (70 FR 76470).
This exemption is effective upon
issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Licensing.
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[Docket No. 030–04794]
Notice of Environmental Assessment
Related to the Issuance of a License
Amendment to Byproduct Material
License No. 21–01443–06, for
Unrestricted Release of a Former
Facility for Warner-Lambert, LLC., Ann
Arbor, MI
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Snell, Senior Health Physicist,
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois
60532; telephone: (630) 829–9871; fax
number: (630) 515–1259; or by e-mail at
wgs@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
is considering the issuance of an
amendment to NRC Byproduct Materials
License No. 21–01443–06, which is held
by Warner-Lambert, LLC (licensee),
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Pfizer, Inc. The amendment would
authorize the unrestricted release of the
licensee’s former facility located at
Building V, Domino Farms, 24 Frank
Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor,
Michigan. The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment in support
of this action in accordance with the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based
on the Environmental Assessment, the
NRC has determined that a Finding of
No Significant Impact is appropriate.
The amendment to Warner-Lambert’s
license will be issued following the
publication of this Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact.
I. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve
Warner-Lambert’s request to amend its
license and release the licensee’s former
facility for unrestricted use in
accordance with 10 CFR Part 20,
Subpart E. The proposed action is in
accordance with Pfizer’s request to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) to amend the Warner-Lambert
NRC Byproduct Material License by
letters dated January 19, 2006 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML060240154), and
February 14, 2006 (ADAMS Accession
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No. ML060480083). Warner-Lambert
was first licensed to use byproduct
materials at its Domino Farms facility
on May 29, 1991. The licensee is
authorized to use byproduct materials
for activities involving in-vitro
biochemical research. The majority of
the licensee’s operations involved the
use of phosphorous-32 and iodine-125
in maximum quantities of 30 and 25
millicuries, respectively. Over the last
several years hydrogen-3 and carbon-14
were used more frequently, in
maximum concentrations of 100
millicuries. On January 31, 2006,
Warner-Lambert completed removal of
licensed radioactive material from the
Building V, Domino Farms facility
located at 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive,
Ann Arbor.
The licensee conducted surveys of the
facility and provided this information to
the NRC to demonstrate that the
radiological condition of the Building V,
Domino Farms facility is consistent with
radiological criteria for unrestricted use
in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E. No
radiological remediation activities are
required to complete the proposed
action.
Need for the Proposed Action
The licensee is requesting this license
amendment because it has moved out of
the Building V facility located at 24
Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, and is
conducting licensed activities at another
location. The NRC is fulfilling its
responsibilities under the Atomic
Energy Act to make a decision on the
proposed action for decommissioning
that ensures that residual radioactivity
is reduced to a level that is protective
of the public health and safety and the
environment, and allows the facility to
be released for unrestricted use.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC staff reviewed the
information provided and surveys
performed by the licensee to
demonstrate that the release of the
Building V, Domino Farms facility is
consistent with the radiological criteria
for unrestricted use specified in 10 CFR
20.1402. Based on its review, the staff
determined that there were no
radiological impacts associated with the
proposed action because no radiological
remediation activities were required to
complete the proposed action, and that
the radiological criteria for unrestricted
use in § 20.1402 have been met.
Based on its review, the staff
determined that the radiological
environmental impacts from the
proposed action for the Building V,
Domino Farms facility are bounded by
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-390]
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1;
Exemption
1.0 Background
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) is the holder of
Facility Operating License No. NPF-90, which authorizes operation of
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. The license provides, among
other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations,
and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) now or hereafter
in effect. The facility consists of one pressurized-water reactor
located in Rhea County, Tennessee.
2.0 Request/Action
Sections IV.F.2.b and c of Appendix E to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 require the licensee at each site
to conduct an exercise of its onsite emergency plan and of its offsite
emergency plans biennially with full or partial participation by each
offsite authority having a role under the plan. During such biennial
exercises, the NRC evaluates onsite and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) evaluates offsite emergency preparedness
activities, including interaction with the various State and local
emergency management agencies. TVA successfully conducted an exercise
at WBN during the week of November 5, 2003.
The licensee had scheduled a plume exposure pathway exercise for
November 2, 2005, however, due to Hurricane Katrina, the Tennessee
Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) was unable to support the exercise.
Under the current regulations, the licensee would have had until
December 31, 2005, to complete their next exercise. Instead, the
licensee will conduct an evaluated exercise on June 7, 2006. Future
exercises will be scheduled biennially from the year 2005.
The Commission, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), may grant
exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 that are authorized
by law, will not present an undue risk to public health and safety, and
are consistent with the common defense and security. The Commission,
however, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2), will not consider granting an
exemption unless special circumstances are present. Under 10 CFR
50.12(a)(2)(ii), special circumstances are present when application of
the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the
underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the
underlying purpose of the rule. Under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v), special
circumstances are present whenever the exemption would provide only
temporary relief from the applicable regulation and the licensee or
applicant has made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation.
3.0 Discussion
The underlying purpose for conducting a biennial exercise is to
ensure that emergency organization personnel are familiar with their
duties and to test the adequacy of emergency plans. In order to
accommodate the scheduling of exercises, the NRC has allowed licensees
to schedule the exercises at any time during the calendar biennium.
Conducting the WBN exercise in calendar year 2006 places the exercise
past the previously scheduled biennial calender year of 2005.
Since the last exercise conducted at WBN on November 5, 2003, WBN
has conducted four training drills, a full scale plume phase off-year
exercise on November 3, 2004, and an integrated training drill on
September 28, 2005. The NRC staff considers the intent of this
requirement is met by having conducted these series of exercises and
drills. The NRC staff considers that these measures are adequate to
maintain an acceptable level of emergency preparedness during this
period, satisfying the underlying purpose of the
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rule. Therefore, the special circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii)
are satisfied.
Only temporary relief from the regulation is provided by the
requested exemption since WBN will resume their normal biennial
exercise schedule in 2007. The licensee has made a good faith effort to
comply with the regulation. The exemption is being sought by the
licensee in response to a request by TEMA to postpone the exercise.
TEMA was unable to support the original schedule for the exercise due
to a series of severe weather events. FEMA stated, ``Based on the
impact that the response to Hurricane Katrina had on the State of
Tennessee, we are agreeing to the postponement of the Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant exercise until June 2006.''
The NRC staff, having considered the schedule and resource issues
with those agencies that participate in and evaluate the offsite
portion of the exercises, concludes that the licensee made a good faith
effort to meet the requirements of the regulation. The NRC staff,
therefore, concludes that the exemption request meets the special
circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v) and should be granted.
4.0 Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue
risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common
defense and security. Also, special circumstances are present.
Therefore, the Commission hereby grants TVA an exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Sections IV.F.2.b and c for
WBN, Unit 1.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the
granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment (70 FR 76470).
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Licensing.
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