Department of the Air Force, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 47688-47689 [2014-19280]

Download as PDF 47688 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 157 / Thursday, August 14, 2014 / Notices and phone number. Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with NASA security requirements, including the presentation of a valid picture ID to Security before access to NASA Headquarters. Foreign nationals attending this meeting will be required to provide a copy of their passport and visa in addition to providing the following information no less than 10 working days prior to the meeting: full name; gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; visa information (number, type, expiration date); passport information (number, country, expiration date); employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address, country, telephone); title/ position of attendee; and home address to Mr. Mann via email at gmann@ nasa.gov or by telephone at (202) 358– 5140 or fax at (202) 358–3030. U.S. citizens and permanent residents (green card holders) are requested to submit their name and affiliation 3 working days prior to the meeting to Mr. Mann. It is imperative that the meeting be held on this date to accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants. Patricia D. Rausch, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–19236 Filed 8–13–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 030–28641; NRC–2014–0160] Department of the Air Force, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; notice of availability. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an amendment to License No. 42–23539– 01AF (Docket No. 030–28641) which authorizes the unrestricted release of Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 at Kirtland Air Force Base. The NRC has reviewed the Department of the Air Force’s final status survey report and conducted an independent confirmatory survey of the site. The NRC concludes that the site meets the radiological criteria established in regulations for unrestricted use. The NRC plans to approve the final status survey report and issue an amendment to the license tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:42 Aug 13, 2014 Jkt 232001 which allows Site RW–06 to be released for unrestricted use. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–0160 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0160. 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 obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection 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. For the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in a table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section of this document. • 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: Ray L. Kellar, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV, telephone: 817–200– 1191, email: Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Arlington, Texas, 76011. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is issuing a license amendment to Material License No. 42– 23539–01AF, issued to the Department of the Air Force (the licensee), to authorize release of Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, for unrestricted use, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this amendment in accordance with the requirements of Part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The license amendment will be issued following the publication of this Notice. PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 II. EA Summary The purpose of the proposed license amendment is to authorize the release of the licensee’s Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 for unrestricted use and to allow the licensee to remove this site from its license. The licensee was previously authorized by the NRC to possess radioactive materials at the RW–06 site. These radioactive materials include buried wastes from previous laboratory operations. The licensee remediated the site in 2009. On November 3, 2011, the licensee requested that NRC release the site for unrestricted use. In response, the NRC proceeded to confirm if the licensee conducted surveys of the facility and provided sufficient information to the NRC to demonstrate that the site meets the license termination criteria in Subpart E of Part 20 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for unrestricted release. The NRC conducted an environmental assessment of this decommissioning project as required by 10 CFR 51.21. The staff has prepared this EA and associated Technical Evaluation Report in support of the proposed license amendment. In summary, the NRC staff concluded that the licensee designed and implemented the final status survey plan using the guidance provided in NUREG–1575, ‘‘Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM).’’ The NRC staff confirmed that the licensee implemented the final status survey as stipulated in the survey plan, and the licensee submitted a final status survey report to the NRC as required by 10 CFR 30.36(j). The results of the amended final status survey report indicate that Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 meets the derived concentration guideline level criteria specified in MARSSIM and NUREG– 1757, ‘‘Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance,’’ Volume 1. The NRC staff conducted a confirmatory survey during March 2011, confirming that the licensee had effectively remediated the site. Section 20.1402 states that a site will be considered acceptable for unrestricted use if the residual radioactivity that is distinguishable from background radiation results in a total effective dose equivalent to an average member of the critical group that does not exceed 25 millirems (0.25 milliSieverts) per year. The licensee’s final status survey report documents that Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 meets the criteria established in 10 CFR 20.1402. The NRC has reviewed and approved the final status survey report, and the NRC has conducted a E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1 47689 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 157 / Thursday, August 14, 2014 / Notices confirmatory survey to confirm the licensee’s survey results. Therefore, Radioactive Waste Site RW–06 can be released by the licensee for unrestricted use. The State of New Mexico was offered an opportunity to review and comment on the draft EA, FONSI, and Technical Evaluation Report used to support the licensing action. The State provided the NRC with comments by letter dated January 30, 2014. The State had questions and comments on the radioactive contaminants as they relate to the release of Site RW–06 for unrestricted use based on dose. The Department of the Air Force responded to the State’s comments by Memorandum dated April 8, 2014. The State had no further comments on this EA and FONSI. III. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. IV. Availability of Documents The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are: Document ADAMS accession No. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG–1575, Revision 1, ‘‘Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM),’’ August 2000. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG–1757, Volume 1, Revision 2, ‘‘Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance,’’ September 2006. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC Inspection Report 030–28641/11–002, June 29, 2011 ................................................ Department of the Air Force, Final Status Survey Report, Site RW–06, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 3, 2011. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Request for Additional Information About the Department of Air Force’s Final Status Survey Report for Site RW–06 at Kirtland Air Force Base, July 26, 2012. Department of the Air Force, Additional Information to Support Final Status Survey for Site RW–06, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, October 11, 2012. New Mexico Environment Department, Request for Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Decommissioning at Kirtland Air Force Base, January 30, 2014. Department of the Air Force, Response to Request for Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment for Decommissioning Kirtland Air Force Base, April 8, 2014. ML082310759 Dated at Arlington, Texas this 01st day of August 2014. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Ray L. Kellar, Chief, Repository and Spent Fuel Safety Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV. [FR Doc. 2014–19280 Filed 8–13–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment; issuance, opportunity to request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a request by Florida Power & Light Company (the licensee) for amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–31 and DPR–41, issued to the licensee for operation of Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4 (Turkey Point), located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The amendments revise the ultimate heat sink (UHS) water temperature limit in the Turkey Point Technical tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 16:42 Aug 13, 2014 A requests for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by October 14, 2014. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–0176 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0176. 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 obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at DATES: [Docket Nos. 50–250 and 50–251; NRC– 2014–0176] VerDate Mar<15>2010 Specifications (TSs) from 100 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and revise surveillance requirements for monitoring the UHS temperature and component cooling water (CCW) heat exchangers. The amendments also made editorial changes to the TSs. The Staff finds that the application for the license amendments complies with the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC’s regulations. Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ML063000243 ML111801367 ML11363A116 ML12208A175 ML13186A161 ML14064A359 ML14120A421 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. For the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) are provided in a table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section of this document. • 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: Audrey Klett, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–0489, email: Audrey.Klett@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC issued amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–31 and DPR–41, issued to Florida Power & Light Company, for operation of the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47688-47689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19280]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-28641; NRC-2014-0160]

