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72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), 72.214,
72.154(b), and 72.174 are applicable to
CoC No. 1032, which was issued to
Holtec. The condition of CoC No.1032,
appendix B, technical specifications,
section 3.3, ‘‘Codes and Standards,’’
specifies American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler
and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, 2007
Edition, as the governing B&PV Code for
Holtec’s HI–STORM Flood/Wind (FW)
Multi-Purpose Canister (MPC) Storage
System, the dry cask spent fuel storage
system in use at SQN ISFSI. The ASME
B&PV Code requires that 100 percent of
the weld seam joining shell-to-shell of
the MPC be inspected by radiography
test (RT) where RT is a form of nondestructive examination.
The licensee loaded spent fuel in the
HI–STORM FW dry cask storage system
MPC Type 37 (MPC–37), Serial No. 234,
for storage in the ISFSI at SQN under
CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 3, and
its general license. During a review of
manufacturer’s documents, the CoC
holder identified that MPC–37 Serial
No. 234 at SQN ISFSI has a longitudinal
shell-to-shell weld for which no digital
RT is available following a weld repair,
which is inconsistent with the
governing ASME B&PV code for this
CoC system. When TVA was notified of
this issue, MPC–37 Serial No. 234 was
already put in use, and TVA registered
it by letter dated February 24, 2022,
entitled ‘‘Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Registration of Spent Fuel Storage Cask
Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.212(b)(2).’’ TVA
then submitted this exemption request
to the NRC to allow continued storage
of spent fuel in MPC–37 Serial No. 234
for the service life of the canister at
SQN, despite the non-compliance with
the ASME B&PV code.
Based on the NRC staff’s review of
TVA’s analysis supporting the
exemption request, the NRC staff
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
72.7, the exemption is authorized by
law, will not endanger life or property
or the common defense and security,
and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the NRC granted the licensee
an exemption from the requirements of
10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 10 CFR
72.212(b)(3), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(5)(i), 10
CFR 72.212(b)(11), 10 CFR 72.214, 10
CFR 72.154(b), and 10 CFR 72.174 with
regard to: (1) meeting the requirement to
repeat volumetric examination as
required for the original weld on an
approximately 7.5-inch portion of the
repaired weld in conformance with
section III, subsection NB, of the ASME
B&PV Code, 2007 Edition, and (2)
maintaining and having available
documentary evidence of the test for the
service life of the canister. The
exemption allowed TVA to continue
using MPC–37 Serial No. 234 to store
spent fuel for the service life of the
canister at SQN. All other relevant
requirements of the CoC shall continue
to be met. This exemption, including
the supporting evaluation for issuance
of it, can be found in the table as
follows.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through one or more
of the following methods, as indicated.
Document description
ADAMS Accession No.
Issuance of Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 3 for the HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage, dated August 9, 2017.
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant—Registration of Spent Fuel Storage Cask Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.212(b)(2), dated February 24, 2022.
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant—Request for Exemption from Various 10 CFR part 72 Regulations Resulting from NonDestruction-Examination Compliance, dated August 4, 2022.
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant—Response to Request for Supplemental Information (D–RSI) Request for Exemption
from Non-Destruction-Examination Compliance, dated December 19, 2022.
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant—Response to Follow-up Questions to TVA’s Response to NRC’s Request for Supplemental Information (RSI) Related to August 4, 2022, Sequoyah ISFSI Exemption Request, dated April 27, 2023.
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant—Response to NRC’s November 8, 2023, Request for Additional Information—Related to
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, dated January 3, 2024.
Issuance of Exemption Related to Non-Destructive Examination Compliance Regarding Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, dated September 18, 2024.
Dated: October 15, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira Diaz-Sanabria,
Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing
Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
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[Docket No. 70–7033; NRC–2024–0138]
Global Laser Enrichment, LLC;
Classified Matter Protection;
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) staff is considering
approval of a revision by Global Laser
Enrichment, LLC (GLE) to a Standard
Practice Procedures Plan (SPPP) for the
protection of classified matter. The
revision would remove the Fuels
Growth Engineering (FGE) facility and
confirm the continued use of the
classified matter controls implemented
at the Test Loop facility. The NRC staff
is issuing an environmental assessment
(EA) and finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) associated with the
proposed plans.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in
this document are available on October
21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2024–0138 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
SUMMARY:
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ML24185A172 (Package).
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–2024–0138. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@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
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
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the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at
301–415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the
convenience of the reader, instructions
about obtaining materials referenced in
this document are provided in the
‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section.
