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and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
The Acting NRC Clearance Officer is
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of August, 2009.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to the Office of Management and
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Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC invites public
comment about our intention to request
the OMB’s approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register 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: NRC Form 531, Request for
Taxpayer Identification Number.
2. Current OMB approval number:
OMB No. 3150–0188.
3. How often the collection is
required: One time from each applicant
or individual to enable the Department
of the Treasury to process electronic
payments or collect debts owed to the
Government.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
All individuals doing business with the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
including contractors and recipients of
credit, licenses, permits, and benefits.
5. The number of annual respondents:
300.
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 25 hours (5 minutes per
respondent).
7. Abstract: The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 requires that
agencies collect taxpayer identification
numbers (TINs) from individuals who
do business with the Government,
including contractors and recipients of
credit, licenses, permits, and benefits.
The TIN will be used to process all
electronic payments (refunds) made to
licensees by electronic funds transfer by
the Department of the Treasury. The
Department of the Treasury will use the
TIN to determine whether the refund
can be used to administratively offset
any delinquent debts reported to the
Treasury by other government agencies.
In addition, the TIN will be used to
collect and report to the Department of
the Treasury any delinquent
indebtedness arising out of the
licensee’s or applicant’s relationship
with the NRC.
Submit, by October 13, 2009,
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?
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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
available at the NRC worldwide Web
site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
doc-comment/omb/. The
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home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic
form will be made available for public
inspection. Because your comments will
not be edited to remove any identifying
or contact information, the NRC
cautions you against including any
information in your submission that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed.
Comments submitted should reference
Docket No. NRC–2009–0334. You may
submit your comments by any of the
following methods. Electronic
comments: Go to https://
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Docket No. NRC–2009–0334. Mail
comments to NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions
about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the
NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine
Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301–
415–6258, or by e-mail to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of August 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Services.
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Uranium One Americas; Antelope and
JAB Uranium Project New Source
Material License Application; Notice of
Intent to Prepare a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
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SUMMARY: Uranium One Americas
(Uranium One) submitted an
application for a new source material
license for the Antelope and JAB
Uranium Project to be located in
Sweetwater County, Wyoming,
approximately 38 miles northwest of
Rawlins, Wyoming and approximately
90 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming.
The application proposes the
construction, operation, and
decommissioning of in-situ recovery
(ISR), also known as in-situ leach,
facilities and restoration of the aquifer
from which the uranium is being
extracted. Uranium One submitted the
application for the new source material
license to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) by a letter dated July
3, 2008. A notice of receipt and
availability of the license application,
including the Environmental Report
(ER), and opportunity to request a
hearing was published in the Federal
Register on May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23436).
The purpose of this NOI is to inform the
public that the NRC will be preparing a
site-specific Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
to the Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium
Milling Facilities (ISR GEIS) for a new
source material license for the Antelope
and JAB Uranium Project, as required by
10 CFR 51.26(d). In addition, as
outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA),’’ the NRC plans to use the
environmental review process as
reflected in 10 CFR part 51 to coordinate
compliance with section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information on the NRC NEPA
process or the environmental review
process related to the Antelope and JAB
Uranium Project application, please
contact the NRC Environmental Project
Manager, Johari Moore, at (301) 415–
7694 or johari.moore@nrc.gov.
Information and documents
associated with the Antelope and Jab
Uranium Project, including the license
application, are available for public
review through our electronic reading
room: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html and on the NRC’s Antelope
and JAB Uranium Project Web page:
https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/
materials/uranium/apps-in-review/jabantelope-new-app-review.html.
Documents may also be obtained from
NRC’s Public Document Room at the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Uranium One submitted the
application for a new source material
license to the NRC for ISR facilities by
a letter dated July 3, 2008. A notice of
receipt and availability of the license
application, including the ER, and
opportunity to request a hearing was
published in the Federal Register on
May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23436). No
requests for hearing were received.
The NRC is preparing a SEIS that will
tier off of the ISR GEIS (NUREG–1910).
