Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny, 28859-28860 [2019-13005]

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AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DUWP–ISG–01, ‘‘Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny in Air and Demonstrations of Compliance with 10 CFR 20.1301.’’ This ISG provides guidance to the NRC staff for evaluating uranium recovery (UR) licensee demonstrations of compliance with the public dose limits. This action is necessary because there is insufficient existing guidance on this topic. This action will benefit NRC staff and UR licensees by providing detailed descriptions of methods acceptable to the NRC staff to meet the public dose limit requirement. DATES: This guidance goes into effect on July 22, 2019. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2011–0266 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–2011–0266. Address questions about NRC docket IDs 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 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 SUMMARY: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION VerDate Sep<11>2014 Board website at www.nsf.gov/nsb for general information. Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28859 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 final ISG, DUWP–ISG–01, ‘‘Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny in Air and Demonstrations of Compliance with 10 CFR 20.1301,’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15051A002. • 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: David Brown, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 7677; email: David.Brown@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion Uranium recovery facility licensees, including in-situ recovery facilities and conventional uranium mills, are required to perform surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted and controlled areas, and to perform surveys of radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the public provided in § 20.1301 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR 20.1302 permit the use of alternative approaches to demonstrate compliance with the public dose limits. This ISG was developed to document the criteria to be used by the NRC to review radon and radon progeny surveys and evaluations of dose to members of the public submitted by licensees under 10 CFR 20.1302 to demonstrate compliance with the NRC’s public dose limits of 10 CFR 20.1301. Specifically, this final ISG provides guidance to the NRC staff for reviewing licensee evaluations of doses to members of the public from radon-222 and radon-222 progeny from UR facilities including: (1) Surveys of environmental and effluent radon and radon progeny in air; and (2) radonrelated aspects of demonstrations of compliance with the NRC’s public dose limits of 10 CFR 20.1301. This ISG also may be used by the NRC in evaluating portions of license applications, renewals, or amendments dealing with radon and radon progeny surveys and compliance. The NRC published an initial draft version of this ISG for public comment on November 21, 2011 E:\FR\FM\20JNN1.SGM 20JNN1 28860 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 119 / Thursday, June 20, 2019 / Notices (76 FR 72006). The NRC considered the public comments in preparing a revised draft report, published for public comment on March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17194). The NRC then considered the public comments on the revised draft in preparing the final report. This ISG was also the subject of an NRC staff nonconcurrence. A completed NRC NonConcurrence Process Form 757 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19121A171. The NRC has prepared a regulatory analysis for this ISG. The analysis examines the costs and benefits of the alternatives considered by the NRC. The regulatory analysis can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19057A490. This ISG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of June, 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Bo M. Pham, Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 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PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Exchange adopted its initial SPIKES transaction fees on February 15, 2019.6 Proposal The Exchange now proposes to amend its Fee Schedule to waive certain nontransaction fees applicable to Market Makers that trade solely in Proprietary Products (including options on the SPIKES Index) until September 30, 2019. In particular, the Exchange proposes to amend Section (1)(a)(xi) of the Fee Schedule to add a definition for Proprietary Product. The Exchange also proposes to amend Sections (3)(a), (3)(b), (4)(a), and (5)(d)(ii) of the Fee Schedule to adopt language that the Exchange will waive Membership Application Fees, monthly Market Maker Trading Permit Fees, Member Application Programming Interface (‘‘API’’) Testing and Certification Fees, and monthly MEI Port Fees (as defined below) that are assessed to Market Makers that trade solely in Proprietary Products (including options on SPIKES) until September 30, 2019. Definition for Proprietary Product Exchange Rule 100 currently provides a definition for Proprietary Product.7 The Exchange now proposes to amend Section (1)(a)(xi) of the Fee Schedule to insert the symbol ‘‘>’’ immediately following the SPIKES Simple and Complex Fees table, followed by the definition for Proprietary Product. The Exchange also proposes to adopt text for the symbol ‘‘>’’ explicitly stating that SPIKES is a Proprietary Product. The purpose of this proposal is to clarify that SPIKES is a Proprietary Product of MIAX and, together with the other proposed changes, that the Exchange will waive certain non-transaction fees applicable to Market Makers that trade solely in Proprietary Products (including options on SPIKES), until September 30, 2019. Membership Application Fees MIAX currently assesses Membership fees for applications of potential Members. 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28859-28860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13005]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0266]


Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and 
Radon Progeny

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DUWP-ISG-01, ``Evaluations of Uranium 
Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny in Air and 
Demonstrations of Compliance with 10 CFR 20.1301.'' This ISG provides 
guidance to the NRC staff for evaluating uranium recovery (UR) licensee 
demonstrations of compliance with the public dose limits. This action 
is necessary because there is insufficient existing guidance on this 
topic. This action will benefit NRC staff and UR licensees by providing 
detailed descriptions of methods acceptable to the NRC staff to meet 
the public dose limit requirement.

DATES: This guidance goes into effect on July 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0266 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-2011-0266. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs 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 
final ISG, DUWP-ISG-01, ``Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility 
Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny in Air and Demonstrations of 
Compliance with 10 CFR 20.1301,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML15051A002.
     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: David Brown, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7677; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    Uranium recovery facility licensees, including in-situ recovery 
facilities and conventional uranium mills, are required to perform 
surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted and controlled areas, and 
to perform surveys of radioactive materials in effluents released to 
unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with the 
dose limits for individual members of the public provided in Sec.  
20.1301 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The 
NRC's regulations in 10 CFR 20.1302 permit the use of alternative 
approaches to demonstrate compliance with the public dose limits.
    This ISG was developed to document the criteria to be used by the 
NRC to review radon and radon progeny surveys and evaluations of dose 
to members of the public submitted by licensees under 10 CFR 20.1302 to 
demonstrate compliance with the NRC's public dose limits of 10 CFR 
20.1301. Specifically, this final ISG provides guidance to the NRC 
staff for reviewing licensee evaluations of doses to members of the 
public from radon-222 and radon-222 progeny from UR facilities 
including: (1) Surveys of environmental and effluent radon and radon 
progeny in air; and (2) radon-related aspects of demonstrations of 
compliance with the NRC's public dose limits of 10 CFR 20.1301. This 
ISG also may be used by the NRC in evaluating portions of license 
applications, renewals, or amendments dealing with radon and radon 
progeny surveys and compliance. The NRC published an initial draft 
version of this ISG for public comment on November 21, 2011

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(76 FR 72006). The NRC considered the public comments in preparing a 
revised draft report, published for public comment on March 27, 2014 
(79 FR 17194). The NRC then considered the public comments on the 
revised draft in preparing the final report. This ISG was also the 
subject of an NRC staff non-concurrence. A completed NRC Non-
Concurrence Process Form 757 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML19121A171.
    The NRC has prepared a regulatory analysis for this ISG. The 
analysis examines the costs and benefits of the alternatives considered 
by the NRC. The regulatory analysis can be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19057A490.
    This ISG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of June, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and 
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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