82 FR 11949 - AUC, LLC., Reno Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 11949-11950] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-03807] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40-09092; NRC-2013-0164] AUC, LLC., Reno Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License and record of decision; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a license to AUC, LLC (AUC) for its Reno Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Facility in Campbell County, Wyoming. Under conditions listed in the license, the Source and Byproduct Materials License SUA-1602 authorizes AUC to operate its facilities as proposed in its license application, as amended, and to possess uranium source and byproduct material at the Reno Creek ISR Facility. In addition, the NRC has published a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to approve AUC's license application for the Reno Creek ISR Facility and to issue the license. DATES: February 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0164 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0164. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@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 http://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. In addition, for the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in a table in the section of this document entitled, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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: Don Lowman, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5452; email: Donald.Lowman@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 11950]] Part 40 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), authorizes the NRC to issue a license to AUC for its Reno Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Facility in Campbell County, Wyoming. Under conditions in the license, the Source and Byproduct Materials License SUA-1602 authorizes AUC to operate its facilities as proposed in its license application, as amended, and to possess uranium source and byproduct material at the Reno Creek ISR Facility. The NRC's ROD that supports the decision to approve AUC's license application for the Reno Creek ISR Facility and to issue the license is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17011A195. By letter dated October 3, 2012, AUC, LLC submitted a license application to the NRC for a Source and Byproduct Materials License for the in-situ extraction and recovery of uranium at its Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell County, Wyoming. On November 30, 2012, the NRC staff acknowledged receipt of the application and noted that the application was placed in ADAMS) under Accession No. ML122890785. The NRC staff also noted that it could not commence its acceptance review until March 2013. The staff commenced the acceptance review in March 2013, and notified AUC on June 18, 2013, that the NRC staff had completed its acceptance review and found the application acceptable for detailed technical (safety) and environmental review. In addition to the application, the NRC staff held multiple public meetings with AUC to discuss various issues and submitted detailed requests for additional information to which AUC provided responses during the review process. The NRC's Safety Evaluation Report documenting its review of AUC's application was completed on September 30, 2016. The NRC issued its final environmental impact statement on December 16, 2016 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' the details with respect to this action, including the Safety Evaluation Report and accompanying documentation and license, are available online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.................... Generic Environmental ML091530075 Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, May 2009. 2.................... AUC, LLC's ML122890785 Application, October 3, 2012. 3.................... NRC email informing ML12349A262 AUC that License Application Added to ADAMS and Deferral of Acceptance Review, November 30, 2012. 4.................... NRC Request for ML13365A110 Additional Information. 5.................... Round 1--Response to ML14169A452 Request for Additional Information, June 13, 2012. 6.................... NRC Results of Round 1 ML14247A276 RAI Response Package, September 9, 2014. 7.................... AUC Revised RAI ML15002A077 Response Package, December 23, 2014. 8.................... Safety Evaluation ML16237A141 Report, September 30, 2016. 9.................... Environmental Impact ML16181A082 Statement for the Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell County, Wyoming, Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, Draft Report for Public Comments, June 30, 2016. 10................... NUREG-1910, Suppl. 6, ML16342A973 Environmental Impact Statement for the Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell County, Wyoming, Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, Final Report, December 2016. 11................... Source and Byproduct ML16364A219 Materials License SUA- 1602, February 16, 2017. 12................... NRC Staff's Record of ML17011A195 Decision, February 03, 2017. 13................... Safety Evaluation ML16364A227 Report, Revision 1, February 16, 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Andrea Kock, Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2017-03807 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the or organizations that want to make Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Facility
general public and other Federal paper-to-paper copies of archival in Campbell County, Wyoming. Under
agencies to comment on proposed holdings with their personal copiers. conditions listed in the license, the
information collections. We published a NARA uses the information to Source and Byproduct Materials License
notice of proposed collection for these determine whether the request meets SUA–1602 authorizes AUC to operate
information collections on November the criteria in 36 CFR 1254.86 and to its facilities as proposed in its license
29, 2016 (81 FR 86021) and we received schedule the limited space available. application, as amended, and to possess
no comments. We have therefore uranium source and byproduct material
Swarnali Haldar,
submitted the described information at the Reno Creek ISR Facility. In
collections to OMB for approval. Executive for Information Services/CIO. addition, the NRC has published a
You should address one or more of [FR Doc. 2017–03724 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] record of decision (ROD) that supports
the following points in any comments or BILLING CODE 7515–01–P the NRC’s decision to approve AUC’s
suggestions you submit: (a) Whether the license application for the Reno Creek
proposed information collection is ISR Facility and to issue the license.
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Type of review: Regular. Committee for Polar Programs will Access and Management System
Affected public: Individuals. provide advice and recommendations to (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
Estimated number of respondents: 1. the National Science Foundation available documents online in the
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Frequency of response: On occasion. education, infrastructure and logistics, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
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7 hours. Responsible NSF Official: Kelly K. ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
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information collection. Respondents are Wilson Boulevard, Stafford I, Suite 755 please contact the NRC’s Public
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containing highly personal information. Dated: February 22, 2017. email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
NARA needs the information to evaluate Crystal Robinson, ADAMS accession number for each
requests for access to ensure that the Committee Management Officer. document referenced (if it is available in
requester meets the criteria in 36 CFR ADAMS) is provided the first time that
[FR Doc. 2017–03745 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am]
1256.28 and that proper safeguards will it is mentioned in this document. In
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be in place to protect the personal addition, for the convenience of the
information. reader, the ADAMS accession numbers
2. Title: Request to use personal are provided in a table in the section of
paper-to-paper copiers at the National NUCLEAR REGULATORY this document entitled, SUPPLEMENTARY
Archives at the College Park facility. COMMISSION INFORMATION.