Individuals seeking access to Official
Use Only information should contact
Matthew Bartlett, using the contact
information listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Bartlett, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–7154; email:
Matthew.Bartlett@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
The NRC staff is considering issuance
of the approval of GLE’s SPPP. The
proposed action would allow GLE to
remove the FGE facility located in
Wilmington, North Carolina from its
SPPP while maintaining its other
approved existing facilities. Approval of
this update would allow GLE to
discontinue maintaining its
responsibilities under the SPPP at the
FGE facility. Therefore, as required by
section 51.21 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Criteria
for and identification of licensing and
regulatory actions requiring
environmental assessments,’’ the NRC
staff has prepared an EA that analyzes
the environmental effects of the
proposed action. Based on the results of
the EA and in accordance with 10 CFR
51.31(a), the NRC staff has prepared a
FONSI for the proposed action.
The NRC staff received the request
from GLE for approval of the SPPP
dated July 16, 2024, supplemented by
letter dated September 12, 2024. The
Federal Register notice of the NRC’s
decision on the request is anticipated to
be published in the near future and will
be available on the Federal rulemaking
website (https://www.regulations.gov)
by searching for Docket ID NRC–2024–
0138.
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II. Environmental Assessment
Description of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow
GLE to remove the FGE facility from its
SPPP and allow it to cease continuation
of required security measures for the
FGE facility. As proposed, GLE would
continue to possess, use, and store
classified matter at its test loop facility.
Global Laser Enrichment, LLC operates
a test loop for industrialization of the
uranium enrichment process that uses
separation of isotopes by laser
excitation. Although GLE has an NRCissued facility security clearance for the
test loop facility under 10 CFR part 95
for protection of classified information,
the facility’s operations, safety, and
safeguards programs are authorized
under the Global Nuclear Fuel—
America, LLC, Special Nuclear License
No. SNM–1097.
Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow
GLE to cease operations at the FGE
facility and discontinue security
commitments at this facility under its
previously approved SPPP.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC staff has assessed the
potential environmental impacts from
approval of GLE’s SPPP revision and
concluded that there would be no
effluent releases and that the proposed
action would have no significant
radiological or non-radiological impacts
to environmental resources.
The NRC staff assessed the impacts of
the proposed action on land use;
historical and cultural resources; visual
and scenic resources; climatology,
meteorology and air quality; geology,
minerals, and soils; water resources;
ecological resources; socioeconomics;
noise; traffic and transportation; public
and occupational health and safety; and
waste management and concluded that
the proposed action would have no
significant environmental impacts on
these resource areas. The NRC staff
determined that there are no cumulative
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Under this alternative, GLE
would have to continue to maintain the
FGE facility in accordance with its
previously approved SPPP.Denial of the
proposed action would result in
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increased costs to GLE and increased
consumption of resources while not
providing benefits to the public or the
environment. The NRC staff concluded
that environmental impacts from the noaction alternative would not be
significant.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
was enacted to prevent further decline
of endangered and threatened species
and restore those species and their
critical habitat. Section 7 of the ESA
requires Federal agencies to consult
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
or the National Marine Fisheries
Service, as appropriate, regarding
actions that may affect listed species or
designated critical habitats. The NRC
staff has determined that the proposed
action would have no effect on
threatened or endangered species or
critical habitat. Therefore, consultation
under section 7 of the ESA is not
required.
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) requires
Federal agencies to consider the effects
of their undertakings on historic
properties. As stated in the NHPA,
historic properties are any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure,
or object included in or eligible for
inclusion in the National Register of
Historic Places. The NRC staff has
determined that the undertaking is a
type of activity that does not have the
potential to cause effects on any historic
properties that may be present.
Therefore, in accordance with 36 CFR
800.3(a)(1), the NRC has no further
obligations under section 106 of the
NHPA.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
GLE has requested approval of its
SPPP revision. The NRC staff has
prepared an EA as part of its review of
the proposed action. The proposed
action would have no significant
radiological or non-radiological impacts
to environmental resources. This FONSI
incorporates by reference the EA in
Section II of this notice. On the basis of
this EA, the NRC staff concludes that
the proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons in ADAMS.
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Document description
ADAMS
accession No.
Submission for Approval of the Standard Practice and Procedures Plan (SPPP) Revision for Global Laser Enrichment Headquarters, dated July 16, 2024.
SPPP Update Revision, dated September 12, 2024 ..........................................................................................................................
ML24199A106
Dated: October 15, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Downs,
Acting Chief, Fuel Facilities Licensing Branch,
Division of Fuel Management, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024–24190 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am]
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
Approval of Special Withdrawal
Liability Rules: Motion Picture
Laboratory Technicians and Film
Editors Local 780 Pension Fund
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of approval.
