82_FR_21921 82 FR 21832 - LaCrosse Solutions, LLC; Dairyland Power Cooperative; La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

82 FR 21832 - LaCrosse Solutions, LLC; Dairyland Power Cooperative; La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 89 (May 10, 2017)

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FR Document2017-09456

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a January 16, 2017, request from LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS), for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), from the requirement to investigate and report to the NRC when LS does not receive notification of receipt of a shipment, or part of a shipment, of low-level radioactive waste within 20 days after transfer by rail from the LACBWR facility. LaCrosseSolutions requested that the time period for it to receive acknowledgement that the shipment has been received by the intended recipient be extended from 20 to 45 days to avoid an excessive administrative burden because of operational experience that indicates that rail shipments may take more than 20 days to reach their destination.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-409; NRC-2015-0279]


LaCrosse Solutions, LLC; Dairyland Power Cooperative; La Crosse 
Boiling Water Reactor

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemption; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an 
exemption in response to a January 16, 2017, request from 
LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS), for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor 
(LACBWR), from the requirement to investigate and report to the NRC 
when LS does not receive notification of receipt of a shipment, or part 
of a shipment, of low-level radioactive waste within 20 days after 
transfer by rail from the LACBWR facility. LaCrosseSolutions requested 
that the time period for it to receive acknowledgement that the 
shipment has been received by the intended recipient be extended from 
20 to 45 days to avoid an excessive administrative burden because of 
operational experience that indicates that rail shipments may take more 
than 20 days to reach their destination.

DATES: May 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0279 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-2015-0279. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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 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 [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if 
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a 
document is referenced.
     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: Marlayna G. Vaaler, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor was an Atomic Energy Commission 
(AEC) Demonstration Project Reactor that first went critical in 1967, 
commenced commercial operation in November 1969, and was capable of 
producing 50 megawatts electric. The LACBWR is located on the east bank 
of the Mississippi River in Vernon County, Wisconsin, and is co-located 
with the Genoa Generating Station, which is a coal-fired electrical 
power plant that is still in operation. The Allis-Chalmers Company was 
the original licensee; the AEC later sold the plant to the Dairyland 
Power Cooperative (DPC) and granted it Provisional Operating License 
No. DPR-45 on August 28, 1973 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17080A423).
    The LACBWR permanently ceased operations on April 30, 1987 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML17080A422), and reactor defueling was completed on June 
11, 1987 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17080A420). In a letter dated August 4, 
1987 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17080A393), the NRC terminated

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DPC's authority to operate the LACBWR under Provisional Operating 
License No. DPR-45, and granted the licensee a possess-but-not-operate 
status. By letter dated August 18, 1988 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML17080A421), the NRC amended DPC's Provisional Operating License No. 
DPR-45 to Possession Only License No. DPR-45 to reflect the permanently 
defueled configuration at the LACBWR.
    The NRC issued an order to authorize decommissioning of the LACBWR 
and approve the licensee's proposed Decommissioning Plan (DP) on August 
7, 1991 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17080A454). Because the NRC approved 
DPC's DP before August 28, 1996, pursuant to section 50.82 of title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the DP is considered the 
Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the LACBWR. 
The PSDAR public meeting was held on May 13, 1998, and subsequent 
updates to the LACBWR decommissioning report have combined the DP and 
PSDAR into the ``LACBWR Decommissioning Plan and Post-Shutdown 
Decommissioning Activities Report'' (D-Plan/PSDAR). The DPC constructed 
an onsite Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) under its 
10 CFR part 72 general license, and completed the movement of all 333 
spent nuclear fuel elements from the Fuel Element Storage Well to dry 
cask storage at the ISFSI by September 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML12290A027). The remaining associated buildings and structures are 
ready for dismantlement and decommissioning activities.
    By order dated May 20, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16123A073), the 
NRC approved the direct transfer of Possession Only License No. DPR-45 
for the LACBWR from DPC to LS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
EnergySolutions, LLC, and approved a conforming license amendment, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, ``Transfer of licenses,'' and 10 CFR 50.90, 
``Application for amendment of license, construction permit, or early 
site permit,'' to reflect the change. The order was published in the 
Federal Register on June 2, 2016 (81 FR 35383). The transfer assigns 
DPC's licensed possession, maintenance, and decommissioning 
responsibilities for the LACBWR to LS in order to implement expedited 
decommissioning at the LACBWR site. Decommissioning of the LACBWR is 
scheduled to be completed in 2018.

