Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; Strata Energy, Inc.; Memorandum and Order (Notice of Hearing), 12087-12088 [2012-4621]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2012 / Notices ACTION: Notice of availability. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing its final Revision 4 to NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 8.1 on ‘‘Electric Power— Introduction,’’ (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML113640121), and the Branch Technical Position (BTP) 8–8 (ADAMS Accession No. ML113640138). The NRC staff issues revisions to SRP sections to facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to facilitate reviews to amendments to licenses for operating reactors or for activities associated with review of applications for early site permits and combined licenses for the Office of New Reactors. 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Cubbage, Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–0001; telephone at 301–415–2875 or email at amy.cubbage@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on the NRC external web page (https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg/). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this15th day of February 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Amy E. Cubbage, Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2012–4651 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40–9091–MLA; ASLBP No. 12– 915–01–MLA–BD01] Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; Strata Energy, Inc.; Memorandum and Order (Notice of Hearing) February 22, 2012. Before the Licensing Board: G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair, Dr. Richard F. Cole, Dr. Kenneth L. Mossman. This proceeding concerns the January 4, 2011 application of Strata Energy, Inc., (SEI) for a combined source and Atomic Energy Act (AEA) section 11e(2) byproduct materials license pursuant to 10 CFR part 40.* If issued, that license would authorize SEI to construct and operate an in situ recovery (ISR) uranium project at the Ross site in Crook County, Wyoming. In response to an October 27, 2011 notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, see [SEI], Ross [ISR] Uranium Project, Crook County, WY; Notice of Materials License Application, * As outlined by the Commission in its decision in Sequoyah Fuels Corp. (Gore, Oklahoma Site), CLI–03–15, 58 NRC 349 (2003), section 11e(2) byproduct material is that material, as defined by AEA section 11e(2), 42 U.S.C. 2014e(2), that is ‘‘the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content.’’ This byproduct material category was created in 1978 by the Uranium Mill Tailings and Reclamation Act to afford the NRC regulatory jurisdiction over mill tailings at active and inactive uranium milling sites. See Sequoyah Fuels, CLI–03–15, 58 NRC at 353–54. PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12087 Opportunity to Request a Hearing and to Petition for Leave to Intervene, and Commission Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation, 76 FR 41,308 (July 13, 2011), on October 27, 2011, two public interest groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Powder River Basin Resource Council (collectively Joint Intervenors), filed a timely request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene contesting the SEI ISR application. On November 2, 2011, this three-member Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was established to preside over this proceeding. See [SEI]; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 76 FR 69,295 (Nov. 8, 2011). On December 20, 2011, the Board conducted a one-day initial prehearing conference, with counsel for SEI, the NRC staff, and the Joint Intervenors. During that prehearing conference, which was held in the Licensing Board Panel’s Rockville, Maryland hearing room, the Board heard oral presentations concerning Joint Intervenors’ standing to intervene and the admissibility of their five proffered environmental contentions. Thereafter, in a February 10, 2012 issuance, finding that each of the Joint Intervenors had established the requisite standing to intervene in this proceeding and that they had submitted four admissible contentions concerning the SEI application, the Board admitted Joint Intervenors as parties to this proceeding. See LBP–12–3, 75 NRC __ (Feb. 10, 2012), appeals pending. In light of the foregoing, please take notice that a hearing will be conducted in this proceeding. The hearing will be governed by the informal hearing procedures set forth in 10 CFR part 2, Subparts C and L, 10 CFR 2.300–2.390, 2.1200–2.1213. During the course of this proceeding, the Board may conduct an oral argument, as provided in 10 CFR 2.331; may hold additional prehearing conferences pursuant to 10 CFR 2.329; and may conduct evidentiary hearings in accordance with 10 CFR 2.327–2.328, 2.1206–2.1208. The public is invited to attend any oral argument, prehearing conference, or evidentiary hearing. Notices of those sessions will be published in the Federal Register and/ or made available to the public at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and through the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov. Additionally, as provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any person not a party to the E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 12088 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2012 / Notices proceeding may submit a written limited appearance statement. Limited appearance statements, which are placed in the docket for this proceeding, provide members of the public with an opportunity to make the Board and/or the participants aware of their concerns about matters at issue in the proceeding. A written limited appearance statement can be submitted at any time and should be sent to the Office of the Secretary using one of the methods prescribed below: Mail to: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. Fax to: (301) 415–1101 (verification (301) 415–1966). Email to: hearing.docket@nrc.gov. In addition, a copy of the limited appearance statement should be sent to the Licensing Board Chairman using the same method at the address below: Mail to: Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T– 3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. Fax to: (301) 415–5599 (verification (301) 415–7550). Email to: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov. Further, at a later date, the Board may conduct oral limited appearance sessions regarding this ISR proceeding at a location, or locations, in the vicinity of the Ross site. Notice of any oral limited appearance sessions will be published in the Federal Register and/ or made available to the public at the NRC PDR and on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov. Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public inspection at the Commission’s PDR or electronically from the publicly available records component of NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS, including its adjudicatory proceeding-related Electronic Hearing Docket, is accessible from the NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, (301) 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. It is so ordered. Dated: February 22, 2012. VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:10 Feb 27, 2012 Jkt 226001 For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair. [FR Doc. 2012–4621 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA will hold a meeting on March 6, 2012, Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Tuesday, March 6, 2012—1 PM until 5 PM The Subcommittee will discuss the Level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) development project plan. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with the NRC staff and other interested persons regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official (DFO), John Lai (Telephone 301–415–5197 or Email: John.Lai@nrc.gov) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be provided to the DFO thirty minutes before the meeting. 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[Docket No. 40-9091-MLA; ASLBP No. 12-915-01-MLA-BD01]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; Strata Energy, Inc.; 
Memorandum and Order (Notice of Hearing)

February 22, 2012.
    Before the Licensing Board: G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair, Dr. 
Richard F. Cole, Dr. Kenneth L. Mossman.

