Proposed Dewey-Burdock Project in Fall River and Custer Counties, South Dakota, for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, 5468-5469 [2014-02043]
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Proposed Dewey-Burdock Project in
Fall River and Custer Counties, South
Dakota, for In-Situ Leach Uranium
Milling Facilities
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final supplemental
environmental impact statement;
issuance.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published the Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) (NUREG–1910,
Supplement 4) for the Dewey-Burdock
In-Situ Uranium Recovery (ISR) Project.
By letter dated August 10, 2009,
Powertech USA, Inc. (Powertech)
submitted an application to the NRC for
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a new source materials license for the
Dewey-Burdock ISR Project, which
Powertech proposes to be located in Fall
River and Custer Counties, South
Dakota. Powertech is proposing to
recover uranium from the DeweyBurdock Project site using the in-situ
recovery process.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2012–0277 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this action by the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0277. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• 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
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please contact the NRC’s Public
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is provided the first time that a
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SEIS (NUREG–1910, Supplement 4) is
available in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML14024A477 and ML14024A478.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Haimanot Yilma, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington
DC, 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
8029, email: Haimanot.Yilma@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
NRC’s environmental protection
regulations in part 51 of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
that implement the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
or supplement to an EIS (SEIS) is
required for issuance of a license to
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possess and use source material for
uranium milling (see 10 CFR
51.20(b)(8)).
In May 2009, the NRC staff issued
NUREG–1910, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach
Uranium Milling Facilities’’ (herein
referred to as the GEIS). In the GEIS,
NRC assessed the potential
environmental impacts from
construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of an
ISR facility located in four specific
geographic regions of the western
United States. The proposed DeweyBurdock ISR Project is located within
the Nebraska-South Dakota-Wyoming
Uranium Milling Region identified in
the GEIS. This final SEIS supplements
the GEIS and incorporates by reference
relevant portions from the GEIS, and
uses site-specific information from the
applicant’s license application and
other independent sources to fulfill the
requirements in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8).
The final SEIS was prepared in
response to an application submitted by
Powertech by letter dated August 10,
2009. The applicant proposes the
construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of an
in-situ recovery facility to recover
uranium.
The final SEIS was prepared by the
NRC and its contractor, the Center for
Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
(CNWRA), in cooperation with the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in
compliance with NEPA, and the NRC’s
regulations for implementing NEPA (10
CFR part 51).
The proposed Dewey-Burdock project
will be located approximately 21 km [13
mi] north-northwest of Edgemont, South
Dakota, in northern Fall River and
southern Custer Counties. The proposed
facility would encompass
approximately 4,282 hectares (ha)
(10,580 acres [ac]), which consists of
two contiguous mining units: the
Burdock Unit and the Dewey Unit.
The final SEIS is being issued as part
of the NRC’s process to decide whether
to issue a license to Powertech pursuant
to 10 CFR part 40. In this final SEIS, the
NRC staff has assessed the potential
environmental impacts from the
construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of the
proposed Dewey-Burdock project. The
NRC staff accessed the impacts of the
proposed action and its alternatives on
land use; historical and cultural
resources; visual and scenic resources;
climatology, meteorology and air
quality; geology, minerals and soils;
water resources; ecological resources;
socioeconomics; environmental justice;
noise; traffic and transportation; public
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and occupational health and safety; and
waste management. Additionally, the
final SEIS analyzes and compares the
benefits and costs of the proposed
action. In preparing this final SEIS, the
NRC staff also considered, evaluated,
and addressed the public comments
received on the draft SEIS published on
November 26, 2012 (77 FR 70486).
Appendix E of final SEIS captures the
public’s comments and the NRC’s
responses.
In doing so, the NRC staff evaluated
site-specific data and information from
the Dewey-Burdock ISR Project to
determine if Powertech’s proposed
activities and the site characteristics
were consistent with those evaluated in
the GEIS. The NRC then determined
which relevant sections of, and impact
conclusions in, the GEIS could be
incorporated by reference. The NRC
staff also determined if additional data
or analysis was needed to assess the
potential environmental impacts for a
specific environmental resource area.
The NRC documented its assessments
and conclusions in the final SEIS.
In addition to the action proposed by
Powertech, the NRC staff addressed the
no-action alternative, as well as
alternative wastewater disposal options
under the proposed action. All the
alternatives were analyzed in detail. The
no-action alternative serves as a baseline
for comparison of the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed
action.
