Report on Waste Burial Charges, 73299-73300 [2020-25324]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 17, 2020 / Notices have no impact on historic and cultural resources or ecological resources. Consequently, no consultations are necessary under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act or Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. III. Finding of No Significant Impact Based on its review of the proposed action in the EA, in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the NRC staff has concluded that the proposed action, approval of the requested amendment, will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment, as the environmental impacts are bounded by the previous EA for renewal of SNM– 2509. Therefore, the NRC finds that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted. Accordingly, the NRC has determined that a FONSI is appropriate. Dated: November 12, 2020. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John B. McKirgan, Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2020–25297 Filed 11–16–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking website: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2020–0233. Address questions about 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. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emil Tabakov, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 6814, email: Emil.Tabakov@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [NRC–2020–0233] I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments Report on Waste Burial Charges A. Obtaining Information Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment. Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 0233 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly 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–2020–0233. • 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 ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@ nrc.gov. NUREG–1307, Revision 18, ‘‘Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft report entitled, NUREG–1307, Revision 18, ‘‘Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities.’’ This report, which is revised periodically, explains the formula acceptable to the NRC for determining the minimum decommissioning fund requirements for nuclear power reactor licensees, as required by NRC regulations. Specifically, this report provides the adjustment factor and updates the values for the labor, energy, and waste burial escalation factors of the minimum formula. DATES: Submit comments by December 17, 2020. Comments received after this SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:46 Nov 16, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 73299 Burial Facilities, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20296A391. • Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking Website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2020–0233 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. II. Discussion Pursuant to section 50.75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping for Decommissioning Planning,’’ the NRC requires nuclear power reactor licensees to adjust annually, in current year dollars, their estimate of the cost to decommission their plants. The annual updates are part of the process for providing reasonable assurance that adequate funds for decommissioning will be available when needed. Revision 18 of NUREG–1307, ‘‘Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities,’’ modifies the previous revision to this report issued in February 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19037A405) and incorporates updates to the adjustment factor and to the labor, energy, and waste burial escalation factors of the NRC minimum decommissioning fund formula. Due to modest pricing changes in low-level waste burial charges at the E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1 73300 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 17, 2020 / Notices nation’s four low-level waste disposal facilities, the minimum decommissioning fund formula amounts calculated by licensees, based on revised low-level waste burial factors presented in this report, will likely reflect minimum decommissioning fund requirements that are similar, on average, to those previously reported by licensees in 2019. Dated: November 12, 2020. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Kevin A. Coyne, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2020–25324 Filed 11–16–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2020–0139] Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada 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, ‘‘Disposal of HighLevel Radioactive Waste in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.’’ DATES: Submit comments by December 17, 2020. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review— Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:46 Nov 16, 2020 Jkt 253001 I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 0139 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly 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–2020–0139. • 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 ‘‘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 No. ML20272A211. • Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • 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 encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking Website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2020–0139 in your comment submission. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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, ‘‘Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.’’ 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 June 16, 2020, (85 FR 36427). 1. The title of the information collection: Part 63 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0139. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: One time. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: The State of Nevada, local governments, or affected Indian Tribes, or their representatives, requesting consultation with the NRC staff regarding review of the potential highlevel waste geologic repository site, or wishing to participate in a license application review for the potential geologic repository. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 12. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 12. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 1,452. 10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 63, requires the State of Nevada, local governments, or affected Indian Tribes to submit information to the NRC that describes their request for any consultation with the NRC staff concerning review of the potential repository site, or NRC’s facilitation for their participation in a license application review for the potential repository. Representatives of E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-25324]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0233]


Report on Waste Burial Charges

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment a draft report entitled, NUREG-1307, Revision 18, 
``Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste 
Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities.'' This report, 
which is revised periodically, explains the formula acceptable to the 
NRC for determining the minimum decommissioning fund requirements for 
nuclear power reactor licensees, as required by NRC regulations. 
Specifically, this report provides the adjustment factor and updates 
the values for the labor, energy, and waste burial escalation factors 
of the minimum formula.

DATES: Submit comments by December 17, 2020. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0233. Address 
questions about 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.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emil Tabakov, Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6814, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0233 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly 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-2020-0233.
     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 ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by 
email to [email protected]. NUREG-1307, Revision 18, ``Report on 
Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs 
at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities, is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML20296A391.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0233 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    Pursuant to section 50.75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Reporting and Recordkeeping for Decommissioning 
Planning,'' the NRC requires nuclear power reactor licensees to adjust 
annually, in current year dollars, their estimate of the cost to 
decommission their plants. The annual updates are part of the process 
for providing reasonable assurance that adequate funds for 
decommissioning will be available when needed.
    Revision 18 of NUREG-1307, ``Report on Waste Burial Charges: 
Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste 
Burial Facilities,'' modifies the previous revision to this report 
issued in February 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19037A405) and 
incorporates updates to the adjustment factor and to the labor, energy, 
and waste burial escalation factors of the NRC minimum decommissioning 
fund formula. Due to modest pricing changes in low-level waste burial 
charges at the

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nation's four low-level waste disposal facilities, the minimum 
decommissioning fund formula amounts calculated by licensees, based on 
revised low-level waste burial factors presented in this report, will 
likely reflect minimum decommissioning fund requirements that are 
similar, on average, to those previously reported by licensees in 2019.

    Dated: November 12, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin A. Coyne,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial 
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-25324 Filed 11-16-20; 8:45 am]
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