ML20036A762

Forwards Procedure for Addressing Ownership Transfers of Topical Repts Submitted for Review,Per 10CFR61

ML20036A762
Person / Time
Issue date:	05/05/1993
From:	Thoma J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Cade M U.S. ECOLOGY, INC. (FORMERLY NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
References
REF-WM-102 NUDOCS 9305140147
Download: ML20036A762 (4)

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YAY 0 51993 Docket No. WM-102 Mr. Mark Cade, P.E.

Post Operations Manager U.S. Ecology 5333 Westheimer Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77056-5407

SUBJECT:

Transfer of Topical Report Ownership This is in response to your letter, dated April 27, 1993, notifying NRC of your intent to transfer the ownership of Report No. USE-61-002-P (A), Rev. O, to the JGC Corporation.

You had discussed this earlier with the Project Manager, Mr. Robert Shewmaker.

While you no doubt have received an informal copy of the procedure that was developed for a previous ownership transfer, I am enclosing a copy of the two-page procedure with this letter.

If, after your review there are questions, i

please contact me on (301) 504-3450 or the Project Manager on (301) 504-2596.

It is suggested that you forward a copy of the procedure to the JGC Corporation for their information relative to a transfer.

I look forward to assisting the two companies in this transfer of the approved topical report.

7~1!nal Signed by-John 0. Thoma, Section~Ee}ader in Technical and Special Issues Section Low-level Waste Management Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety

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Post Operations Manager U.S. Ecology 5333 Westheimer Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77056-5407

SUBJECT:

Transfer of Topical Report Ownership l

This is in response to your letter, dated April 27, 1993, ifying NRC of your intent to transfer the ownership of Report No. USE-61-002-P (A), Rev. O, to the JGC Corporation.

You had discussed this earlierAIrith the Project Manager, Mr. Robert Shewmaker.

While you no doubt have received an informal cop of the procedure that was developed for a W@a copy of the two-page pFoceifuQ sfer,A o

with this letter.

If, after your review there are questions, please con) ct me on (301) 504-3450 or the Project Manager on (301) 504-2596. It is 4dggested that you forward a copy of the procedure to the JGC Corporation for heir information relative to a transfer.

I look forward to assisting the two ompanies in this transfer of the approved topical report.

J n 0. Thoma, Section Leader ethnical and Special Issues Section Low-Level Waste Management Branch Division of Low-level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Enclosure:

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Procedures for Addressing Ownership Transfers of Topical Reports submitted for Review Under 10 CFR Part 61 L

1.

After a TR has been approved the following actions shall be completed if an ownership transfer is to occur, a)

Current owner / applicant of the TR must submit a letter to the NRC stating the following.

1)

Identification by name, address, phone number and contact individual of the new owner / applicant of the TR.

2)

Date the transfer of the TR to the new owner / applicant is to become effective.

3)

Withdrawal or assignment to the new person the request and subsequent granting of Proprietary Information designation to exempt from public disclosure, all or parts of the TR that had been declared trade secrets and commercial information or financial information.

This will be in the form of an affidavit.

4)

Agreement to pay any fees due the NRC for services rendered in the review process up to and including the date of the transfer of ownership based on the NRC's prorated determination of the fees or a statement regarding the assumption of fee payments due that will become the new owner / applicants' responsibility.

b)

The new owner / applicant of the TR must submit a letter to the NRC stating the following:

1)

Name, address, phone numbers of the owner / applicant with the contact individual identified.

2)

Date the new owner / applicant will receive the TR rights being passed by the former owner / applicant.

3)

A request for re-approval of the TR under the name of the new owner / applicant with new revisions to the TR to reflect the previous owner (s)/ applicants (s) and the new owner / applicant.

4)

A request for Proprietary Information designation for all or parts of the TR based on 10 CFR 2.790 (b) (4).

This will be in the form of an affidavit.

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An acknowledgement of fees due the NRC for services rendered in the review process up to and including the date of the transfer of ownership which the new owner / applicant will assume.

c)

Based on a review of information submitted by the new owner / applicant and the previous owner / applicant, the NRC will determine whether all necessary documentation has been received, and if so, shall reassign the existing project file / docket number and TR status to the new owner / applicant and TR.

The NRC Docket Control Desk and License Fee Management Branch shall be notified of the action.

2.

When a TR is in the review process and an ownership transfer is to occur the following actions shall be completed in addition to those identified in 1.

above except the requirements of 1.b) (3) will be omitted.

a)

Same as 1.a).

(5) Identification of all known outstanding issues /

questions in the review of the TR with a copy of the letter to the new owner / applicant.

b)

Same as 1.b).

(6) Schedule for submitting the responses to all outstanding issues / questions.

c)

Same as 1.c).