The NRC staff is planning to place ads
in newspapers serving communities
near the proposed site requesting
information and comments from the
public regarding the proposed action.
Also, NRC staff plans to meet with and
gather information from local agencies
and public interest groups in
conjunction with a visit to the proposed
site. However, no public scoping
meetings will be held as part of this
review. NRC staff may also use relevant
information gathered for the GEIS to
define the scope of the SEIS. The NRC
staff is consulting with Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality, Wyoming State Historic
Preservation Office, Shoshone and
Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation
Offices, Wyoming Game and Fish
Department, and Natural Resource
Conservation District in preparing the
SEIS.
The NRC has begun evaluating the
potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed ISR
facility in parallel with the review of the
license application. This environmental
evaluation will be documented in draft
and final SEISs in accordance with
NEPA and NRC’s implementing
regulations contained in 10 CFR part 51.
The NRC is required by 10 CFR
51.20(b)(8) to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) or supplement to
an EIS for the issuance of a license to
possess and use source material for
uranium milling. The ISR GEIS and the
site-specific SEIS fulfill this regulatory
requirement. The purpose of the present
notice is to inform the public that the
NRC staff will prepare a site-specific
supplement to the ISR GEIS as part of
the review of the application.
2.0
Antelope and JAB ISR Facilities
The facilities, if licensed, would
include a central processing plant,
satellite facility, accompanying
wellfields, and ion exchange columns.
The process involves the dissolution of
the water-soluble uranium from the
mineralized host sandstone rock by
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pumping oxidants (oxygen or hydrogen
peroxide) and chemical compounds
(sodium bicarbonate) through a series of
injection wells. The uranium-rich
solution is transferred from production
wells to either the central processing
plant or satellite facility for uranium
concentration using ion exchange
columns. Final processing is conducted
in the central processing plant to
produce yellowcake, which would be
sold to off-site facilities for further
processing and eventual use as
commercial fuel for use in nuclear
power reactors.
3.0
Alternatives To Be Evaluated
No-Action—The no-action alternative
would be to deny the license
application. Under this alternative, the
NRC would not issue the license. This
serves as a baseline for comparison.
Proposed action—The proposed
Federal action is to issue a license to use
or process source material at the
proposed ISR facilities. The license
review process analyzes the
construction, operation, and
decommissioning of ISR facilities and
restoration of the aquifer from which the
uranium is being extracted. The ISR
facilities would be located in
Sweetwater County, Wyoming,
approximately 38 miles northwest of
Rawlins, Wyoming and approximately
90 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming.
The applicant would be issued an NRC
license under the provisions of 10 CFR
parts 40.
Other alternatives not listed here may
be identified through the environmental
review process.
4.0 Environmental Impact Areas To
Be Analyzed
The following areas have been
tentatively identified for analysis in the
SEIS:
• Land Use: Plans, policies, and
controls;
• Transportation: Transportation
modes, routes, quantities, and risk
estimates;
• Geology and Soils: Physical
geography, topography, geology, and
soil characteristics;
• Water Resources: Surface and
groundwater hydrology, water use and
quality, and the potential for
degradation;
• Ecology: Wetlands, aquatic,
terrestrial, economically and
recreationally important species, and
threatened and endangered species;
• Air Quality: Meteorological
conditions, ambient background,
pollutant sources, and the potential for
degradation;
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• Noise: Ambient, sources, and
sensitive receptors;
• Historical and Cultural Resources:
Historical, archaeological, and
traditional cultural resources;
• Visual and Scenic Resources:
Landscape characteristics, manmade
features and viewshed;
• Socioeconomics: Demography,
economic base, labor pool, housing,
transportation, utilities, public services/
facilities, and education;
• Environmental Justice: Potential
disproportionately high and adverse
impacts to minority and low-income
populations;
• Public and Occupational Health:
Potential public and occupational
consequences from construction,
routine operation, transportation, and
credible accident scenarios (including
natural events);
• Waste Management: Types of
wastes expected to be generated,
handled, and stored; and
• Cumulative Effects: Impacts from
past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable actions at and near the
site(s).