After weighing the impacts of the
proposed action and comparing the
alternatives, the NRC staff, in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.911(d), sets
forth its recommendation regarding the
proposed action. Unless safety issues
mandate otherwise, the NRC staff
recommends that the proposed action be
approved (i.e., the NRC should issue a
source material license for the proposed
Dewey-Burdock ISR Project).
The final SEIS for the proposed
Dewey-Burdock project may also be
accessed on the internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting
‘‘NUREG–1910’’ or on the NRC’s DeweyBurdock ISR Project Web page at https://
www.nrc.gov/materials/uraniumrecovery/license-apps/dewey-burdock/
dewey-burdock-app-docs.html.
Additionally, a copy of the final SEIS
will be available at the following public
libraries:
Edgemont Public Library, 412 2nd
Avenue, Edgemont, SD 57735.
Rapid City Public Library, 610 Quincy
Street, Rapid City, SD 57701–3630.
Custer County Library, 447 Crook Street,
Custer, SD 57730.
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Weston County Library, 23 West Main
Street, Newcastle, WY 82701.
Hot Springs Public Library, 145 N.
Chicago Street, Hot Springs, SD
57747.
Oglala Lakota College Library, P.O. Box
310, Kyle, SD 57752.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of January 2014.
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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In accordance with the purposes of
Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic
Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the
Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting
on February 5–7, 2014, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014,
CONFERENCE ROOM T2–B1, 11545
ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE,
MARYLAND
8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening
Remarks by the ACRS Chairman
(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make
opening remarks regarding the conduct
of the meeting.
8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Monticello
Maximum Extended Load Line Limit
Analysis Plus (MELLLA+) License
Amendment Request (Open/Closed)—
The Committee will hear presentations
by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff and
Northern States Power Company of
Minnesota (NSPM) regarding the
Monticello Maximum Extended Load
Line Limit Analysis Plus license
amendment request and the associated
staff safety evaluation report. [Note: A
portion of this meeting may be closed in
order to discuss and protect information
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5
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Safety Research Program.
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ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS
reports on matters discussed during this
meeting. The Committee will also
discuss a proposed response to the
August 1, 2013, EDO letter to the ACRS
regarding a proposed rulemaking on
station blackout mitigation strategies.
[NOTE: A portion of this session may be
closed in order to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014,
CONFERENCE ROOM T–2B1, 11545
ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE,
MARYLAND
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS
Activities/Report of the Planning and
Procedures Subcommittee (Open/
Closed)—The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the
Full Committee during future ACRS
Meetings, and matters related to the
conduct of ACRS business, including
anticipated workload and member
assignments. [Note: A portion of this
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organizational and personnel matters
that relate solely to internal personnel
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constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.]
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Reconciliation
of ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)—The
Committee will discuss the responses
from the NRC Executive Director for
Operations to comments and
recommendations included in recent
ACRS reports and letters.
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Preparation for
ACRS Meeting with the Commission
(Open)—The Committee will discuss a
list of topics in preparation for the
meeting with the Commission.
1:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The
Committee will continue its discussion
of proposed ACRS reports on matters
discussed during this meeting. The
Committee will also discuss a proposed
response to the August 1, 2013, EDO
letter to the ACRS regarding a proposed
rulemaking on station blackout
mitigation strategies. [Note: A portion of
this session may be closed in order to
discuss and protect information
designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).]
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Proposed Dewey-Burdock Project in Fall River and Custer Counties,
South Dakota, for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) (NUREG-1910, Supplement 4) for the Dewey-Burdock In-
Situ Uranium Recovery (ISR) Project. By letter dated August 10, 2009,
Powertech USA, Inc. (Powertech) submitted an application to the NRC for
a new source materials license for the Dewey-Burdock ISR Project, which
Powertech proposes to be located in Fall River and Custer Counties,
South Dakota. Powertech is proposing to recover uranium from the Dewey-
Burdock Project site using the in-situ recovery process.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0277 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0277. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
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 notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced. The ``Final SEIS (NUREG-1910, Supplement 4) is available in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML14024A477 and ML14024A478.
