Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Shipments of Nuclear Waste, 35746-35747 [2013-14159]

Download as PDF 35746 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2013 / Rules and Regulations not meet the requirements of U.S. No. 2 or better grade, or are less than 3⁄4-inch in diameter. * * * * * ■ 3. In § 948.386, the heading of paragraph (a)(4) is revised to read as follows: § 948.386 Handling regulation. * * * * * (a) * * * (4) 3⁄4-inch minimum diameter to 15⁄8inch maximum diameter (Creamer). * * * * * * * * Dated: June 11, 2013. Rex A. Barnes, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2013–14175 Filed 6–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Parts 71 and 73 [NRC–1999–0005] RIN 3150–AG41 Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Shipments of Nuclear Waste Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Final rule; implementation. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees are currently required to provide advance notice to participating Federallyrecognized Tribal governments regarding shipments of irradiated reactor fuel and certain nuclear wastes that pass within or across their reservations. Agreement State licensees will be required to provide advance notifications for certain shipments of radioactive material at the time the applicable Agreement State implements its requirements. The NRC is maintaining and providing a list of Tribal contacts and an interactive map of Tribal boundaries of participating Federally-recognized Tribes that is available on the NRC’s public Web site. The list will be published annually in the Federal Register. DATES: This document is effective on June 14, 2013. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–1999–0005 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:51 Jun 13, 2013 Jkt 229001 and is publicly available, by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–1999–0005. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this final rule. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Firth, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 6628; email: James.Firth@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 6, 1982 (47 FR 596 and 47 FR 600), the NRC published regulations that require licensees to provide advance notice of certain shipments of irradiated reactor fuel and nuclear waste to State Governors or their designees. On June 11, 2012 (77 FR 34194), the NRC amended the advance notification requirements of parts 71 and 73 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) requiring licensees to provide advance notice to participating Federally-recognized Tribal governments regarding shipments of irradiated reactor fuel and certain nuclear wastes that pass within or across their reservations (i.e., Advance Tribal Notification Rule). The NRC’s licensees are currently required to provide advance notification to participating Federally-recognized Tribal governments. Agreement State licensees will be required to provide advance notifications for certain shipments of radioactive material at the PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 time the applicable Agreement State implements its requirements. The licensees must provide to participating Tribal officials, or their designees, advance notice of shipments of irradiated reactor fuel meeting the 10 CFR 73.37 criteria and other nuclear wastes meeting the criteria in 10 CFR 71.97 before passing through or crossing the border of their reservations. Specifically, 10 CFR 71.97 requires licensees to provide advance notice of shipments of certain licensed material that meet the following requirements: (1) The material is required to be shipped in Type B packaging; (2) the licensed material is being transported within or across the boundary of the Tribe’s reservation and the shipment is being transported outside of the licensee’s place of use en route to a disposal facility or to a collection point for transport to a disposal facility; and (3) the quantity of licensed material in a single package exceeds at least one of the following: (a) 3000 times the A1 value of the radionuclides as specified in appendix A, Table A–1 in 10 CFR part 71 for special form radioactive material; (b) 3000 times the A2 value of the radionuclides as specified in appendix A, Table A–1 in 10 CFR part 71 for normal form radioactive material; or (c) 1000 terabecquerels (27,000 curies). As required by 10 CFR 73.37, licensees must provide advance notice of shipments of irradiated reactor fuel in excess of 100 grams in net weight of irradiated fuel, which has a total external radiation dose rate in excess of 1 Gray (100 rad) per hour at a distance of 0.91 meters (3 feet) from any accessible surface without intervening shielding. The licensee is required to make this notification to any Tribe for which the irradiated reactor fuel is being transported within its Tribal reservation or across its Tribal reservation boundaries. Since the publication of the Advance Tribal Notification Rule, the NRC revised the advance notification requirements for certain shipments of irradiated reactor fuel in 10 CFR 73.37— ‘‘Physical Protection of Byproduct Material’’ (March 19, 2013; 78 FR 16922). The revision requires licensees to provide advance notification for certain shipments of irradiated reactor fuel that are 100 grams or less in net weight of irradiated fuel. The compliance date of this new regulatory provision is March 19, 2014. For the purposes of the Advance Tribal Notification Rule, an ‘‘Indian tribe’’ is defined as an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary E:\FR\FM\14JNR1.SGM 14JNR1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2013 / Rules and Regulations of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. Tribal participation is voluntary. Tribes may express interest in participating