Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Western Nuclear, Inc., Jeffrey City, WY, 52589-52590 [E6-14706]
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Assistant General Counsel for Materials
Litigation and Enforcement, Office of
the General Counsel, with both copies
addressed to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, and the NRC requests
that a copy also be transmitted either by
facsimile transmission to 301–415–3725
or by e-mail to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov.
If a person requests a hearing, he or
she shall set forth in the request for a
hearing with particularity the manner in
which his or her interest is adversely
affected by this Order and shall address
the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309.
If a hearing is requested by a person
whose interest is adversely affected, the
Commission shall issue an Order
designating the time and place of any
hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to
be considered at such hearing shall be
whether this Order should be sustained.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.10(d)
this Order is not subject to Section
102(2) of the National Environmental
Policy Act, as amended. The NRC staff
notes, however, that with respect to
environmental impacts associated with
the changes imposed by this Order as
described in the safety evaluation, the
changes would, if imposed by other
than an Order, meet the definition of a
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9) and (10). Thus,
pursuant to either 10 CFR 51.10(d) or
51.22(c)(9) and (10), no environmental
assessment nor environmental impact
statement is required.
For further information see the
application from the licensee dated
December 2, 2005 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML062220375), as supplemented on
June 19 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML061720498 and ML062220178) and
29 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML061840285), July 20 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML062050252) and 21
(ADAMS Accession No. ML062060139),
and August 4 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML062350107) and 22 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML062400265), 2006, the
staff’s requests for additional
information dated May 2 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML061220262 with
clarification dated May 18, 2006,
ADAMS Accession No. ML061420119)
and 22, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML061380167), and the cover letter to
the licensee, attachments to this Order
and staff’s safety evaluation dated
September 1, 2006 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML062440086) available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
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Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS or who
have problems in accessing the
documents 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.
Dated this 1st day of September 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J. E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 40–1162]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for Western Nuclear, Inc.,
Jeffrey City, WY
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen J. Cohen, Project Manager, Fuel
Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel
Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555. Telephone:
(301) 415–7182; fax number: (301) 415–
5955; e-mail: sjc7@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) plans to issue a
license amendment to Source Materials
License No. SUA–56 held by Western
Nuclear, Inc. (the Licensee), to authorize
the establishment of alternate
concentration limits (ACLs) at its Split
Rock uranium mill tailings site in Jeffrey
City, Wyoming. The NRC has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of the 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 is appropriate. Final
action on the Licensee’s amendment
request will be taken following
publication of this notice. The NRC will
issue a technical evaluation report
addressing the safety aspects of
establishing ACLs at the Licensee’s
facility.
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II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed
amendment is to authorize the
establishment of ACLs instead of ground
water protection standards for six
constituents at the Licensee’s Jeffrey
City, Wyoming, facility. Specifically,
this amendment will establish ACLs for
ammonia, manganese, molybdenum,
nitrate, radium-226 and -228, and
natural uranium. This amendment will
also require the Licensee to establish
institutional controls on all properties
within the long-term surveillance
boundary to preclude domestic ground
water use. On October 29, 1999, the
Licensee requested that NRC approve
the proposed amendment.
The staff has prepared the EA in
support of the proposed license
amendment. The staff considered
impacts to ground water, surface water,
land use, ecology, socioeconomic
conditions, and historical and cultural
resources. Impacts to ground water are
mitigated by the use of institutional
controls that prevent human
consumption of contaminated ground
water within the long-term surveillance
boundary. However, agricultural and
livestock uses have been preserved
within the long-term surveillance
boundary. A surface water and ground
water monitoring program has been
established to track ground water
contamination, and trigger levels for
surface water and ground water have
been established, the exceedance of
which would require a response from
the Licensee.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that there are no significant
environmental impacts from the
proposed amendment and has
determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for
amendment, the EA, and other
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:
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Document
ADAMS Accession No.
Ground Water Characterization and Evaluation.
Baseline Risk Assessment,
Appendix I to Site Closure
Plan.
Supplement to October 29,
1999, Split Rock Site Closure Report.
WNI Response to NRC Request of September 6,
2001, for Additional Information on Site Closure
Plan for the Split Rock,
Wyoming, Site.
Supplemental Data Collection, Program Trip Report.
WNI Response to NRC Request of September 6,
2001, for Additional Information on Site Closure
Plan for the Split Rock,
Wyoming, Site.
Supplemental Ground Water
Modeling Report.
Letter to Robert A. Nelson
Regarding Risk Assessment of Ground Water for
Agricultural Uses.
Response to Request for Additional Information.
Environmental Assessment
for Amendment to Source
Materials License SUA–
56, Ground Water Alternate Concentration Limits.
ML003672396,
ML003672400
ML003672619
Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
PLACE:
Week of September 4, 2006
ML010380246
ML021710273
ML021710422
ML022110059
ML030760336
ML041490156
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
1:50 p.m.
Affirmation Session (Public)
(Tentative).
a. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. (Diablo
Canyon ISFSI), Docket No. 72–26–
ISFSI ‘‘Motion by San Luis Obispo
Mothers for Peace, Sierra Club, and
Peg Pinard for Declaratory and
Injunctive Relief with respect to
Diablo Canyon ISFSI’’. (Tentative.)
b. AmerGen Energy Company, LLC
(License Renewal for Oyster Creek
Nuclear Generating Station) Docket
No. 50–0219, Legal challenges to
LBP–06–07 and LBP–06–11.
