Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

By letter dated January 4, 2011, Strata Energy, Inc., (Strata) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a new source materials license for the proposed Ross In-Situ Uranium Recovery (ISR) Project (Ross Project) proposed to be located in Crook County, Wyoming. The NRC is issuing for public comment a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Ross Project. The Draft SEIS is Supplement 5 to NUREG-1910, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its licensing guidance for fixed gauge licenses. The NRC is requesting public comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 4, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Fixed Gauge Licenses.'' The document has been updated from the previous revision to include safety culture, security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory policies and practices. This document is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff and will also be available to Agreement States.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on February 5, 2013 (78 FR 8195), regarding the applications and amendments to facility operating licenses and combined licenses involving no significant hazards considerations. This action is necessary to correct an erroneous date.

The original ``Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing'' was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2012 (77 FR 16274) and included Big Rock Plant. This notice corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on January 22, 2013 (78 FR 4475-4476), to include a missing facility operating license number and a missing amendment number. This action is necessary to include the license and amendment number for which the license amendment was issued.

In November 2012, URENCO USA submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a license amendment request. The existing license (No. SNM-2010) authorizes operation of a uranium enrichment facility in New Mexico. The facility produces enriched uranium up to a maximum of 5.0 percent U-235, using a gas centrifuge process. If granted, the license amendment would authorize increased annual production capability from the present 3 million separative work units (SWU) to 10 million SWU.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International, Inc., Modular Advanced Generation Nuclear All-purpose Storage (MAGNASTOR[supreg]) Cask System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 3 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031. Amendment No. 3 includes changes that would revise authorized contents to include: pressurized water reactor (PWR) damaged fuel contained in damaged fuel cans that are placed in a damaged fuel basket assembly; PWR fuel assemblies with nonfuel hardware per the expanded definition in the Amendment No. 3 application; and PWR fuel assemblies with up to five activated stainless steel fuel replacement rods at a maximum burnup/exposure of 32.5 gigawatt days per metric ton of uranium (GWd/MTU). Additionally, Amendment No. 3 would revise paragraph 4.3.1(i) in appendix A of the CoC Technical Specifications (TS), to clarify that the maximum design basis earthquake accelerations of 0.37g in the horizontal direction (without cask sliding) and 0.25g in the vertical direction at the independent spent fuel storage installation pad top surface do not result in cask tip-over. Amendment No. 3 would make additional changes to appendix A, Technical Specifications and Design Features for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] System, and appendix B, Approved Contents for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] System, of the CoC TS.

This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on March 1, 2013 (41 FR 13911), that announced the solicitation for comments of the proposed revision in Chapter 3, ``Design of Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems'' and is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.'' This action is necessary to correct the date of the document. This action also corrects an incorrect Agency Wide Document Management System Accession Number contained in the ``Supplementary Information'' section of the notice.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1269 ``Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The draft guide describes methods that the NRC staff consider acceptable for use in complying with the agency's regulations with regard to the maintenance, testing, and replacement of vented lead-acid storage batteries in nuclear power plants.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2013 (78 FR 14126), regarding the applications and amendments to facility operating licenses and combined licenses involving no significant hazards consideration. This action is necessary to correct a missing NRC Docket ID in the ADDRESSES and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections of this document that was inadvertently omitted. In addition, this action makes minor editorial corrections to those sections.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for an additional 20 years of operation at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (SQN). Sequoyah Nuclear Plant is located in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. The current operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 expires on September 17, 2020, and Unit 2 expires on September 15, 2021.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 5, ``Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.'' 2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0209. 3. How often the collection is required: Part 5 follows provisions covered in 10 CFR part 4, Section 4.331 Compliance Reviews, which indicates that the NRC may conduct compliance reviews and Pre-Award reviews of recipients or use other similar procedures that will permit it to investigate and correct violations of the act and these regulations. The NRC may conduct these reviews even in absence of a complaint against a recipient. The reviews may be as comprehensive as necessary to determine whether a violation of these regulations has occurred. 4. Who is required or asked to report: Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance provided by the NRC (including Educational Institutions, Other Nonprofit Organizations receiving Federal Assistance, and Agreement States. 5. The number of annual respondents: 200. 6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 3,600 hours (3,000 hrs for reporting (5 hrs per respondent) and 600 hrs for recordkeeping (3 hrs per recordkeeper)). 7. Abstract: The regulations under Part 5 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), implements the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, (except Sections 904 and 906 of these amendments) (20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688), which is designed to eliminate (with certain exceptions) discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, whether or not such program or activity is offered or sponsored by an educational institution as defined in these Title IX regulations. Submit, by May 7, 2013, comments that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility? 2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected? 4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology? The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly available documents, including the draft supporting statement, at the NRC's Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC's Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC's home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for public inspection. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. Comments submitted should reference Docket No. NRC- 2013-0013. You may submit your comments by any of the following methods. Electronic comments: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. NRC-2013-0013. Mail comments to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-6258, or by email to INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is expanding the scope of the post-investigation Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program for a 1-year pilot period. The NRC and its licensees are the parties to this form of ADR. Currently, post-investigation ADR is used in the NRC's Enforcement Program for cases involving discrimination and other wrongdoing after the NRC's Office of Investigations has completed an investigation substantiating the allegation. The pilot ADR Program will expand post-investigation ADR to include all escalated non-willful (traditional) enforcement cases with proposed civil penalties (this will not include violations associated with findings assessed through the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) \1\).

NRC will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on April 15-16, 2013. A sample of agenda items to be discussed during the public session includes: (1) An update on the status of the Commission Paper on data collection for Patient Release; (2) an update on the proposed interim enforcement policy for Permanent Implant Brachytherapy programs; (3) medical- related events from fiscal year 2012; (4) an update on the 10 CFR Part 35 Rulemaking; (5) a discussion on the draft guidance for the 10 CFR Part 35 Rulemaking; (6) an overview of the NNSA's efforts to minimize the use of highly enriched uranium in molybdenum-99 production; (7) an overview of the 2013 reimbursement policy for non-HEU produced medical isotopes and (8) the Abnormal Occurrence Subcommittee Report. The agenda is subject to change. The current agenda and any updates will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/agenda or by emailing Ms. Sophie Holiday at the contact information below. Purpose: Discuss issues related to 10 CFR Part 35 Medical Use of Byproduct Material. Date and Time for Closed Session: April 15, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. This session will be closed for ACMUI training. Date and Time for Open Sessions: April 15, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and April 16, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Address for Public Meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White Flint North Building, Room T2-B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Public Participation: Any member of the public who wishes to participate in the meeting in person or via phone should contact Ms. Holiday using the information below. The meeting will also be webcast live: video.nrc.gov. Contact Information: Sophie J. Holiday, email: sophie.holiday@nrc.gov, telephone: (301) 415-7865.