II. Request/Action

    By letter dated January 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17018A136), 
LS requested an exemption from 10 CFR part 20, appendix G, 
``Requirements for Transfers of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Intended 
for Disposal at Licensed Land Disposal Facilities and Manifests,'' 
section III.E. for the LACBWR. Section III.E requires that the shipper 
of any low-level radioactive waste to a land disposal facility must 
investigate and trace the shipment if the shipper has not received 
notification of the shipment's receipt by the disposal facility within 
20 days after transfer. In addition, section III.E requires licensees 
to report such missing shipments to the NRC. Specifically, LS is 
requesting that the time period for LS to receive acknowledgement that 
the shipment has been received be extended from 20 to 45 days after 
transfer for rail shipments from LACBWR.
    The NRC's regulations in 10 CFR 20.2301, ``Applications for 
exemptions,'' allow the Commission to grant exemptions from the 
requirements of the regulations if it determines the exemption would be 
authorized by law and would not result in undue hazard to life or 
property. Inherent to the decommissioning process, large volumes of 
slightly contaminated debris are generated and require disposal. The 
licensee transports low-level radioactive waste from LACBWR to distant 
locations such as the waste disposal facility operated by 
EnergySolutions in Clive, Utah, and waste processors in Texas. 
Experience with waste shipments from LACBWR and at other 
decommissioning power reactor sites indicates that rail transportation 
time to waste disposal facilities has, in several instances, exceeded 
the 20-day receipt of notification requirement. In addition, 
administrative processes at the disposal facility and mail delivery 
times could further delay the issuance or arrival of the receipt of 
notification.

III. Discussion

A. The Exemption Is Authorized by Law

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2301, the Commission may, upon application by 
a licensee or upon its own initiative, grant an exemption from the 
requirements of regulations in 10 CFR part 20 if it determines the 
exemption is authorized by law and would not result in undue hazard to 
life or property. There are no provisions in the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended (or in any other Federal statute) that impose a 
requirement to investigate and report on low-level radioactive waste 
shipments that have not been acknowledged by the recipient within 20 
days of transfer. Therefore, the NRC concludes that there is no 
statutory prohibition on the issuance of the requested exemption and 
the NRC is authorized to grant the exemption by law.
    With respect to compliance with Section 102(2) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2) (NEPA), the NRC staff has 
determined that the proposed action, namely, the approval of the LS 
exemption request, is within the scope of the two categorical 
exclusions listed at 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B) and 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(25)(vi)(C). The categorical exclusion listed at 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B) concerns approval of exemption requests from 
reporting requirements and the categorical exclusion listed at 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(25)(vi)(C) concerns approval of exemption requests from 
inspection or surveillance requirements. Therefore, no further analysis 
is required under NEPA.

B. The Exemption Would Not Result in Undue Hazard to Life or Property

    The NRC finds that the underlying purpose of 10 CFR part 20, 
appendix G, section III.E is to require licensees to investigate, 
trace, and report radioactive shipments that have not reached their 
destination, as scheduled, for unknown reasons. Data from the San 
Onofre Nuclear Generating Station found that rail shipments took over 
16 days on average, and on occasion, took up to 57 days. The NRC 
acknowledges that, based on the history of low-level radioactive waste 
shipments from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the need to 
investigate and report on shipments that take longer than 20 days could 
result in an excessive administrative burden on the licensee. For rail 
shipments, LS will require electronic data tracking system interchange, 
or similar tracking systems that allow for monitoring the progress of 
the shipments by the rail carrier on a daily basis.
    Because of the oversight and monitoring of radioactive waste 
shipments throughout the entire journey from the LACBWR to the disposal 
site, it is unlikely that a shipment could be lost, misdirected, or 
diverted without the knowledge of the carrier or LS. Furthermore, by 
extending the elapsed time for receipt acknowledgment to 45 days before 
requiring investigations, tracing, and reporting, a reasonable upper 
limit on shipment duration (based on historical analysis) is still 
maintained if a breakdown of normal tracking systems were to occur. 
Consequently, the NRC finds that extending the receipt of notification 
period from 20 to 45 days after transfer for the rail shipments 
described by LS in its January 16, 2017, letter would not

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result in an undue hazard to life or property. The NRC also finds that 
the underlying purpose of 10 CFR part 20, appendix G, section III.E 
will be met.