AGENCY:
The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) received a
request from the Motion Picture
Laboratory Technicians and Film
Editors Local 780 Pension Fund for
approval of a plan amendment
providing special withdrawal liability
rules. PBGC published a Notice of
Pendency of the Request for Approval of
this amendment. PBGC is now advising
the public of PBGC’s approval of the
amendment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Ginsberg, Assistant General Counsel,
Multiemployer Law Division
(ginsberg.john@pbgc.gov; 202–229–
3714), Benjamin Kelly, Deputy Assistant
General Counsel, Multiemployer Law
Division (kelly.benjamin@pbgc.gov;
202–229–4097), Office of the General
Counsel, 445 12th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20024–2101. If you are
deaf or hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
The Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended
(‘‘ERISA’’), provides, in section 4203(a),
that a complete withdrawal from a
multiemployer plan generally occurs
when an employer permanently ceases
to have an obligation to contribute
under the plan or permanently ceases
all covered operations under the plan.
Under section 4205 of ERISA, a partial
withdrawal generally occurs when an
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employer: (1) has a 70% decline in its
contribution base units (‘‘CBUs’’); (2)
permanently ceases to have an
obligation under one or more but fewer
than all collective bargaining
agreements (‘‘CBAs’’) under which it
has been obligated to contribute to the
plan, while continuing to perform work
in the jurisdiction of the CBA of the
type for which contributions were
previously required, or transfers such
work to another location; or (3)
permanently ceases to have an
obligation to contribute for work
performed at one or more but fewer than
all of its facilities, while continuing to
perform work at such facility of the type
for which its obligation to contribute
ceased.
ERISA provides contingent
exemptions from withdrawal liability
for the building and construction
industry and the entertainment
industry. In plans to which the building
and construction industry exemption
under section 4203(b) of ERISA applies,
a building and construction industry
employer completely withdraws only if
it ceases to have an obligation to
contribute and continues to perform
previously covered work in the
jurisdiction of the CBA or resumes such
work within 5 years without renewing
the obligation to contribute at the time
of resumption. (In the case of a plan
terminated by mass withdrawal, section
4203(b)(3) provides that the 5-year
period is reduced to 3 years.) Section
4203(c)(1) of ERISA provides a
substantially similar exemption from
complete withdrawal to an employer
contributing to an entertainmentindustry plan on a temporary or projectby-project basis, except that the
pertinent jurisdiction is the jurisdiction
of the plan rather than the jurisdiction
of the CBA.
ERISA also provides a contingent
exception to partial withdrawal liability
for these industries. Under section
4208(d)(1) of ERISA, an employer to
which the building and construction
industry exemption under section
4203(b) applies is liable for a partial
withdrawal ‘‘only if the employer’s
obligation to contribute under the plan
is continued for no more than an
insubstantial portion of its work in the
craft and area jurisdiction of the
collective bargaining agreement of the
type for which contributions are
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required.’’ Under section 4208(d)(2) of
ERISA, ‘‘[a]n employer to whom section
4203(c) (relating to the entertainment
industry) applies shall have no liability
for a partial withdrawal except under
the conditions and to the extent
prescribed by [PBGC] by regulation.’’
Sections 4203(f)(1) and 4208(e)(3) of
ERISA authorize PBGC to prescribe
regulations under which plans in other
industries may be amended to adopt
special withdrawal liability rules
similar to those for the building and
construction industry and the
entertainment industry. PBGC’s
regulations on Extension of Special
Withdrawal Liability Rules (29 CFR part
4203) prescribe procedures for a
multiemployer plan to request PBGC
approval of a special withdrawal
liability rule.
Under 29 CFR 4203.5(b), PBGC must
publish notice of the pendency of a
request for approval of special
withdrawal liability rules in the Federal
Register and provide interested parties
an opportunity to comment on the
request. Under 29 CFR 4203.5, PBGC
will approve a special withdrawal
liability rule if it determines the rule (1)
will apply only to an industry that has
characteristics that would make use of
the special withdrawal rule appropriate,
and (2) will not pose a significant risk
to the insurance system.
The Request
The Motion Picture Laboratory
Technicians and Film Editors Local 780
Pension Fund (the ‘‘Plan’’) is a
multiemployer pension plan jointly
maintained by Local Union No. 780 of
the International Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees (the ‘‘Union’’) and
employers that have CBAs with the
Union. The Plan covers approximately
2,000 participants. According to the
Plan, most of the employers that
contribute to the Plan have contracts or
subcontracts to provide non-military
support services at military bases and
other federal facilities—mainly
commissary services.