in the advance notifications and may discontinue their participation at any time. Currently, 27 Tribes have expressed interest in receiving the advance notifications. Tribes meeting the criteria may receive advance notifications after certifying that the Safeguards Information associated with the shipments of these materials will be adequately protected by complying with the requirements in 10 CFR 73.21 and 73.22. After the NRC receives this certification and the contact information for the Tribal official or Tribal official’s designee, the NRC will add the Tribe to the list of advance notification contacts and the Tribal reservation information to the interactive map of Tribal boundaries at https://www.nrc.gov/ about-nrc/state-tribal/tribal-advancenotification.html. Current contact information can also be accessed throughout the year at https://nrcstp.ornl.gov/special/designee.pdf. The list is published annually in the Federal Register on or about June 30 to reflect any changes in information. Licensees should check these sites to determine whether they need to provide advance notification when they have any shipments meeting the criteria in 10 CFR 71.97 or 73.37 that will pass within or across a participating Tribe’s reservation. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of June 2013. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director, Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2013–14159 Filed 6–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Final special conditions; withdrawal. ACTION: SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a previously published notice granting special conditions for the Cirrus Design Corporation model SF50 airplane. We are withdrawing Special Condition No. 23–245–SC through mutual agreement with Cirrus Design Corporation. DATES: This special condition published on April 20, 2010 at 75 FR 20518 is withdrawn, effective June 14, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie B. Taylor, Federal Aviation Administration, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone (816) 329– 4134; facsimile (816) 329–4090, email leslie.b.taylor@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 20, 2010, the FAA published Special Condition No. 23–245–SC for the Cirrus Design Corporation new model SF50. The model SF50 is a 7-seat (5 adults and 2 children), pressurized, retractable gear, carbon composite, airplane with one turbofan engine mounted partially in the upper aft fuselage. The single turbofan engine is mounted on the upper aft fuselage, not in the pilot’s line of site. Upper aft fuselage mounted engine installations, along with the need to protect such installed engines from fires, were not envisioned in the development of the part 23 normal category regulations. The model SF50 certification project was granted an extension on September 19, 2011. Amendment 23–62 (76 FR 75736), published December 2, 2011, incorporated Special Condition No. 23– 245–SC. On December 11, 2012, Cirrus Design Corporation elected to adjust the model SF50 certification basis to 14 CFR part 23, Amendment 62. Reason for Withdrawal DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 23 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES [Docket No. CE305; Special Conditions No. 23–245–SC] Special Conditions: Cirrus Design Corporation, Model SF50; Fire Extinguishing for Upper Aft Fuselage Mounted Engine; Withdrawal Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:51 Jun 13, 2013 Jkt 229001 The FAA is withdrawing Special Condition No. 23–245–SC because Cirrus elected to revise the model SF50 certification basis to Amendment 23–62. The authority citation for this Special Condition withdrawal is 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113 and 44701; 14 CFR 21.16 and 21.17; and 14 CFR 11.38 and 11.19. Conclusion Withdrawal of this special condition does not preclude the FAA from issuing another notice on the subject matter in the future or committing the agency to any future course of action. PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 35747 Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on June 5, 2013. Earl Lawrence, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2013–14151 Filed 6–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA–2012–1329; Directorate Identifier 2012–NE–46–AD; Amendment 39–17479; AD 2013–12–02] RIN 2120–AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Alliance Turbofan Engines Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Engine Alliance GP7270 and GP7277 turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by damage to the highpressure compressor (HPC) stage 7–9 spool caused by failure of the baffle plate feature on affected HPC stage 6 disks. This AD requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the baffle plate feature and removal from service of the HPC stage 6 disk if the plate is missing material. This AD also requires mandatory removal from service of these HPC stage 6 disks at the next HPC module exposure. We are issuing this AD to prevent failure of the HPC stage 7–9 spool, uncontained engine failure, and damage to the airplane. DATES: This AD is effective July 19, 2013. Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov; or in person at the Docket Management Facility between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this AD, the regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and other information. The address for the Docket Office (phone: 800–647–5527) is Document Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M–30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Adler, Aerospace Engineer, E:\FR\FM\14JNR1.SGM 14JNR1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35746-35747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14159]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 71 and 73