IV. Conclusions

    Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 
20.2301, the exemption is authorized by law and will not result in 
undue hazard to life or property. Therefore, the Commission hereby 
grants LaCrosseSolutions, LLC an exemption from 10 CFR part 20, 
appendix G, section III.E to extend the requirement to extend the 
receipt of notification period from 20 days to 45 days after transfer 
by rail of low-level radioactive waste from the LACBWR facility.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of May 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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                                                     E. the special circumstances outweigh                assessment need be prepared for these                 questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                  any decrease in safety that may result                  amendments.                                           Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  from the reduction in standardization                                                                         email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                                                                          IV. Conclusion
                                                  caused by the exemption; and                                                                                  technical questions, contact the
                                                     F. the exemption will not result in a                  Using the reasons set forth in the                  individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                  significant decrease in the level of safety             combined safety evaluation, the staff                 INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                  otherwise provided by the design.                       granted the exemption and issued the                  document.
                                                     2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted              amendment that the licensee requested                    • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                  an exemption from the certified DCD                     on November 16, 2016. The exemption                   Access and Management System
                                                  Tier 1 information, with corresponding                  and amendment were issued on April                    (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                                  changes to Appendix C of the Facility                   17, 2017, as part of a combined package               available documents online in the
                                                  Combined Licenses as described in the                   to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No.                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                  licensee’s request dated November 16,                   ML17045A616).                                         http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                  2016. This exemption is related to, and                   Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day          adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                  necessary for, the granting of License                  of May 2017.                                          ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                  Amendment No. 72, which is being                          For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.              select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                  issued concurrently with this                           Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,                               Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                  exemption.                                              Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New            please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                     3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the                Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.            Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                  NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS                    [FR Doc. 2017–09457 Filed 5–9–17; 8:45 am]            1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                  Accession No. ML17045A717), this                        BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
                                                  exemption meets the eligibility criteria                                                                      ADAMS accession number for each
                                                  for categorical exclusion set forth in 10                                                                     document referenced in this notice (if
                                                  CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to                 NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    that document is available in ADAMS)
                                                  10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental                       COMMISSION                                            is provided the first time that a
                                                  impact statement or environmental                                                                             document is referenced.
                                                                                                          [Docket Nos. 50–409; NRC–2015–0279]
                                                  assessment needs to be prepared in                                                                               • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                  connection with the issuance of the                     LaCrosse Solutions, LLC; Dairyland                    purchase copies of public documents at
                                                  exemption.                                              Power Cooperative; La Crosse Boiling                  the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                     4. This exemption is effective as of the             Water Reactor                                         White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                  date of its issuance.                                                                                         Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                                                                          AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  III. License Amendment Request                          Commission.                                           Marlayna G. Vaaler, Office of Nuclear
                                                     By letter dated November 16, 2016                    ACTION: Exemption; issuance.                          Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
                                                  (ADAMS Accession No. ML16323A020),                                                                            Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
                                                  the licensee requested that the NRC                     SUMMARY:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory               Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone:
                                                  amend the COLs for VCSNS, Units 2                       Commission (NRC) is issuing an                        301–415–3178, email:
                                                  and 3, COLs NPF–93 and NPF–94. The                      exemption in response to a January 16,                Marlayna.Vaaler@nrc.gov.