On October 14, 2021, the Plan
adopted an amendment to its plan
document providing a special
withdrawal liability rule (as revised by
further amendment executed on June 6,
2024, the ‘‘Special Rule’’). The
effectiveness of the Special Rule is, by
its terms and under 29 CFR 4203.3(a),
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-7033; NRC-2024-0138]
Global Laser Enrichment, LLC; Classified Matter Protection;
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is
considering approval of a revision by Global Laser Enrichment, LLC
(GLE) to a Standard Practice Procedures Plan (SPPP) for the protection
of classified matter. The revision would remove the Fuels Growth
Engineering (FGE) facility and confirm the continued use of the
classified matter controls implemented at the Test Loop facility. The
NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed plans.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on
October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0138 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-2024-0138. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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 ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact
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the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
at 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. For the
convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials
referenced in this document are provided in the ``Availability of
Documents'' section. Individuals seeking access to Official Use Only
information should contact Matthew Bartlett, using the contact
information listed in the For Further Information Contact section.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Bartlett, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7154; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC staff is considering issuance of the approval of GLE's
SPPP. The proposed action would allow GLE to remove the FGE facility
located in Wilmington, North Carolina from its SPPP while maintaining
its other approved existing facilities. Approval of this update would
allow GLE to discontinue maintaining its responsibilities under the
SPPP at the FGE facility. Therefore, as required by section 51.21 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Criteria for
and identification of licensing and regulatory actions requiring
environmental assessments,'' the NRC staff has prepared an EA that
analyzes the environmental effects of the proposed action. Based on the
results of the EA and in accordance with 10 CFR 51.31(a), the NRC staff
has prepared a FONSI for the proposed action.
The NRC staff received the request from GLE for approval of the
SPPP dated July 16, 2024, supplemented by letter dated September 12,
2024. The Federal Register notice of the NRC's decision on the request
is anticipated to be published in the near future and will be available
on the Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov) by
searching for Docket ID NRC-2024-0138.
II. Environmental Assessment
Description of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow GLE to remove the FGE facility from
its SPPP and allow it to cease continuation of required security
measures for the FGE facility. As proposed, GLE would continue to
possess, use, and store classified matter at its test loop facility.
Global Laser Enrichment, LLC operates a test loop for industrialization
of the uranium enrichment process that uses separation of isotopes by
laser excitation. Although GLE has an NRC-issued facility security
clearance for the test loop facility under 10 CFR part 95 for
protection of classified information, the facility's operations,
safety, and safeguards programs are authorized under the Global Nuclear
Fuel--America, LLC, Special Nuclear License No. SNM-1097.
Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action would allow GLE to cease operations at the FGE
facility and discontinue security commitments at this facility under
its previously approved SPPP.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC staff has assessed the potential environmental impacts from
approval of GLE's SPPP revision and concluded that there would be no
effluent releases and that the proposed action would have no
significant radiological or non-radiological impacts to environmental
resources.
The NRC staff assessed the impacts of the proposed action on land
use; historical and cultural resources; visual and scenic resources;
climatology, meteorology and air quality; geology, minerals, and soils;
water resources; ecological resources; socioeconomics; noise; traffic
and transportation; public and occupational health and safety; and
waste management and concluded that the proposed action would have no
significant environmental impacts on these resource areas. The NRC
staff determined that there are no cumulative impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Under this alternative, GLE would have to continue to maintain the FGE
facility in accordance with its previously approved SPPP.Denial of the
proposed action would result in increased costs to GLE and increased
consumption of resources while not providing benefits to the public or
the environment. The NRC staff concluded that environmental impacts
from the no-action alternative would not be significant.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted to prevent further
decline of endangered and threatened species and restore those species
and their critical habitat. Section 7 of the ESA requires Federal
agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the
National Marine Fisheries Service, as appropriate, regarding actions
that may affect listed species or designated critical habitats. The NRC
staff has determined that the proposed action would have no effect on
threatened or endangered species or critical habitat. Therefore,
consultation under section 7 of the ESA is not required.
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
requires Federal agencies to consider the effects of their undertakings
on historic properties. As stated in the NHPA, historic properties are
any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or
object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
of Historic Places. The NRC staff has determined that the undertaking
is a type of activity that does not have the potential to cause effects
on any historic properties that may be present. Therefore, in
accordance with 36 CFR 800.3(a)(1), the NRC has no further obligations
under section 106 of the NHPA.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
GLE has requested approval of its SPPP revision. The NRC staff has
prepared an EA as part of its review of the proposed action. The
proposed action would have no significant radiological or non-
radiological impacts to environmental resources. This FONSI
incorporates by reference the EA in Section II of this notice. On the
basis of this EA, the NRC staff concludes that the proposed action will
not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental
impact statement.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons in ADAMS.
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Submission for Approval of the Standard ML24199A106
Practice and Procedures Plan (SPPP) Revision
for Global Laser Enrichment Headquarters,
dated July 16, 2024.
SPPP Update Revision, dated September 12, 2024 ML24261B962
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Dated: October 15, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Downs,
Acting Chief, Fuel Facilities Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-24190 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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