(Tentative.)
c. Pa’ina Hawaii, LLC, LBP–06–4, 63
NRC 99 (2006) and LBP–06–12, 63
NRC 409 (2006). (Tentative.)
ML050690064
Week of September 11, 2006—Tentative
ML062130316
Monday, September 11, 2006
If you do not have access to ADAMS or
if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
of August 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen J. Cohen,
Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch,
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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9:30 a.m.
Discussion of Security Issues
(Closed—Ex. 1).
1:30 p.m.
Discussion of Security Issues
(Closed—Ex. 1 & 3).
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
9:30 a.m.
Meeting with Organization of
Agreement States (OAS) and
conference of Radiation Control
Program Directors (CRCPD) (Public
Meeting) (Contact: Shawn Smith,
301–415–2620.)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov.
1 p.m.
(Discussion of Security Issues
(Closed—Ex. 1).
Week of September 18, 2006—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the Week of September 18, 2006.
Week of September 25, 2006—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the Week of September 25, 2006.
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Weeks of September 4, 11, 18, 25,
October 2, 9, 2006.
There are no meetings scheduled for
the Week of October 9, 2006.
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*The schedule for Commission
meetings is subject to change on short
notice. To verify the status of meetings
call (recording)—(301) 415–1292.
Contact person for more information:
Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662.
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The NRC Commission Meeting
Schedule can be found on the Internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/
policy-making/schedule.html.
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The NRC provides reasonable
accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you
need a reasonable accommodation to
participate in these public meetings, or
need this meeting notice or the
transcript or other information from the
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NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator,
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301–415–2100, or by e-mail at
DLC@nrc.gov.Determinations on
requests for reasonable accommodation
will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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several hundred subscribers; if you no
longer wish to receive it, or would like
to be added to the distribution, please
contact the Office of the Secretary,
Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969).
In addition, distribution of this meeting
notice over the Internet system is
available. If you are interested in
receiving this Commission meeting
schedule electronically, please send an
electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov.
Dated: August 31, 2006.
R. Michelle Schroll,
Office of the Secretary
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.321, the Atomic
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by appointing Administrative Judge
Paul B. Abramson in place of
Administrative Judge Nicholas G.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-1162]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Western Nuclear, Inc.,
Jeffrey City, WY
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen J. Cohen, Project Manager,
Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: (301)
415-7182; fax number: (301) 415-5955; e-mail: sjc7@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to issue a
license amendment to Source Materials License No. SUA-56 held by
Western Nuclear, Inc. (the Licensee), to authorize the establishment of
alternate concentration limits (ACLs) at its Split Rock uranium mill
tailings site in Jeffrey City, Wyoming. The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of the 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 is
appropriate. Final action on the Licensee's amendment request will be
taken following publication of this notice. The NRC will issue a
technical evaluation report addressing the safety aspects of
establishing ACLs at the Licensee's facility.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to authorize the
establishment of ACLs instead of ground water protection standards for
six constituents at the Licensee's Jeffrey City, Wyoming, facility.
Specifically, this amendment will establish ACLs for ammonia,
manganese, molybdenum, nitrate, radium-226 and -228, and natural
uranium. This amendment will also require the Licensee to establish
institutional controls on all properties within the long-term
surveillance boundary to preclude domestic ground water use. On October
29, 1999, the Licensee requested that NRC approve the proposed
amendment.
The staff has prepared the EA in support of the proposed license
amendment. The staff considered impacts to ground water, surface water,
land use, ecology, socioeconomic conditions, and historical and
cultural resources. Impacts to ground water are mitigated by the use of
institutional controls that prevent human consumption of contaminated
ground water within the long-term surveillance boundary. However,
agricultural and livestock uses have been preserved within the long-
term surveillance boundary. A surface water and ground water monitoring
program has been established to track ground water contamination, and
trigger levels for surface water and ground water have been
established, the exceedance of which would require a response from the
Licensee.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
amendment, the EA, and other 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:
[[Page 52590]]
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Document ADAMS Accession No.
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Ground Water Characterization and ML003672396,
Evaluation. ML003672400
Baseline Risk Assessment, Appendix I to ML003672619
Site Closure Plan.
Supplement to October 29, 1999, Split ML010380246
Rock Site Closure Report.
WNI Response to NRC Request of September ML021710273
6, 2001, for Additional Information on
Site Closure Plan for the Split Rock,
Wyoming, Site.
Supplemental Data Collection, Program ML021710422
Trip Report.
WNI Response to NRC Request of September ML022110059
6, 2001, for Additional Information on
Site Closure Plan for the Split Rock,
Wyoming, Site.
Supplemental Ground Water Modeling ML030760336
Report.
Letter to Robert A. Nelson Regarding ML041490156
Risk Assessment of Ground Water for
Agricultural Uses.
Response to Request for Additional ML050690064
Information.
Environmental Assessment for Amendment ML062130316
to Source Materials License SUA-56,
Ground Water Alternate Concentration
Limits.
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If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen J. Cohen,
Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle
Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E6-14706 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am]
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