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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 146 / Monday, July 30, 2018 / Notices
updated regulatory requirements, safety
culture, security of radioactive
materials, protection of sensitive
information, and changes in regulatory
policies and practices. These volumes
are intended for use by applicants,
licensees, and the NRC staff.
NUREG 1556, Volumes 5 and 8,
Revision 1, were published in June
2018.
DATES:
Please refer to Docket IDs
NRC–2016–0095 (Volume 5, Revision 1)
and NRC–2016–0227 (Volume 8,
Revision 1) when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information
regarding these documents. You may
obtain publicly-available information
related to these documents using any of
the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0095 or NRC–
2016–0227. Address questions about
NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301–287–9127; email:
Jennifer.Borges@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. NUREG–
1556, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, are
located at ADAMS Accession Numbers
ML18176A007 and ML18158A165,
respectively. These documents are also
available on the NRC’s public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ under
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses (NUREG–1556).’’
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
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Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2746; email:
Anthony.McMurtray@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Discussion
The NRC issued revisions to NUREG–
1556, Volumes 5 and 8, to provide
guidance to existing materials licensees
covered under these types of licenses
and to applicants preparing an
application for one of these types of
materials licenses. These NUREG
volumes also provide the NRC staff with
criteria for evaluating these types of
license applications. The purpose of this
notice is to notify the public that the
NUREG–1556 volumes listed in this
Federal Register notice were issued as
final reports.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published notices of the
availability of the draft report for
comment versions of NUREG–1556,
Volume 5, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on January 27, 2017 (82 FR
8630) and Volume 8, Revision 1 in the
Federal Register on February 8, 2017
(82 FR 9756). Both of these volumes
were published for a public comment
period that was at least 37 days. The
public comment period closed for
Volume 5 on March 10, 2017 and for
Volume 8 on March 17, 2017. Public
comments and the NRC staff responses
to the public comments for NUREG–
1556, Volume 5, Revision 1 are available
under ADAMS Accession No.
ML18157A285. Public comments and
the NRC staff responses to the public
comments for NUREG–1556, Volume 8,
Revision 1 are available under ADAMS
Accession No. ML17235B228.
III. Congressional Review Act
These NUREG volumes are rules as
defined in the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the
Office of Management and Budget has
not found these NUREG revisions to be
major rules as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of July, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Materials Safety,
Security, State and Tribal Programs, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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opportunity to request a hearing and to
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) received an
application from Water Remediation
Technology, LLC for renewal of
Materials License No. SUC–1591, which
authorizes the licensee to offer a water
treatment program to remove uranium
from drinking water at community
water systems, for another 10-year term.
This application, which is still under
consideration by the NRC, also
requested authorization to expand the
scope of WRT’s licensed activities to
include treatment of uranium in
groundwater and surface water
resources not used for drinking water.
Subsequently, the NRC received a
request from WRT to extend the term of
the renewed license to 20 years.
DATES: A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be
filed by September 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2018–0158 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 Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0158. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
email: Jennifer.Borges@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. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
it is mentioned in 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:
Christopher Grossman, Office of Nuclear
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–0140, email:
Christopher.Grossman@nrc.gov.
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I. Introduction
By letter dated December 21, 2016,
WRT submitted a license amendment
application to renew its Materials
License No. SUC–1591 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16358A447) for an
additional 10-year term. The NRC
originally issued this license on January
25, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML062960465) and subsequently
amended the license on March 12, 2009
(ADAMS Accession No. ML090270210).
This license was issued under part 40 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic
licensing of source material.’’ The
license, described as a performancebased, multi-site service provider
license, allows WRT to utilize its water
treatment technology to remove
uranium from drinking water treated by
community water systems in NRCregulated States. The license also
permits WRT to possess source material
generated from these operations. The
license’s current expiration date is
January 25, 2017. However, in
accordance with 10 CFR 40.42, the
existing license will not expire during
the pendency of the NRC staff’s review
of the renewal application. In addition,
WRT’s December 21, 2016, application
also requested an amendment to expand
the scope of its current license to allow
it to remove uranium from non-drinking
water sources. On April 24, 2017, NRC
provided a notice of opportunity for
hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (82 FR 18939) on WRT’s
December 16, 2016 application for
license renewal and expanded scope
authorization. The NRC’s review of
WRT’s December 21, 2016 application
currently pends.
At a public meeting between NRC and
WRT on January 10, 2018, WRT
informed NRC it intended to submit a
written request to seek an extension of
its license term from 10 years to 20
years (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18031B214). By letter dated January
16, 2018, WRT submitted this request to
extend the license renewal term from 10
to 20 years (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18016B080). As support for its
request to extend the license renewal
term, WRT identifies a Commission
Staff Requirements Memorandum
issued on November 9, 2017 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17313B020). The
November 9, 2017 Staff Requirements
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Memorandum approved a staff
recommendation set forth in staff paper
SECY–17–0086, ‘‘Increasing Licensing
Terms for Uranium Recovery Facilities’’
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17093A951)
to increase the maximum license terms
for uranium recovery facilities from 10
to 20 years. The extension of the
maximum term applies to both new
license applications and license renewal
applications.