[NRC-1999-0005]
RIN 3150-AG41


Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation 
of Certain Shipments of Nuclear Waste

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; implementation.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees are 
currently required to provide advance notice to participating 
Federally-recognized Tribal governments regarding shipments of 
irradiated reactor fuel and certain nuclear wastes that pass within or 
across their reservations. Agreement State licensees will be required 
to provide advance notifications for certain shipments of radioactive 
material at the time the applicable Agreement State implements its 
requirements. The NRC is maintaining and providing a list of Tribal 
contacts and an interactive map of Tribal boundaries of participating 
Federally-recognized Tribes that is available on the NRC's public Web 
site. The list will be published annually in the Federal Register.

DATES: This document is effective on June 14, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-1999-0005 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may 
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses 
and is publicly available, by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-1999-0005. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this final rule.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC 
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number 
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is 
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Firth, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
6628; email: James.Firth@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 6, 1982 (47 FR 596 and 47 FR 
600), the NRC published regulations that require licensees to provide 
advance notice of certain shipments of irradiated reactor fuel and 
nuclear waste to State Governors or their designees. On June 11, 2012 
(77 FR 34194), the NRC amended the advance notification requirements of 
parts 71 and 73 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
requiring licensees to provide advance notice to participating 
Federally-recognized Tribal governments regarding shipments of 
irradiated reactor fuel and certain nuclear wastes that pass within or 
across their reservations (i.e., Advance Tribal Notification Rule). The 
NRC's licensees are currently required to provide advance notification 
to participating Federally-recognized Tribal governments. Agreement 
State licensees will be required to provide advance notifications for 
certain shipments of radioactive material at the time the applicable 
Agreement State implements its requirements.
    The licensees must provide to participating Tribal officials, or 
their designees, advance notice of shipments of irradiated reactor fuel 
meeting the 10 CFR 73.37 criteria and other nuclear wastes meeting the 
criteria in 10 CFR 71.97 before passing through or crossing the border 
of their reservations. Specifically, 10 CFR 71.97 requires licensees to 
provide advance notice of shipments of certain licensed material that 
meet the following requirements: (1) The material is required to be 
shipped in Type B packaging; (2) the licensed material is being 
transported within or across the boundary of the Tribe's reservation 
and the shipment is being transported outside of the licensee's place 
of use en route to a disposal facility or to a collection point for 
transport to a disposal facility; and (3) the quantity of licensed 
material in a single package exceeds at least one of the following: (a) 
3000 times the A1 value of the radionuclides as specified in 
appendix A, Table A-1 in 10 CFR part 71 for special form radioactive 
material; (b) 3000 times the A2 value of the radionuclides 
as specified in appendix A, Table A-1 in 10 CFR part 71 for normal form 
radioactive material; or (c) 1000 terabecquerels (27,000 curies).
    As required by 10 CFR 73.37, licensees must provide advance notice 
of shipments of irradiated reactor fuel in excess of 100 grams in net 
weight of irradiated fuel, which has a total external radiation dose 
rate in excess of 1 Gray (100 rad) per hour at a distance of 0.91 
meters (3 feet) from any accessible surface without intervening 
shielding. The licensee is required to make this notification to any 
Tribe for which the irradiated reactor fuel is being transported within 
its Tribal reservation or across its Tribal reservation boundaries.
    Since the publication of the Advance Tribal Notification Rule, the 
NRC revised the advance notification requirements for certain shipments 
of irradiated reactor fuel in 10 CFR 73.37--``Physical Protection of 
Byproduct Material'' (March 19, 2013; 78 FR 16922). The revision 
requires licensees to provide advance notification for certain 
shipments of irradiated reactor fuel that are 100 grams or less in net 
weight of irradiated fuel. The compliance date of this new regulatory 
provision is March 19, 2014.
    For the purposes of the Advance Tribal Notification Rule, an 
``Indian tribe'' is defined as an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, 
nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary

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of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to 
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. Tribal 
participation is voluntary. Tribes may express interest in 
participating in the advance notifications and may discontinue their 
participation at any time. Currently, 27 Tribes have expressed interest 
in receiving the advance notifications. Tribes meeting the criteria may 
receive advance notifications after certifying that the Safeguards 
Information associated with the shipments of these materials will be 
adequately protected by complying with the requirements in 10 CFR 73.21 
and 73.22.
    After the NRC receives this certification and the contact 
information for the Tribal official or Tribal official's designee, the 
NRC will add the Tribe to the list of advance notification contacts and 
the Tribal reservation information to the interactive map of Tribal 
boundaries at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/tribal-advance-notification.html. Current contact information can also be accessed 
throughout the year at https://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/special/designee.pdf. 
The list is published annually in the Federal Register on or about June 
30 to reflect any changes in information. Licensees should check these 
sites to determine whether they need to provide advance notification 
when they have any shipments meeting the criteria in 10 CFR 71.97 or 
73.37 that will pass within or across a participating Tribe's 
reservation.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of June 2013.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melanie A. Galloway,
Acting Director, Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, 
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-14159 Filed 6-13-13; 8:45 am]
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