                                                  proposed amendment is described in                      2017, request from LaCrosseSolutions,
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  Section I of this document.                             LLC (LS), for the La Crosse Boiling
                                                     The Commission has determined for                    Water Reactor (LACBWR), from the                      I. Background
                                                  these amendments that the application                   requirement to investigate and report to
                                                                                                                                                                   The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor
                                                  complies with the standards and                         the NRC when LS does not receive
                                                                                                                                                                was an Atomic Energy Commission
                                                  requirements of the Atomic Energy Act                   notification of receipt of a shipment, or
                                                                                                                                                                (AEC) Demonstration Project Reactor
                                                  of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the                  part of a shipment, of low-level
                                                                                                                                                                that first went critical in 1967,
                                                  Commission’s rules and regulations.                     radioactive waste within 20 days after
                                                                                                                                                                commenced commercial operation in
                                                  The Commission has made appropriate                     transfer by rail from the LACBWR
                                                                                                                                                                November 1969, and was capable of
                                                  findings as required by the Act and the                 facility. LaCrosseSolutions requested
                                                                                                                                                                producing 50 megawatts electric. The
                                                  Commission’s rules and regulations in                   that the time period for it to receive
                                                                                                                                                                LACBWR is located on the east bank of
                                                  10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in                acknowledgement that the shipment has
                                                                                                                                                                the Mississippi River in Vernon County,
                                                  the license amendment.                                  been received by the intended recipient
                                                                                                                                                                Wisconsin, and is co-located with the
                                                     A notice of consideration of issuance                be extended from 20 to 45 days to avoid
                                                                                                                                                                Genoa Generating Station, which is a
                                                  of amendment to facility operating                      an excessive administrative burden
                                                                                                                                                                coal-fired electrical power plant that is
                                                  license or combined license, as                         because of operational experience that
                                                                                                                                                                still in operation. The Allis-Chalmers
                                                  applicable, proposed no significant                     indicates that rail shipments may take
                                                                                                                                                                Company was the original licensee; the
                                                  hazards consideration determination,                    more than 20 days to reach their
                                                                                                                                                                AEC later sold the plant to the
                                                  and opportunity for a hearing in                        destination.
                                                                                                                                                                Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) and
                                                  connection with these actions, was                      DATES: May 10, 2017.                                  granted it Provisional Operating License
                                                  published in the Federal Register on                    ADDRESSES:  Please refer to Docket ID                 No. DPR–45 on August 28, 1973
                                                  February 14, 2017 (82 FR 10590). No                     NRC–2015–0279 when contacting the                     (ADAMS Accession No. ML17080A423).
                                                  comments were received during the 30-                   NRC about the availability of                            The LACBWR permanently ceased
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                                                  day comment period.                                     information regarding this document.                  operations on April 30, 1987 (ADAMS
                                                     The Commission has determined that                   You may obtain publicly-available                     Accession No. ML17080A422), and
                                                  these amendments satisfy the criteria for               information related to this document                  reactor defueling was completed on
                                                  categorical exclusion in accordance                     using any of the following methods:                   June 11, 1987 (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                  with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant                    • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                ML17080A420). In a letter dated August
                                                  to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental                    http://www.regulations.gov and search                 4, 1987 (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                  impact statement or environmental                       for Docket ID NRC–2015–0279. Address                  ML17080A393), the NRC terminated