Department of the Air Force, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact;
notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an
amendment to License No. 42-23539-01AF (Docket No. 030-28641) which
authorizes the unrestricted release of Radioactive Waste Site RW-06 at
Kirtland Air Force Base. The NRC has reviewed the Department of the Air
Force's final status survey report and conducted an independent
confirmatory survey of the site. The NRC concludes that the site meets
the radiological criteria established in regulations for unrestricted
use. The NRC plans to approve the final status survey report and issue
an amendment to the license which allows Site RW-06 to be released for
unrestricted use.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0160 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0160. 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 obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document.
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: Ray L. Kellar, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, Region IV, telephone: 817-200-1191, email:
Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Arlington,
Texas, 76011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

The NRC is issuing a license amendment to Material License No. 42-
23539-01AF, issued to the Department of the Air Force (the licensee),
to authorize release of Radioactive Waste Site RW-06 at Kirtland Air
Force Base, New Mexico, for unrestricted use, and has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this amendment in
accordance with the requirements of Part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The license
amendment will be issued following the publication of this Notice.

II. EA Summary

The purpose of the proposed license amendment is to authorize the
release of the licensee's Radioactive Waste Site RW-06 for unrestricted
use and to allow the licensee to remove this site from its license. The
licensee was previously authorized by the NRC to possess radioactive
materials at the RW-06 site. These radioactive materials include buried
wastes from previous laboratory operations. The licensee remediated the
site in 2009. On November 3, 2011, the licensee requested that NRC
release the site for unrestricted use. In response, the NRC proceeded
to confirm if the licensee conducted surveys of the facility and
provided sufficient information to the NRC to demonstrate that the site
meets the license termination criteria in Subpart E of Part 20 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for unrestricted
release.
The NRC conducted an environmental assessment of this
decommissioning project as required by 10 CFR 51.21. The staff has
prepared this EA and associated Technical Evaluation Report in support
of the proposed license amendment. In summary, the NRC staff concluded
that the licensee designed and implemented the final status survey plan
using the guidance provided in NUREG-1575, ``Multi-Agency Radiation
Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM).'' The NRC staff
confirmed that the licensee implemented the final status survey as
stipulated in the survey plan, and the licensee submitted a final
status survey report to the NRC as required by 10 CFR 30.36(j). The
results of the amended final status survey report indicate that
Radioactive Waste Site RW-06 meets the derived concentration guideline
level criteria specified in MARSSIM and NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance,'' Volume 1. The NRC staff conducted a
confirmatory survey during March 2011, confirming that the licensee had
effectively remediated the site.
Section 20.1402 states that a site will be considered acceptable
for unrestricted use if the residual radioactivity that is
distinguishable from background radiation results in a total effective
dose equivalent to an average member of the critical group that does
not exceed 25 millirems (0.25 milliSieverts) per year. The licensee's
final status survey report documents that Radioactive Waste Site RW-06
meets the criteria established in 10 CFR 20.1402. The NRC has reviewed
and approved the final status survey report, and the NRC has conducted
a

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confirmatory survey to confirm the licensee's survey results.
Therefore, Radioactive Waste Site RW-06 can be released by the licensee
for unrestricted use.
The State of New Mexico was offered an opportunity to review and
comment on the draft EA, FONSI, and Technical Evaluation Report used to
support the licensing action. The State provided the NRC with comments
by letter dated January 30, 2014. The State had questions and comments
on the radioactive contaminants as they relate to the release of Site
RW-06 for unrestricted use based on dose. The Department of the Air
Force responded to the State's comments by Memorandum dated April 8,
2014. The State had no further comments on this EA and FONSI.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.

IV. Availability of Documents

The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this
notice are:

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Document ADAMS accession No.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG- ML082310759
1575, Revision 1, ``Multi-Agency
Radiation Survey and Site Investigation
Manual (MARSSIM),'' August 2000.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG- ML063000243
1757, Volume 1, Revision 2,
``Consolidated Decommissioning
Guidance,'' September 2006.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC ML111801367
Inspection Report 030-28641/11-002, June
29, 2011.
Department of the Air Force, Final Status ML11363A116
Survey Report, Site RW-06, Kirtland Air
Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
November 3, 2011.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ML12208A175
Request for Additional Information About
the Department of Air Force's Final
Status Survey Report for Site RW-06 at
Kirtland Air Force Base, July 26, 2012.
Department of the Air Force, Additional ML13186A161
Information to Support Final Status
Survey for Site RW-06, Kirtland Air Force
Base, New Mexico, October 11, 2012.
New Mexico Environment Department, Request ML14064A359
for Comment on Draft Environmental
Assessment for Decommissioning at
Kirtland Air Force Base, January 30, 2014.
Department of the Air Force, Response to ML14120A421
Request for Comments on Draft
Environmental Assessment for
Decommissioning Kirtland Air Force Base,
April 8, 2014.
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Dated at Arlington, Texas this 01st day of August 2014.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ray L. Kellar,
Chief, Repository and Spent Fuel Safety Branch, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, Region IV.
[FR Doc. 2014-19280 Filed 8-13-14; 8:45 am]
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