This list is not intended to be all
inclusive, nor is it a predetermination of
potential environmental impacts.
5.0
The NEPA Process
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christepher McKenney,
Acting Deputy Director, Environmental
Protection and Performance Assessment
Directorate, Division of Waste Management
and Environmental Protection, Office of
Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs.
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The SEIS for the Antelope and JAB
Uranium Project will be prepared
pursuant to the NRC’s NEPA
Regulations at 10 CFR part 51. The NRC
will continue its environmental review
of the application and as soon as
practicable, the NRC and its contractor
will prepare and publish a draft SEIS.
The NRC currently plans to have a 45day public comment period for the draft
SEIS. Availability of the draft SEIS and
the dates of the public comment period
will be announced in the Federal
Register and the NRC Web site: https://
www.nrc.gov. The final SEIS will
include responses to public comments
received on the draft SEIS.
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OMB Review
AGENCY:
Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Reporting
Requirements Submitted for OMB
Review; Correction.
SUMMARY: The Small Business
Administration published a document
in the Federal Register of August 10,
2009, concerning Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements. The
document contained an incorrect title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Curtis Rich, 202–205–7030.
Correction
In the Federal Register of August 10,
2009, FR document E9–19013, Volume
74, Number 152, page 39991, under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ‘‘Title’’
should read:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Uranium One Americas; Antelope and JAB Uranium Project New Source
Material License Application; Notice of Intent to Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
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SUMMARY: Uranium One Americas (Uranium One) submitted an application
for a new source material license for the Antelope and JAB Uranium
Project to be located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, approximately 38
miles northwest of Rawlins, Wyoming and approximately 90 miles
southwest of Casper, Wyoming. The application proposes the
construction, operation, and decommissioning of in-situ recovery (ISR),
also known as in-situ leach, facilities and restoration of the aquifer
from which the uranium is being extracted. Uranium One submitted the
application for the new source material license to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) by a letter dated July 3, 2008. A notice of
receipt and availability of the license application, including the
Environmental Report (ER), and opportunity to request a hearing was
published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23436). The
purpose of this NOI is to inform the public that the NRC will be
preparing a site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach
Uranium Milling Facilities (ISR GEIS) for a new source material license
for the Antelope and JAB Uranium Project, as required by 10 CFR
51.26(d). In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),'' the NRC plans to use
the environmental review process as reflected in 10 CFR part 51 to
coordinate compliance with section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the NRC
NEPA process or the environmental review process related to the
Antelope and JAB Uranium Project application, please contact the NRC
Environmental Project Manager, Johari Moore, at (301) 415-7694 or
johari.moore@nrc.gov.
Information and documents associated with the Antelope and Jab
Uranium Project, including the license application, are available for
public review through our electronic reading room: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and on the NRC's Antelope and JAB Uranium Project
Web page: https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/materials/uranium/apps-in-review/jab-antelope-new-app-review.html. Documents may also be obtained
from NRC's Public Document Room at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1.0 Background
Uranium One submitted the application for a new source material
license to the NRC for ISR facilities by a letter dated July 3, 2008. A
notice of receipt and availability of the license application,
including the ER, and opportunity to request a hearing was published in
the Federal Register on May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23436). No requests for
hearing were received.
The NRC is preparing a SEIS that will tier off of the ISR GEIS
(NUREG-1910). The NRC staff is planning to place ads in newspapers
serving communities near the proposed site requesting information and
comments from the public regarding the proposed action. Also, NRC staff
plans to meet with and gather information from local agencies and
public interest groups in conjunction with a visit to the proposed
site. However, no public scoping meetings will be held as part of this
review. NRC staff may also use relevant information gathered for the
GEIS to define the scope of the SEIS. The NRC staff is consulting with
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal
Historic Preservation Offices, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and
Natural Resource Conservation District in preparing the SEIS.