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                                                  DPC’s authority to operate the LACBWR                   part 20, appendix G, ‘‘Requirements for               and the NRC is authorized to grant the
                                                  under Provisional Operating License                     Transfers of Low-Level Radioactive                    exemption by law.
                                                  No. DPR–45, and granted the licensee a                  Waste Intended for Disposal at Licensed                  With respect to compliance with
                                                  possess-but-not-operate status. By letter               Land Disposal Facilities and Manifests,’’             Section 102(2) of the National
                                                  dated August 18, 1988 (ADAMS                            section III.E. for the LACBWR. Section                Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.
                                                  Accession No. ML17080A421), the NRC                     III.E requires that the shipper of any                4332(2) (NEPA), the NRC staff has
                                                  amended DPC’s Provisional Operating                     low-level radioactive waste to a land                 determined that the proposed action,
                                                  License No. DPR–45 to Possession Only                   disposal facility must investigate and                namely, the approval of the LS
                                                  License No. DPR–45 to reflect the                       trace the shipment if the shipper has not             exemption request, is within the scope
                                                  permanently defueled configuration at                   received notification of the shipment’s               of the two categorical exclusions listed
                                                  the LACBWR.                                             receipt by the disposal facility within 20            at 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B) and 10 CFR
                                                     The NRC issued an order to authorize                 days after transfer. In addition, section             51.22(c)(25)(vi)(C). The categorical
                                                  decommissioning of the LACBWR and                       III.E requires licensees to report such               exclusion listed at 10 CFR
                                                  approve the licensee’s proposed                         missing shipments to the NRC.                         51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B) concerns approval of
                                                  Decommissioning Plan (DP) on August                     Specifically, LS is requesting that the               exemption requests from reporting
                                                  7, 1991 (ADAMS Accession No.                            time period for LS to receive                         requirements and the categorical
                                                  ML17080A454). Because the NRC                           acknowledgement that the shipment has                 exclusion listed at 10 CFR
                                                  approved DPC’s DP before August 28,                     been received be extended from 20 to 45               51.22(c)(25)(vi)(C) concerns approval of
                                                  1996, pursuant to section 50.82 of title                days after transfer for rail shipments                exemption requests from inspection or
                                                  10 of the Code of Federal Regulations                   from LACBWR.                                          surveillance requirements. Therefore, no
                                                  (CFR), the DP is considered the Post-                      The NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR                    further analysis is required under
                                                  Shutdown Decommissioning Activities                     20.2301, ‘‘Applications for exemptions,’’             NEPA.
                                                  Report (PSDAR) for the LACBWR. The                      allow the Commission to grant                         B. The Exemption Would Not Result in
                                                  PSDAR public meeting was held on May                    exemptions from the requirements of                   Undue Hazard to Life or Property
                                                  13, 1998, and subsequent updates to the                 the regulations if it determines the
                                                  LACBWR decommissioning report have                      exemption would be authorized by law                     The NRC finds that the underlying
                                                  combined the DP and PSDAR into the                      and would not result in undue hazard                  purpose of 10 CFR part 20, appendix G,
                                                  ‘‘LACBWR Decommissioning Plan and                       to life or property. Inherent to the                  section III.E is to require licensees to
                                                  Post-Shutdown Decommissioning                           decommissioning process, large                        investigate, trace, and report radioactive
                                                  Activities Report’’ (D-Plan/PSDAR). The                                                                       shipments that have not reached their
                                                                                                          volumes of slightly contaminated debris
                                                  DPC constructed an onsite Independent                                                                         destination, as scheduled, for unknown
                                                                                                          are generated and require disposal. The
                                                  Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)                                                                       reasons. Data from the San Onofre
                                                                                                          licensee transports low-level radioactive
                                                  under its 10 CFR part 72 general license,                                                                     Nuclear Generating Station found that
                                                                                                          waste from LACBWR to distant
                                                  and completed the movement of all 333                                                                         rail shipments took over 16 days on
                                                                                                          locations such as the waste disposal
                                                  spent nuclear fuel elements from the                                                                          average, and on occasion, took up to 57
                                                                                                          facility operated by EnergySolutions in
                                                  Fuel Element Storage Well to dry cask                                                                         days. The NRC acknowledges that,