In considering whether to approve
WRT’s request to extend the term of its
renewed license from 10 to 20 years, the
NRC will determine whether WRT’s
proposed licensed activities, including
those pertaining to its request for
additional authorization to remove
uranium from non-drinking water
sources, are bounded by the safety and
technical analyses made or referenced
by the staff in SECY–17–0086. The staff
will make these findings as part of its
broader safety and environmental
findings for WRT’s December 16, 2016,
license amendment application. The
NRC’s findings will be documented in a
safety evaluation report and an
environmental assessment. The NRC
will publish either a notice of a finding
of no significant impact or notice of
intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement, as appropriate, in a
future edition of the Federal Register.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons
(petitioner) whose interest may be
affected by this action may file a request
for a hearing and a petition to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance
with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules
of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR
part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309.
The NRC’s regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on
the NRC’s website at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, located at One
White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the
petition should specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and
telephone number of the petitioner; (2)
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the nature of the petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the petitioner’s property, financial, or
other interest in the proceeding; and (4)
the possible effect of any decision or
order which may be entered in the
proceeding on the petitioner’s interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f),
the petition must also set forth the
specific contentions which the
petitioner seeks to have litigated in the
proceeding. Each contention must
consist of a specific statement of the
issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted. In addition, the petitioner
must provide a brief explanation of the
bases for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to the specific
sources and documents on which the
petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must
include sufficient information to show
that a genuine dispute exists with the
applicant or licensee on a material issue
of law or fact. Contentions must be
limited to matters within the scope of
the proceeding. The contention must be
one which, if proven, would entitle the
petitioner to relief. Failure to satisfy
these requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(f)
will result in an inadmissible
contention. Without at least one
admissible contention, a petitioner will
not be permitted to participate as a
party.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene. Parties have the opportunity
to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that party’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence, consistent with the NRC’s
regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice. Petitions and motions for
leave to file new or amended
contentions that are filed after the
deadline will not be entertained absent
a determination by the presiding officer
that the filing demonstrates good cause
by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition
must be filed in accordance with the
filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this
document.
A State, local governmental body,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agency thereof, may submit a petition to
the Commission to participate as a party
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under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition
should state the nature and extent of the
petitioner’s interest in the proceeding.
The petition should be submitted to the
Commission by no later than 60 days
from the date of publication of this
notice. The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions
in the ‘‘Electronic Submissions (EFiling)’’ section of this document, and
should meet the requirements for
petitions set forth in this section.
Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person
who is not a party to the proceeding and
is not affiliated with or represented by
a party may, at the discretion of the
presiding officer, be permitted to make
a limited appearance pursuant to the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make
an oral or written statement of his or her
position on the issues but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
prehearing conference, subject to the
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a
limited appearance will be provided by
the presiding officer if such sessions are
scheduled.
III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition), any motion
or other document filed in the
proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to
intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities that
request to participate under 10 CFR
2.315(c), must be filed in accordance
with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR
49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at
77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Detailed guidance on
making electronic submissions may be
found in the Guidance for Electronic
Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC
website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/
e-submittals.html. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
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days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (even in
instances in which the participant, or its
counsel or representative, already holds
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic
docket for the hearing in this proceeding
if the Secretary has not already
established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
NRC’s public website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
getting-started.html. Once a participant
has obtained a digital ID certificate and
a docket has been created, the
participant can then submit
adjudicatory documents. Submissions
must be in Portable Document Format
(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF
submissions is available on the NRC’s
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A
filing is considered complete at the time
the document is submitted through the
NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an
electronic filing must be submitted to
the E-Filing system no later than 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document
and sends the submitter an email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC’s Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the document on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before adjudicatory
documents are filed so that they can
obtain access to the documents via the
E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk
through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located
on the NRC’s public website at https://
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submittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available
between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
exemption request, in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper
filing stating why there is good cause for
not filing electronically and requesting
authorization to continue to submit
documents in paper format. Such filings
must be submitted by: (1) First class
mail addressed to the Office of the
Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or
(2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the
Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing adjudicatory
documents in this manner are
responsible for serving the document on
all other participants. Filing is
considered complete by first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the
service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant
or party to use E-Filing if the presiding
officer subsequently determines that the
reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission
or the presiding officer. If you do not
have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
as described above, click cancel when
the link requests certificates and you
will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
you will be able to access any publicly
available documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home
addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. With
respect to copyrighted works, except for
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limited excerpts that serve the purpose
of the adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of July 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Kock,
Deputy Director, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
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Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 95,
Facility Security Clearance and
Safeguarding of National Security
Information and Restricted Data
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘10 CFR Part 95,
Facility Security Clearance and
Safeguarding of National Security
Information and Restricted Data.’’
DATES: Submit comments by August 29,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0047), Attn: Desk Officer for the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503;
email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
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SUMMARY:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0006 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly-
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available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0006.
• 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. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession ML1817A268.