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: Ms. Haimanot Yilma, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC, 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
8029, email: Haimanot.Yilma@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the NRC's environmental protection
regulations in part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or
supplement to an EIS (SEIS) is required for issuance of a license to
possess and use source material for uranium milling (see 10 CFR
51.20(b)(8)).
In May 2009, the NRC staff issued NUREG-1910, ``Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling
Facilities'' (herein referred to as the GEIS). In the GEIS, NRC
assessed the potential environmental impacts from construction,
operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of an ISR facility
located in four specific geographic regions of the western United
States. The proposed Dewey-Burdock ISR Project is located within the
Nebraska-South Dakota-Wyoming Uranium Milling Region identified in the
GEIS. This final SEIS supplements the GEIS and incorporates by
reference relevant portions from the GEIS, and uses site-specific
information from the applicant's license application and other
independent sources to fulfill the requirements in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8).
The final SEIS was prepared in response to an application submitted
by Powertech by letter dated August 10, 2009. The applicant proposes
the construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning
of an in-situ recovery facility to recover uranium.
The final SEIS was prepared by the NRC and its contractor, the
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA), in cooperation
with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in compliance with NEPA,
and the NRC's regulations for implementing NEPA (10 CFR part 51).
The proposed Dewey-Burdock project will be located approximately 21
km [13 mi] north-northwest of Edgemont, South Dakota, in northern Fall
River and southern Custer Counties. The proposed facility would
encompass approximately 4,282 hectares (ha) (10,580 acres [ac]), which
consists of two contiguous mining units: the Burdock Unit and the Dewey
Unit.
The final SEIS is being issued as part of the NRC's process to
decide whether to issue a license to Powertech pursuant to 10 CFR part
40. In this final SEIS, the NRC staff has assessed the potential
environmental impacts from the construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of the proposed Dewey-Burdock project.
The NRC staff accessed the impacts of the proposed action and its
alternatives on land use; historical and cultural resources; visual and
scenic resources; climatology, meteorology and air quality; geology,
minerals and soils; water resources; ecological resources;
socioeconomics; environmental justice; noise; traffic and
transportation; public
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and occupational health and safety; and waste management. Additionally,
the final SEIS analyzes and compares the benefits and costs of the
proposed action. In preparing this final SEIS, the NRC staff also
considered, evaluated, and addressed the public comments received on
the draft SEIS published on November 26, 2012 (77 FR 70486). Appendix E
of final SEIS captures the public's comments and the NRC's responses.
In doing so, the NRC staff evaluated site-specific data and
information from the Dewey-Burdock ISR Project to determine if
Powertech's proposed activities and the site characteristics were
consistent with those evaluated in the GEIS. The NRC then determined
which relevant sections of, and impact conclusions in, the GEIS could
be incorporated by reference. The NRC staff also determined if
additional data or analysis was needed to assess the potential
environmental impacts for a specific environmental resource area. The
NRC documented its assessments and conclusions in the final SEIS.
In addition to the action proposed by Powertech, the NRC staff
addressed the no-action alternative, as well as alternative wastewater
disposal options under the proposed action. All the alternatives were
analyzed in detail. The no-action alternative serves as a baseline for
comparison of the potential environmental impacts of the proposed
action.
After weighing the impacts of the proposed action and comparing the
alternatives, the NRC staff, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.911(d), sets
forth its recommendation regarding the proposed action. Unless safety
issues mandate otherwise, the NRC staff recommends that the proposed
action be approved (i.e., the NRC should issue a source material
license for the proposed Dewey-Burdock ISR Project).
The final SEIS for the proposed Dewey-Burdock project may also be
accessed on the internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting ``NUREG-1910'' or on the NRC's
Dewey-Burdock ISR Project Web page at https://www.nrc.gov/materials/uranium-recovery/license-apps/dewey-burdock/dewey-burdock-app-docs.html. Additionally, a copy of the final SEIS will be available at
the following public libraries:
Edgemont Public Library, 412 2nd Avenue, Edgemont, SD 57735.
Rapid City Public Library, 610 Quincy Street, Rapid City, SD 57701-
3630.
Custer County Library, 447 Crook Street, Custer, SD 57730.
Weston County Library, 23 West Main Street, Newcastle, WY 82701.
Hot Springs Public Library, 145 N. Chicago Street, Hot Springs, SD
57747.
Oglala Lakota College Library, P.O. Box 310, Kyle, SD 57752.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of January 2014.
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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