                                                                                                          Clive, Utah, and waste processors in
                                                  storage at the ISFSI by September 19,                                                                         based on the history of low-level
                                                                                                          Texas. Experience with waste shipments
                                                  2012 (ADAMS Accession No.                                                                                     radioactive waste shipments from the
                                                                                                          from LACBWR and at other
                                                  ML12290A027). The remaining                                                                                   San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,
                                                                                                          decommissioning power reactor sites                   the need to investigate and report on
                                                  associated buildings and structures are                 indicates that rail transportation time to
                                                  ready for dismantlement and                                                                                   shipments that take longer than 20 days
                                                                                                          waste disposal facilities has, in several             could result in an excessive
                                                  decommissioning activities.                             instances, exceeded the 20-day receipt
                                                     By order dated May 20, 2016 (ADAMS                                                                         administrative burden on the licensee.
                                                                                                          of notification requirement. In addition,             For rail shipments, LS will require
                                                  Accession No. ML16123A073), the NRC
                                                                                                          administrative processes at the disposal              electronic data tracking system
                                                  approved the direct transfer of
                                                                                                          facility and mail delivery times could                interchange, or similar tracking systems
                                                  Possession Only License No. DPR–45 for
                                                                                                          further delay the issuance or arrival of              that allow for monitoring the progress of
                                                  the LACBWR from DPC to LS, a wholly-
                                                                                                          the receipt of notification.                          the shipments by the rail carrier on a
                                                  owned subsidiary of EnergySolutions,
                                                  LLC, and approved a conforming license                  III. Discussion                                       daily basis.
                                                  amendment, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80,                                                                             Because of the oversight and
                                                                                                          A. The Exemption Is Authorized by Law                 monitoring of radioactive waste
                                                  ‘‘Transfer of licenses,’’ and 10 CFR
                                                  50.90, ‘‘Application for amendment of                      Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2301, the                    shipments throughout the entire journey
                                                  license, construction permit, or early                  Commission may, upon application by a                 from the LACBWR to the disposal site,
                                                  site permit,’’ to reflect the change. The               licensee or upon its own initiative, grant            it is unlikely that a shipment could be
                                                  order was published in the Federal                      an exemption from the requirements of                 lost, misdirected, or diverted without
                                                  Register on June 2, 2016 (81 FR 35383).                 regulations in 10 CFR part 20 if it                   the knowledge of the carrier or LS.
                                                  The transfer assigns DPC’s licensed                     determines the exemption is authorized                Furthermore, by extending the elapsed
                                                  possession, maintenance, and                            by law and would not result in undue                  time for receipt acknowledgment to 45
                                                  decommissioning responsibilities for                    hazard to life or property. There are no              days before requiring investigations,
                                                  the LACBWR to LS in order to                            provisions in the Atomic Energy Act of                tracing, and reporting, a reasonable
                                                  implement expedited decommissioning                     1954, as amended (or in any other                     upper limit on shipment duration
                                                                                                          Federal statute) that impose a                        (based on historical analysis) is still
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                                                  at the LACBWR site. Decommissioning
                                                  of the LACBWR is scheduled to be                        requirement to investigate and report on              maintained if a breakdown of normal
                                                  completed in 2018.                                      low-level radioactive waste shipments                 tracking systems were to occur.
                                                                                                          that have not been acknowledged by the                Consequently, the NRC finds that
                                                  II. Request/Action                                      recipient within 20 days of transfer.                 extending the receipt of notification
                                                     By letter dated January 16, 2017                     Therefore, the NRC concludes that there               period from 20 to 45 days after transfer
                                                  (ADAMS Accession No. ML17018A136),                      is no statutory prohibition on the                    for the rail shipments described by LS
                                                  LS requested an exemption from 10 CFR                   issuance of the requested exemption                   in its January 16, 2017, letter would not