• 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.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
Clearance Officer, David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at https://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the OMB, then you
should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact
information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment
submission. Your request should state
that comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘10 CFR Part
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95, Facility Security Clearance and
Safeguarding of National Security
Information and Restricted Data.’’ The
NRC hereby informs potential
respondents that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and that a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
May 7, 2018 (83 FR 20102).
1. The title of the information
collection: ‘‘10 CFR Part 95, Facility
Security Clearance and Safeguarding of
National Security Information and
Restricted Data.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0047.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
4. The form number if applicable:
NRC Form 405F.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion and every 5
years.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: NRC-regulated facilities and
their contractors who require access to,
and possession of NRC classified
information.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 340.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 189.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to comply with
the information collection requirement
or request: 503.
10. Abstract: The NRC-regulated
facilities and their contractors who are
authorized to access and possess
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-9059; NRC-2018-0158]
Water Remediation Technology, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License renewal application; opportunity to request a hearing
and to petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received an
application from Water Remediation Technology, LLC for renewal of
Materials License No. SUC-1591, which authorizes the licensee to offer
a water treatment program to remove uranium from drinking water at
community water systems, for another 10-year term. This application,
which is still under consideration by the NRC, also requested
authorization to expand the scope of WRT's licensed activities to
include treatment of uranium in groundwater and surface water resources
not used for drinking water. Subsequently, the NRC received a request
from WRT to extend the term of the renewed license to 20 years.
DATES: A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must
be filed by September 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0158 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0158. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in 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: Christopher Grossman, Office of
Nuclear
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Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0140, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
By letter dated December 21, 2016, WRT submitted a license
amendment application to renew its Materials License No. SUC-1591
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16358A447) for an additional 10-year term. The
NRC originally issued this license on January 25, 2007 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML062960465) and subsequently amended the license on March 12, 2009
(ADAMS Accession No. ML090270210). This license was issued under part
40 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic
licensing of source material.'' The license, described as a
performance-based, multi-site service provider license, allows WRT to
utilize its water treatment technology to remove uranium from drinking
water treated by community water systems in NRC-regulated States. The
license also permits WRT to possess source material generated from
these operations. The license's current expiration date is January 25,
2017. However, in accordance with 10 CFR 40.42, the existing license
will not expire during the pendency of the NRC staff's review of the
renewal application. In addition, WRT's December 21, 2016, application
also requested an amendment to expand the scope of its current license
to allow it to remove uranium from non-drinking water sources. On April
24, 2017, NRC provided a notice of opportunity for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene (82 FR 18939) on WRT's December 16, 2016
application for license renewal and expanded scope authorization. The
NRC's review of WRT's December 21, 2016 application currently pends.
At a public meeting between NRC and WRT on January 10, 2018, WRT
informed NRC it intended to submit a written request to seek an
extension of its license term from 10 years to 20 years (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18031B214). By letter dated January 16, 2018, WRT
submitted this request to extend the license renewal term from 10 to 20
years (ADAMS Accession No. ML18016B080). As support for its request to
extend the license renewal term, WRT identifies a Commission Staff
Requirements Memorandum issued on November 9, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17313B020). The November 9, 2017 Staff Requirements Memorandum
approved a staff recommendation set forth in staff paper SECY-17-0086,
``Increasing Licensing Terms for Uranium Recovery Facilities'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17093A951) to increase the maximum license terms for
uranium recovery facilities from 10 to 20 years. The extension of the
maximum term applies to both new license applications and license
renewal applications.
In considering whether to approve WRT's request to extend the term
of its renewed license from 10 to 20 years, the NRC will determine
whether WRT's proposed licensed activities, including those pertaining
to its request for additional authorization to remove uranium from non-
drinking water sources, are bounded by the safety and technical
analyses made or referenced by the staff in SECY-17-0086. The staff
will make these findings as part of its broader safety and
environmental findings for WRT's December 16, 2016, license amendment
application. The NRC's findings will be documented in a safety
evaluation report and an environmental assessment. The NRC will publish
either a notice of a finding of no significant impact or notice of
intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, as appropriate, in
a future edition of the Federal Register.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and a petition to intervene (petition)
with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with
the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR
part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR
2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC
Library on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of the regulations is available
at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North,
Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland
20852. If a petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing
will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. Failure to satisfy
these requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(f) will result in an inadmissible
contention. Without at least one admissible contention, a petitioner
will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be
entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party
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under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should state the nature and
extent of the petitioner's interest in the proceeding. The petition
should be submitted to the Commission by no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice. The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document, and should meet the requirements
for petitions set forth in this section. Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof
may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), any
motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the
submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested governmental entities that request to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the
NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562; August 3, 2012). The E-Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in
some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Detailed
guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may not submit
paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant
can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to MSHD.Resour[email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government
holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this
manner are responsible for serving the document on all other
participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of
the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an
exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or
party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines
that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate as described above, click cancel when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. With respect to copyrighted works,
except for
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limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and
would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not
to include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Kock,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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