ML20133A798
| ML20133A798 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 12/20/1996 |
| From: | Mace M NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Patrick W CENTER FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REGULATORY ANALYSES |
| References | |
| CON-FIN-J-5147, CON-NRC-02-96-004, CON-NRC-2-96-4 NUDOCS 9701020113 | |
| Download: ML20133A798 (7) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-4001
- ,o Wesley C. Patrick. President Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
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6220 Culebra Road P0 Drawer 28510 San Antonio, TX 7822-C510
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Dear Dr. Patrick:
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Subject:
Task Order No. 6 Entitled " Crow Butte Resources Inc.
License Renewal" Under Contract NRC-02-96-004 1
In accordance with the task order procedures of the subject contract, this letter definitizes Task Order No. 6.
This effort shall be performed in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work and the Contractor's technical proposal dated August 2,1996 as revised on August 19 and 22,1996.
The effective date of this task order shall be November 4.1996.
Task Order No. 6 shall be in effect from November 4 ough August 29, 1997 with a cost ceiling of $51.167. The amount o epresents the i
total estimated reimbursable costs, the amount of epresents the cost of facility capital, and the amount of $3.699 represents the fixed fee for this task order.
The amount currently obligated is $51.167.
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The obligated amount shall, at no time, exceed the task order ceiling. When and if the amount (s) paid and payable to the Contractor hereunder shall equal the obligated amount, the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue performance of the work unless and until the Contracting Officer shall increase the amount obligated with respect to this task order.
Any work undertaken by the Contractor in excess of the obligated amount specified above is done so at the Contractor's sole risk.
Accounting Data for Task Order No. 6 is as follows:
B&R No.:
75015233000 JC No.:
J5147 BOC:
252A Appn. No.: 31X0200 Cbligated:
$51.167
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The following individuals are considered to be essential to the successful performance of the work hereunder: Dr. Gordon Wittmeyer. Dr. David Turner.
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Dr. Mark Jarzemba, and Pat LaPlante.
970102011d 96'1220 PDR CONTR NRC-04-96-OO4 PDR
f' Task Order No. 6 Page 2 The Contractor agrees that such personnel shall not be removed from the effort under the task order without compliance with Contract Clause H.1 Key Personnel.
Further, any consultants that the Contractor plans to utilize under this task order must be approved by the NRC Contracting Officer before that consultant may begin work under this task order.
Your contacts during the course of this task order are:
Technical Matters:
Deborah DeMarco Project Officer (301) 415 7796 Contractual Matters:
-Deborah Neff Contract Specialist (301) 415 8160 The issuance of Task Order No. 6 does not change any terms and conditions of the subject contract.
Please indicate your acceptance of Task Order No. 6 by having an official authorized to bind your organization, execute three (3) copies of this document in the space provided and return two (2) copies to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Attn: Ms. Neff ADM/DC/TABl. Mail Stop T-7I2, i
Washington, DC 20555.
You should retain the third copy for your records.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Ms. Neff on (301) 415 8160.
1 Sincerely, M
%@ Contracting Officer ry H. Mace, O
echnical Acquisition Branch No. 1 Division of Contracts Office of Administration
Enclosure:
As stated ted:
Accep/tdadw)cv Name Robert E. Ch# ten Director, Contracts Title December 20, 1996 Date j
f' TASK ORDER NO. 06 TITLE:
CROW BUTTE RESOURCES INC. LICENSE RENEWAL JOB CODE J5147 NRC ISSUING OFFICE NMSS NRC PROJECT OFFICER DEBORAH DEfiARCO, 415-7796 NRC TECHNICAL MONITOR WILLIAM FORD. 415-6630 DOCKET NUMBER:
40-8943 TAC NUMBER:
L51353 FEE RECOVERABLE:
YES 1.0 Backaround Crow Butte Resources Inc. is in timely renewal of an NRC Source material license at it's in situ uranium mine.
Renewal of this license will also require the license to be rewritten into a performance based license.
2.0 Ob.iective The object.ive of this tF shall be to review the ground water and radiation protection chapters of the license renewal application: generate questions if required, and review the responses to those questions.
Contractor staff shall also provide input to the environmental assessment (EA) and technical evaluation reports (TER).
3.0 Technical Oualifications Reouired i
The contractor shall provide the services of gechydrologists geochemists, and health physicists who have an understanding of ground-water movement well drilling and operation, and the health physics concerns of a uranium source material processing facility.
