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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Permit Applications
Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
95–541.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permit applications received to
conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
NSF has published regulations under
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title
45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
application by June 7, 2010. This
application may be inspected by
interested parties at the Permit Office,
address below.
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ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy at the above
address or (703) 292–7405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as
amended by the Antarctic Science,
Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996,
has developed regulations for the
establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
The applications received are as
follows:
1. Applicant: Permit Application No.
2011–004. Sam Feola, Director,
Raytheon Polar Services Company, 7400
S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Introduce into Antarctica. The
applicant plans to import commercially
available bacterial host cell, Escherichia
coli, for experimental use at the science
laboratories at McMurdo and Palmer
Stations. The experimental purpose is to
generate clones of genes and gene
fragments. In both cases the
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recombinant DNA is introduced into E.
coli which can be cultured to produce
large quantities of the recombinant DNA
for analysis and sequencing. E. coli
engineered for routine cloning purposes
belongs to the K–12 strain, which
generally cannot survive outside the
Lab. All cells will be autoclaved within
the Lab to destroy all active cells.
Location: Palmer and McMurdo
Station laboratories.
Dates: August 13, 2010 to March 1,
2011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for
Proposed Extension of Deadline for
Inventory of Special Nuclear Material
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel
Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of
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I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) staff is considering
the issuance of a license amendment to
Materials License SNM–124 to Nuclear
Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) (the licensee)
to grant a one-time exemption from an
inventory requirement for strategic
special nuclear material. NRC
regulations at Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 74.59(f)(1)
state that a physical inventory of
strategic special nuclear material must
occur every six months. By letter dated
March 10, 2010, NFS requested a
temporary exemption from this
requirement.
The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this amendment and
exemption request in accordance with
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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; therefore, an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will not be prepared.
II. Environmental Assessment
Background
The NFS facility in Erwin, Tennessee
is authorized, under License SNM–124
to manufacture high-enriched nuclear
reactor fuel. In addition, NFS is
authorized to blend highly enriched
uranium with natural uranium and
manufacture low-enriched nuclear
reactor fuel. Currently, several
processing lines are in a safe-shutdown
mode, in accordance with Confirmatory
Action Letter No. 02–2010–001 dated
January 7, 2010. Operations were shut
down without the usual material
processing/clean-out that is required to
be undertaken as part of a measured
physical inventory. NFS is currently in
the process of implementing program
improvements and conducting
operational readiness reviews which
must be reviewed and approved by NRC
before each process line is restarted.
After operations are authorized, each
process line must be operated to process
the material to a suitable form that will
enable a measurable physical inventory
to occur. NFS requests that the
inventory reporting date be extended
until 90 days after all processing lines
are authorized to restart operations, a
date which is currently unknown.
Review Scope
The purpose of this EA is to assess the
environmental impacts of the requested
license amendment and exemption. It
does not approve the request. This EA
is limited to the proposed exemption
and any cumulative impacts on existing
plant operations. The existing
conditions and operations for the Erwin
facility were evaluated by NRC for
environmental impacts in a 1999 EA
related to the renewal of the NFS license
(Ref. 1) and a 2002 EA related to the first
amendment for the Blended LowEnriched Uranium (BLEU) Project (Ref.
2). The 2002 EA assessed the impact of
the entire BLEU Project using
information available at that time. A
2003 EA (Ref. 3) and a 2004 EA (Ref. 4),
related to additional BLEU Project
amendments, confirmed the FONSI
issued in 2002.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is to amend NRC
Materials License SNM–124 to grant a
one-time exemption from the
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requirement to take a physical inventory
of strategic special nuclear material
every six months. The exemption would
authorize NFS to submit the physical
inventory results after NRC has
authorized the restart of all operations
currently shutdown, and after NFS has
had an opportunity to then process the
material and complete the inventory.
The proposed action is limited to the
reporting deadline only. No change to
processing, packaging, or storage
operations is requested, and no
construction of new facilities is
requested.
Need for Proposed Action
The proposed action is being
requested because NFS had to secure
operations in several processing lines to
implement program improvements. NFS
has committed to maintain the
processing lines in a safe-shutdown
mode until NRC authorizes restart of
operations. Regulations in 10 CFR
74.59(f)(1) require a physical inventory
of strategic special nuclear material
every six months. To comply with this
regulation, the material must be
processed into a form that can be
inventoried. Material in the processing
lines is not in a form that can be
inventoried, and it cannot be processed
into the proper form until the restart of
operations is authorized.
Alternatives
The alternatives available to NRC are:
1. Approve the requested action as
described, or
2. No action (i.e., deny the request).
Affected Environment
The affected environment for the
proposed action and the no action
alternative is the NFS site. The NFS
facility is located in Unicoi County,
Tennessee, about 32 km (20 mi)
southwest of Johnson City, Tennessee.
The facility is within the Erwin city
limits. The affected environment is
identical to the affected environment
assessed in the 2002 EA related to the
first amendment for the BLEU Project
(Ref. 2). A full description of the site
and its characteristics are given in the
2002 EA. Additional information can be
found in the 1999 EA related to the
renewal of the NFS license (Ref. 1). The
site occupies about 28 hectares (70
acres). The site is bounded to the
northwest by the CSX Corporation
(CSX) railroad property and the
Nolichucky River; and by Martin Creek
to the northeast. The plant elevation is
about 9 m (30 ft) above the nearest point
on the Nolichucky River.
The area adjacent to the site consists
primarily of residential, industrial, and
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of
permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments,
or views with respect to this permit application by June 7, 2010. This
application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address
or (703) 292-7405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as
amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996,
has developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially
Protected Areas.
The applications received are as follows:
1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2011-004. Sam Feola, Director,
Raytheon Polar Services Company, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO
80112.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Introduce into Antarctica. The applicant plans to import
commercially available bacterial host cell, Escherichia coli, for
experimental use at the science laboratories at McMurdo and Palmer
Stations. The experimental purpose is to generate clones of genes and
gene fragments. In both cases the
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recombinant DNA is introduced into E. coli which can be cultured to
produce large quantities of the recombinant DNA for analysis and
sequencing. E. coli engineered for routine cloning purposes belongs to
the K-12 strain, which generally cannot survive outside the Lab. All
cells will be autoclaved within the Lab to destroy all active cells.
Location: Palmer and McMurdo Station laboratories.
Dates: August 13, 2010 to March 1, 2011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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