The NRC has begun evaluating the potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed ISR facility in parallel with the review
of the license application. This environmental evaluation will be
documented in draft and final SEISs in accordance with NEPA and NRC's
implementing regulations contained in 10 CFR part 51. The NRC is
required by 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) or supplement to an EIS for the issuance of a license
to possess and use source material for uranium milling. The ISR GEIS
and the site-specific SEIS fulfill this regulatory requirement. The
purpose of the present notice is to inform the public that the NRC
staff will prepare a site-specific supplement to the ISR GEIS as part
of the review of the application.
2.0 Antelope and JAB ISR Facilities
The facilities, if licensed, would include a central processing
plant, satellite facility, accompanying wellfields, and ion exchange
columns. The process involves the dissolution of the water-soluble
uranium from the mineralized host sandstone rock by pumping oxidants
(oxygen or hydrogen peroxide) and chemical compounds (sodium
bicarbonate) through a series of injection wells. The uranium-rich
solution is transferred from production wells to either the central
processing plant or satellite facility for uranium concentration using
ion exchange columns. Final processing is conducted in the central
processing plant to produce yellowcake, which would be sold to off-site
facilities for further processing and eventual use as commercial fuel
for use in nuclear power reactors.
3.0 Alternatives To Be Evaluated
No-Action--The no-action alternative would be to deny the license
application. Under this alternative, the NRC would not issue the
license. This serves as a baseline for comparison.
Proposed action--The proposed Federal action is to issue a license
to use or process source material at the proposed ISR facilities. The
license review process analyzes the construction, operation, and
decommissioning of ISR facilities and restoration of the aquifer from
which the uranium is being extracted. The ISR facilities would be
located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, approximately 38 miles northwest
of Rawlins, Wyoming and approximately 90 miles southwest of Casper,
Wyoming. The applicant would be issued an NRC license under the
provisions of 10 CFR parts 40.
Other alternatives not listed here may be identified through the
environmental review process.
4.0 Environmental Impact Areas To Be Analyzed
The following areas have been tentatively identified for analysis
in the SEIS:
Land Use: Plans, policies, and controls;
Transportation: Transportation modes, routes, quantities,
and risk estimates;
Geology and Soils: Physical geography, topography,
geology, and soil characteristics;
Water Resources: Surface and groundwater hydrology, water
use and quality, and the potential for degradation;
Ecology: Wetlands, aquatic, terrestrial, economically and
recreationally important species, and threatened and endangered
species;
Air Quality: Meteorological conditions, ambient
background, pollutant sources, and the potential for degradation;
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Noise: Ambient, sources, and sensitive receptors;
Historical and Cultural Resources: Historical,
archaeological, and traditional cultural resources;
Visual and Scenic Resources: Landscape characteristics,
manmade features and viewshed;
Socioeconomics: Demography, economic base, labor pool,
housing, transportation, utilities, public services/facilities, and
education;
Environmental Justice: Potential disproportionately high
and adverse impacts to minority and low-income populations;
Public and Occupational Health: Potential public and
occupational consequences from construction, routine operation,
transportation, and credible accident scenarios (including natural
events);
Waste Management: Types of wastes expected to be
generated, handled, and stored; and
Cumulative Effects: Impacts from past, present, and
reasonably foreseeable actions at and near the site(s).
This list is not intended to be all inclusive, nor is it a
predetermination of potential environmental impacts.
5.0 The NEPA Process
The SEIS for the Antelope and JAB Uranium Project will be prepared
pursuant to the NRC's NEPA Regulations at 10 CFR part 51. The NRC will
continue its environmental review of the application and as soon as
practicable, the NRC and its contractor will prepare and publish a
draft SEIS. The NRC currently plans to have a 45-day public comment
period for the draft SEIS. Availability of the draft SEIS and the dates
of the public comment period will be announced in the Federal Register
and the NRC Web site: https://www.nrc.gov. The final SEIS will include
responses to public comments received on the draft SEIS.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of August 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christepher McKenney,
Acting Deputy Director, Environmental Protection and Performance
Assessment Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental
Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-19542 Filed 8-13-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