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                                                  21834                        Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 89 / Wednesday, May 10, 2017 / Notices

                                                  result in an undue hazard to life or                    INFORMATION CONTACT    section of this                B. Submitting Comments
                                                  property. The NRC also finds that the                   document.                                   Please include Docket ID NRC–2017–
                                                  underlying purpose of 10 CFR part 20,                     • Mail comments to: David Cullison,     0067 in the subject line of your
                                                  appendix G, section III.E will be met.                  Office of the Chief Information Officer,  comment submission, in order to ensure
                                                  IV. Conclusions                                         Mail Stop: T–5 F53, U.S. Nuclear          that the NRC is able to make your
                                                                                                          Regulatory Commission, Washington,        comment submission available to the
                                                     Accordingly, the Commission has                      DC 20555–0001.                            public in this docket.
                                                  determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR                       For additional direction on obtaining     The NRC cautions you not to include
                                                  20.2301, the exemption is authorized by                 information and submitting comments,      identifying or contact information in
                                                  law and will not result in undue hazard                 see ‘‘Obtaining Information and           comment submissions that you do not
                                                  to life or property. Therefore, the                     Submitting Comments’’ in the              want to be publicly disclosed in your
                                                  Commission hereby grants                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of      comment submission. The NRC will
                                                  LaCrosseSolutions, LLC an exemption                     this document.                            post all comment submissions at http://
                                                  from 10 CFR part 20, appendix G,
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:          www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
                                                  section III.E to extend the requirement
                                                                                                          David Cullison, Office of the Chief       comment submissions into ADAMS,
                                                  to extend the receipt of notification
                                                                                                          Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear         and the NRC does not routinely edit
                                                  period from 20 days to 45 days after
                                                                                                          Regulatory Commission, Washington,        comment submissions to remove
                                                  transfer by rail of low-level radioactive
                                                                                                          DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–        identifying or contact information.
                                                  waste from the LACBWR facility.
                                                                                                          2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@         If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day                                                      comments from other persons for
                                                  of May 2017.
                                                                                                          nrc.gov.
                                                                                                                                                    submission to the NRC, then you should
                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                inform those persons not to include
                                                  John R. Tappert,                                        I. Obtaining Information and              identifying or contact information that
                                                  Director, Division of Decommissioning,                  Submitting Comments                       they do not want to be publicly
                                                  Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs,                                                             disclosed in their comment submission.
                                                  Office of Nuclear Material Safety and                   A. Obtaining Information                  Your request should state that the NRC
                                                  Safeguards.                                                                                       does not routinely edit comment
                                                                                                             Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017–
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–09456 Filed 5–9–17; 8:45 am]                                                        submissions to remove such information
                                                                                                          0067 when contacting the NRC about
                                                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                          the availability of information for this  before making the comment
                                                                                                          action. You may obtain publicly-          submissions available to the public or
                                                                                                          available information related to this     entering the comment into ADAMS.
                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                                                                          action by any of the following methods: II. Background
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                                                                             • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                  [NRC–2017–0067]                                                                                     In accordance with the Paperwork
                                                                                                          http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                                                                                                                    Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
                                                                                                          for Docket ID NRC–2017–0067.
                                                  Information Collection: Licensing                                                                 Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting
                                                                                                             • NRC’s Agencywide Documents           public comment on its intention to
                                                  Requirements for Land Disposal of
                                                                                                          Access and Management System              request the OMB’s approval for the
                                                  Radioactive Waste
                                                                                                          (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-         information collection summarized
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             available documents online in the         below.
                                                  Commission.                                             ADAMS Public Documents collection at        1. The title of the information
                                                  ACTION: Renewal of existing information                 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/            collection: 10 CFR part 61—Licensing
                                                  collection; request for comment.                        adams.html. To begin the search, select   Requirements for Land Disposal of
                                                                                                          ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then       Radioactive Waste.
                                                  SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS              2. OMB approval number: 3150–0135.
                                                  Commission (NRC) invites public                         Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,          3. Type of submission: Extension.
                                                  comment on the renewal of Office of                     please contact the NRC’s Public             4. The form number, if applicable:
                                                  Management and Budget (OMB)                             Document Room (PDR) reference staff at Not applicable.
                                                  approval for an existing collection of                  1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by         5. How often the collection is required
                                                  information. The information collection                 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The        or requested: Applications for licenses
                                                  is entitled, ‘‘Licensing Requirements for               supporting statement is available in      are submitted as needed. Other reports
                                                  Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.’’                   ADAMS under Accession No.                 are submitted annually and as other
                                                  DATES: Submit comments by July 10,                      ML17024A191.                              events require.
                                                  2017. Comments received after this date                    • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and         6. Who will be required or asked to
                                                  will be considered if it is practical to do             purchase copies of public documents at respond: Applicants for and holders of
                                                  so, but the Commission is able to ensure                the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One           an NRC license (to include Agreement
                                                  consideration only for comments                         White Flint North, 11555 Rockville        State licensees) for land disposal of low-
                                                  received on or before this date.                        Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.          level radioactive waste.
                                                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                         • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of     7. The estimated number of annual
                                                  by any of the following methods:                        the collection of information and related responses: 16 (12 reporting responses +
                                                     • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                 instructions may be obtained without      4 recordkeepers).
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                                                  http://www.regulations.gov and search                   charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance        8. The estimated number of annual
                                                  for Docket ID NRC–2017–0067. Address                    Officer, David Cullison, Office of the    respondents: 4.
                                                  questions about NRC dockets to Carol                    Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear     9. The estimated number of hours
                                                  Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                     Regulatory Commission, Washington,        needed annually to comply with the
                                                  email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                     DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–        information collection requirement or
                                                  technical questions, contact the                        2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@ request: 5,372 hours (56 hours reporting
                                                  individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                    nrc.gov.                                  + 5,316 hours recordkeeping).


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Document Created: 2017-05-10 00:00:40
Document Modified: 2017-05-10 00:00:40
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionExemption; issuance.
DatesMay 10, 2017.
ContactMarlayna G. Vaaler, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178, email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 21832 

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