OMB number: 3095–0035. [Docket No. 40–09092; NRC–2013–0164] • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
Agency form number: None. purchase copies of public documents at
Type of review: Regular. AUC, LLC., Reno Creek Uranium In- the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Affected public: Business or other for- Situ Recovery Project White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
profit. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Nuclear Regulatory
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Estimated number of respondents: 5. AGENCY:
Estimated time per response: 3 hour. Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don
Frequency of response: On occasion. Lowman, Office of Nuclear Material
ACTION: License and record of decision;
Estimated total annual burden hours: Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
issuance.
15 hours. Regulatory Commission, Washington,
Abstract: Regulations at 36 CFR SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
1254.86 require this information Commission (NRC) has issued a license 5452; email: Donald.Lowman@nrc.gov.
collection. Respondents are individuals to AUC, LLC (AUC) for its Reno Creek SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Part 40 of title 10 of the Code of extraction and recovery of uranium at review process. The NRC’s Safety
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), its Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell Evaluation Report documenting its
authorizes the NRC to issue a license to County, Wyoming. On November 30, review of AUC’s application was
AUC for its Reno Creek Uranium In-Situ 2012, the NRC staff acknowledged completed on September 30, 2016. The
Recovery (ISR) Facility in Campbell receipt of the application and noted that NRC issued its final environmental
County, Wyoming. Under conditions in the application was placed in ADAMS) impact statement on December 16, 2016
the license, the Source and Byproduct under Accession No. ML122890785. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of
Materials License SUA–1602 authorizes The NRC staff also noted that it could the NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ the
AUC to operate its facilities as proposed not commence its acceptance review details with respect to this action,
in its license application, as amended, until March 2013. The staff commenced including the Safety Evaluation Report
and to possess uranium source and the acceptance review in March 2013, and accompanying documentation and
byproduct material at the Reno Creek and notified AUC on June 18, 2013, that license, are available online in the
ISR Facility. The NRC’s ROD that the NRC staff had completed its ADAMS Public Documents collection at
supports the decision to approve AUC’s acceptance review and found the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
license application for the Reno Creek application acceptable for detailed adams.html. From this site, you can
ISR Facility and to issue the license is technical (safety) and environmental access the NRC’s Agencywide
available in ADAMS under Accession review. In addition to the application, Document Access and Management
No. ML17011A195. the NRC staff held multiple public System (ADAMS), which provides text
By letter dated October 3, 2012, AUC, meetings with AUC to discuss various and image files of the NRC’s public
LLC submitted a license application to issues and submitted detailed requests documents.
the NRC for a Source and Byproduct for additional information to which The ADAMS accession numbers for
Materials License for the in-situ AUC provided responses during the the documents related to this notice are:
1 ...................... Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, May 2009 ............... ML091530075
2 ...................... AUC, LLC’s Application, October 3, 2012 ...................................................................................................... ML122890785
3 ...................... NRC email informing AUC that License Application Added to ADAMS and Deferral of Acceptance Re- ML12349A262
view, November 30, 2012.
4 ...................... NRC Request for Additional Information ......................................................................................................... ML13365A110
5 ...................... Round 1—Response to Request for Additional Information, June 13, 2012 ................................................. ML14169A452
6 ...................... NRC Results of Round 1 RAI Response Package, September 9, 2014 ....................................................... ML14247A276
7 ...................... AUC Revised RAI Response Package, December 23, 2014 ......................................................................... ML15002A077
8 ...................... Safety Evaluation Report, September 30, 2016 ............................................................................................. ML16237A141
9 ...................... Environmental Impact Statement for the Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell County, Wyoming, Supple- ML16181A082
ment to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, Draft
Report for Public Comments, June 30, 2016.
10 .................... NUREG–1910, Suppl. 6, Environmental Impact Statement for the Reno Creek ISR Project in Campbell ML16342A973
County, Wyoming, Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Ura-
nium Milling Facilities, Final Report, December 2016.
11 .................... Source and Byproduct Materials License SUA–1602, February 16, 2017 ..................................................... ML16364A219
12 .................... NRC Staff’s Record of Decision, February 03, 2017 ...................................................................................... ML17011A195
13 .................... Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 1, February 16, 2017 ............................................................................. ML16364A227
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day be discussed during the public session (10 CFR) Part 35 Medical Use of
of February 2017. includes: (1) An update on medical- Byproduct Material.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. related events; (2) a presentation by Date and Time for Open Sessions:
Andrea Kock, Elekta on the physical presence April 26, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30
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Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Knife® IconTM; (3) an update on to 3:45 p.m.
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Category 3 source security and
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individuals for various modalities; (5) Address for Public Meeting: U.S.
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Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice and (8) a discussion on medical event
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| Contact | Don Lowman, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5452; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 11949 |
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