NUREG-1520, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility, Draft for Public Comment-Revision 1,” Extension of Comment Period, 41946-41947 [E9-19848]

Download as PDF 41946 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 19, 2009 / Notices III. Finding of No Significant Impact The NRC staff has prepared this EA in support of the proposed action. On the basis of this EA, the NRC finds that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted. Accordingly, the NRC has determined that a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES IV. Further Information Documents related to this action, including the application for 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 Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The documents related to this action are listed below, along with their ADAMS accession numbers. 1. Letter dated May 11, 2009 [ML091340490] and the enclosure ‘‘Draft Final, Final Status Survey Report, R–14 Range’’ April 2009 [ML091340611, ML091340637, ML092100380, ML091340648, ML091350126, ML091350204, ML091350218, ML091350225, ML091350237, ML091350250, ML091350255, ML091350234]; 2. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance’’; 3. Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations; Part 20, Subpart E, ‘‘Radiological Criteria for License Termination’’; 4. Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; Part 51, ‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions’’; and 5. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC–Licensed Nuclear Facilities.’’ If you do not have access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 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 Region I this 10th day of August 2009. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:53 Aug 18, 2009 Jkt 217001 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. James Dwyer, Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I. [FR Doc. E9–19849 Filed 8–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2009–0339] NUREG–1520, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility, Draft for Public Comment—Revision 1,’’ Extension of Comment Period AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Extension of comment period. SUMMARY: On August 5, 2009 (74 FR 39117), the NRC published a notice of availability and request for public comment on NUREG–1520. The comment period originally closed on September 21, 2009. This document extends the comment period to October 24, 2009. Also, the revision number (NUREG–1520 Revision 2) in the original notice was incorrect, therefore the revision number was changed to read, ‘‘NUREG–1520 Revision 1.’’ DATES: The comments period has been extended to October 24, 2009. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. To ensure efficient and complete comment resolution, comments should include references to the section, page, and line numbers of the document to which the comment applies, if possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 0339 in the subject line of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site Regulations.gov. 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. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2009–0339. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 301–492–3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492– 3446. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Standard Review Plan (NUREG–1520) is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML091470567. NRC Public Web site: The full manuscript of NUREG–1520, Revision 1—Draft Report, can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1520/r1/ index.html. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0339. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ´ Cinthya Roman Cuevas, Chemical Engineer, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001 by telephone at 301– 492–3224 or e-mail at cinthya.roman@nrc.gov. The standard review plan (SRP) for the review of a license application for a fuel cycle facility (NUREG–1520) provides SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 19, 2009 / Notices NRC staff guidance for reviewing and evaluating the safety, health, and environmental protection aspects of applications for licenses to possess and use SNM to produce nuclear reactor fuel. The licensing guidance revision is also intended to provide information needed to better risk-inform the preoperational readiness reviews. Specifically, items or features or aspects of the design identified during the licensing review as important, will be highlighted to verify compliance with specific commitments during the preoperational readiness reviews. The SRP has been updated to improve and enhance the guidance by providing increased clarity and definition in specific areas of the licensing program and adding additional guidance in areas where information was lacking or not suitably addressed. This effort was focused on improving both the clarity, and also consistency, of the SRP, with the Agency positions that support compliance with current regulations. In addition, this revision has been reformatted and reorganized to improve the consistency within the document. Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of August, 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Michael Tschiltz, Deputy Director, Fuel Facility Licensing Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. E9–19848 Filed 8–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. R2009–5; Order No. 276] Postal Service Price Changes Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: This document discusses the Commission’s establishment of a docket to a Postal Service request to adjust prices for a temporary First-Class Mail Incentive Program. DATES: Comments are due August 31, 2009. Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 202–789–6820 and stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Overview VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:53 Aug 18, 2009 Jkt 217001 II. Postal Service Filing III. Commission Action IV. Ordering Paragraphs I. Overview On August 11, 2009, the Postal Service filed with the Commission a notice announcing its intention, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 39 CFR part 3010, to adjust prices for certain First-Class Mail presorted letters, flats and cards sent by qualifying mailers.1 The Postal Service characterizes the planned adjustment as a temporary First-Class Mail Incentive Program (Program) to spur volume growth during the current recession. Key elements of the Program include a 20 percent rebate on qualifying incremental volume; certain volume thresholds; and a 3month duration, extending from October 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. Id. at 2–3. The Notice addresses plans for public notice; program description and administration; price cap compliance; statutory objectives and factors; workshare discounts; and impact on preferred rates. A schedule of the new temporary prices and conforming revisions to Mail Classification Schedule language appear in Appendix A to the Notice in compliance with Commission rules 3010.14(a)(1) and 3010.14(b)(9). II. Postal Service Filing Program description. The Postal Service asserts that the proposed Program will give eligible companies a 20 percent postage rebate on qualifying presort letter, flat and card volumes mailed between October 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Id. Qualifying volume is defined as a single company’s First-Class Mail volume over and above a predetermined threshold. Id. at 3. Eligibility; rebate threshold. To be eligible to participate in the Program, a company must have mailed 500,000 or more non-parcel First-Class Mail pieces between October 1 and December 31 in both 2007 and 2008 through companyowned permit accounts or through permits set up on the company’s behalf by a Mail Service Provider. Id. Participants must then exceed a company-specific threshold during October 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 to qualify for the incentive rebate.2 1 United States Postal Service Notice of MarketDominant Price Adjustment, August 11, 2009 (Notice). The Postal Service also refers to the qualifying presorted pieces as non-parcel First-Class Mail. See, for example, Id. at 4. 2 This threshold is determined by computing the ratio of the October 1–December 31, 2008 nonparcel First-Class Mail presorted volume to the October 1–December 31, 2007 non-parcel FirstClass Mail presorted volume. The result is then PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41947 Incremental volume mailed by an eligible, participating company above the calculated threshold will earn a 20 percent rebate. Rebate calculation; credit. The rebate will be calculated as the average revenue per piece for all eligible mail volume during the program period multiplied by the incremental volume above the threshold during the program period. It will be credited to the company’s permit trust account. Id. Program intent. The stated intent of the Program is to provide an incentive for customers to increase non-parcel First-Class Mail presorted volume above the volume they otherwise would have sent. To protect this core element of the Program, the Postal Service includes provisions to address the possibility of strategic shifting or withholding of volume. Id. at 4. Program administration. The Notice addresses several aspects of program administration, including methods for contacting eligible mailers; procedures for establishing company thresholds and crediting rebates to permit trust accounts; data collection and reporting (including filing some data under seal); financial impact; and risk. See generally id. at 4–8. Under the data collection plan, the Postal Service will submit Programrelated data to the Commission 90 days after the payment of incentive rebates. The Notice describes specific components of the plan, notes that some participant data will be filed under seal, and states that actual administrative costs will be identified. Id. at 6. With respect to the financial aspects of the Program, the Postal Service expects, based on the 20 percent rebate and the expressed interest of customers, a contribution increase of around $24 million and a revenue increase, net of the 20 percent rebate, of $43 million. It anticipates new volume of about 103 million pieces, which it says will generate about $31 million in additional revenue and $16 million in contribution. It also expects about 103 million pieces to ‘‘buy up’’ from Standard Mail, providing an additional $12 million in revenue and $8 million in contribution. Id. at 7. Administrative costs are expected to total $809,000, and to be easily covered by the contribution generated from additional volume. Id. The Postal Service’s primary measure of success will be incremental revenue and volume growth over the threshold for participating customers, but qualitative aspects, such as the Postal multiplied by the company’s October 1–December 31, 2008 non-parcel First-Class Mail presorted volume. Id. E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0339]


NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License 
Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility, Draft for Public Comment--
Revision 1,'' Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 5, 2009 (74 FR 39117), the NRC published a notice of 
availability and request for public comment on NUREG-1520. The comment 
period originally closed on September 21, 2009. This document extends 
the comment period to October 24, 2009. Also, the revision number 
(NUREG-1520 Revision 2) in the original notice was incorrect, therefore 
the revision number was changed to read, ``NUREG-1520 Revision 1.''

DATES: The comments period has been extended to October 24, 2009. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
practicable. To ensure efficient and complete comment resolution, 
comments should include references to the section, page, and line 
numbers of the document to which the comment applies, if possible.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0339 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site 
Regulations.gov. 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.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0339. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 301-492-3668; e-mail 
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Standard Review Plan (NUREG-1520) is 
available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML091470567.
    NRC Public Web site: The full manuscript of NUREG-1520, Revision 
1--Draft Report, can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1520/r1/.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cinthya Rom[aacute]n Cuevas, Chemical 
Engineer, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 by telephone 
at 301-492-3224 or e-mail at cinthya.roman@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The standard review plan (SRP) for the 
review of a license application for a fuel cycle facility (NUREG-1520) 
provides

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NRC staff guidance for reviewing and evaluating the safety, health, and 
environmental protection aspects of applications for licenses to 
possess and use SNM to produce nuclear reactor fuel. The licensing 
guidance revision is also intended to provide information needed to 
better risk-inform the preoperational readiness reviews. Specifically, 
items or features or aspects of the design identified during the 
licensing review as important, will be highlighted to verify compliance 
with specific commitments during the preoperational readiness reviews.
    The SRP has been updated to improve and enhance the guidance by 
providing increased clarity and definition in specific areas of the 
licensing program and adding additional guidance in areas where 
information was lacking or not suitably addressed. This effort was 
focused on improving both the clarity, and also consistency, of the 
SRP, with the Agency positions that support compliance with current 
regulations. In addition, this revision has been reformatted and 
reorganized to improve the consistency within the document.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of August, 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Tschiltz,
Deputy Director, Fuel Facility Licensing Directorate, Division of Fuel 
Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E9-19848 Filed 8-18-09; 8:45 am]
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