    This proceeding concerns the January 4, 2011 application of Strata 
Energy, Inc., (SEI) for a combined source and Atomic Energy Act (AEA) 
section 11e(2) byproduct materials license pursuant to 10 CFR part 
40.\*\ If issued, that license would authorize SEI to construct and 
operate an in situ recovery (ISR) uranium project at the Ross site in 
Crook County, Wyoming. In response to an October 27, 2011 notice of 
hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, see [SEI], 
Ross [ISR] Uranium Project, Crook County, WY; Notice of Materials 
License Application, Opportunity to Request a Hearing and to Petition 
for Leave to Intervene, and Commission Order Imposing Procedures for 
Document Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information 
for Contention Preparation, 76 FR 41,308 (July 13, 2011), on October 
27, 2011, two public interest groups, the Natural Resources Defense 
Council and the Powder River Basin Resource Council (collectively Joint 
Intervenors), filed a timely request for hearing and petition for leave 
to intervene contesting the SEI ISR application. On November 2, 2011, 
this three-member Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was established to 
preside over this proceeding. See [SEI]; Establishment of Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board, 76 FR 69,295 (Nov. 8, 2011).
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    \*\ As outlined by the Commission in its decision in Sequoyah 
Fuels Corp. (Gore, Oklahoma Site), CLI-03-15, 58 NRC 349 (2003), 
section 11e(2) byproduct material is that material, as defined by 
AEA section 11e(2), 42 U.S.C. 2014e(2), that is ``the tailings or 
wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or 
thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material 
content.'' This byproduct material category was created in 1978 by 
the Uranium Mill Tailings and Reclamation Act to afford the NRC 
regulatory jurisdiction over mill tailings at active and inactive 
uranium milling sites. See Sequoyah Fuels, CLI-03-15, 58 NRC at 353-
54.
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    On December 20, 2011, the Board conducted a one-day initial 
prehearing conference, with counsel for SEI, the NRC staff, and the 
Joint Intervenors. During that prehearing conference, which was held in 
the Licensing Board Panel's Rockville, Maryland hearing room, the Board 
heard oral presentations concerning Joint Intervenors' standing to 
intervene and the admissibility of their five proffered environmental 
contentions. Thereafter, in a February 10, 2012 issuance, finding that 
each of the Joint Intervenors had established the requisite standing to 
intervene in this proceeding and that they had submitted four 
admissible contentions concerning the SEI application, the Board 
admitted Joint Intervenors as parties to this proceeding. See LBP-12-3, 
75 NRC ---- (Feb. 10, 2012), appeals pending.
    In light of the foregoing, please take notice that a hearing will 
be conducted in this proceeding. The hearing will be governed by the 
informal hearing procedures set forth in 10 CFR part 2, Subparts C and 
L, 10 CFR 2.300-2.390, 2.1200-2.1213.
    During the course of this proceeding, the Board may conduct an oral 
argument, as provided in 10 CFR 2.331; may hold additional prehearing 
conferences pursuant to 10 CFR 2.329; and may conduct evidentiary 
hearings in accordance with 10 CFR 2.327-2.328, 2.1206-2.1208. The 
public is invited to attend any oral argument, prehearing conference, 
or evidentiary hearing. Notices of those sessions will be published in 
the Federal Register and/or made available to the public at the NRC 
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and through the NRC 
Web site, www.nrc.gov.
    Additionally, as provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any person not a 
party to the

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proceeding may submit a written limited appearance statement. Limited 
appearance statements, which are placed in the docket for this 
proceeding, provide members of the public with an opportunity to make 
the Board and/or the participants aware of their concerns about matters 
at issue in the proceeding. A written limited appearance statement can 
be submitted at any time and should be sent to the Office of the 
Secretary using one of the methods prescribed below:
    Mail to: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications 
Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax to: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966).
    Email to: hearing.docket@nrc.gov.
    In addition, a copy of the limited appearance statement should be 
sent to the Licensing Board Chairman using the same method at the 
address below:
    Mail to: Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax to: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-7550).
    Email to: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov.
    Further, at a later date, the Board may conduct oral limited 
appearance sessions regarding this ISR proceeding at a location, or 
locations, in the vicinity of the Ross site. Notice of any oral limited 
appearance sessions will be published in the Federal Register and/or 
made available to the public at the NRC PDR and on the NRC Web site, 
www.nrc.gov.
    Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public 
inspection at the Commission's PDR or electronically from the publicly 
available records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS, including its adjudicatory 
proceeding-related Electronic Hearing Docket, is accessible from the 
NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public 
Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or 
who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, 
should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-
4209, (301) 415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    It is so ordered.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2012-4621 Filed 2-27-12; 8:45 am]
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