Familiarity with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulatory process is required.
4.0 Level of Effort The estimated effort for this task is 416 staff hours (0.2 FTE).
5.0 Comoletion Date Approximately 7.75 months are estimated to complete the task.
However, this estimate may decrease or increase as it is heavily dependent on the number of comments generated by the review. the difficulty associated with resolving the comments, and the length of time it takes the applicant to respond to comments.
6.0 Scooe of Work l
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The NRC staff will provide an orientation to relevant contractor staff on the license renewal. either by phone or meeting.
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The contr3ctor shall review the application using any completed portions of the standard review plan being prepared.
If standard review plan sections are not available. the contractor shall use previous NRC reviews as a precedent and bases for conducting the review.
If needed.
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questions shall be prepared that can be sent to the licensee as requests for additional.information (RAI).
Requests for additional information shall only be in areas where the licensee has not proposed sufficient information to justify it's technical position.
Requests for additional information shall be tied directly to NRC review practices and precedents including other renewal reviews. The review shall not only focus on the environment and the health and safety of the public, but must also pay attention to information'needed to convert to a i
performance based license.
Comments shall be sent to the NRC for transmittal to the applicant.
During the review, relevant NRC staff will be available to answer questions the contractor staff may have on this project.
It is anticipated that a reasonable portion of the review shall be conducted at NRC headquarters by contractor staff.
Contractor i
staff shall also participate as requested by NRC staff in face-to-face or telephone interactions with the a)plicant to resolve technical concerns and comments generated by t1e review as well as requests for.
explanations 3.
A draft of the ground-water and health-physics input to the EA shall be sent to the NRC.
Draft input shall include: (1) a short discussion of 1
the iroposal made by the licensee in it's application: (2) a description of t1e review conducted including the NRC regulatory framework: and (3) the conclusions reached und the basis for the conclusions.
All reviews and subsequent documentation need to be conducted consistent with the NRC review plan, if available, or previous review precedent including NRC accepted applications.
Activities outside of this review. framework l
shall not be undertaken.
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4.
A draft of the ground-water and health physics sections of the TER shall i
be transmitted to the NRC.
Draft in)ut shall include.: (1) a short i
l discussion of the )roposal made by tie licensee in it's application: (2) i a descri) tion of tie review conducted. including the NRC regulatory framewor e and (3) the conclusions reached and the basis for the conclusions.
All reviews and subsequent. documentation shall be conducted consistent with the NRC review plan if available, or previvus review precedent, including NRC accepted ap)lications.
Activities outside of this review framework shall not 3e undertaken.
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NRC staff will review these drafts of the EA and TER.
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Incorporating NRC staff comments. the ground-water and health physics inputs to EA shall be sent to the NRC.
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Incorporating NRC staff comments. the ground-water and health physics sections of the TER shall be transmitted to the NRC.
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7.0 Meetina and Travel Many NRC records which cannot be readily provided, may have to be researched.
In addition. it is anticipated that a reasonable portion of the review shali i
be conducted at NRC headquarters by contractor staff. Contractor staff may l
also have to be present at some meetings with the applicant. Therefore. some trips to search the NRC records may be necessary.
It is estimated 2 one person trips of one week duration to Washington D.C. may be required.
8.0 NRC-Furnished Materials i
Crow Butte license renewal application Current Crow Butte license Inspection reports Event reports EA. TER, and license for Power Resources Inc.
Information on Regulatory Reduction Effort Sample performance based license conditions NRC Format and Content Regulatory Guide for In situ Mines.
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j-9.0 Schedule The following schedule of the staff time required is based on estimates of time intervals to accomplish this task.
The time required to obtain responses from DOE or management approval of various phases is ostimated under the response column.
Calendar Time To Accomplish Task Contractor Deliverable (s)
Staff
Response
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(Weeks)
Contract Award)
Briefly review application 1
Orientation meeting 1 day Conduct review and prepare comments.
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NRC review of comments.
2 NRC submits comments to 1
applicant.
Applicant responds to comments.
8 Review response to comments and resolve comments with applicant.
3 36 Prepare draft environmental assessment.
4 40 Prepare draft technical evaluation input.
3 43 NRC staff comment on draft technical evaluation and draft environmental inpu' 3
Prepare environmental assessment input.
2 48 Prepare technical evaluation report input.
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10.0 Technical Direction Technical instructions may be issued from time to time during the duration of this task.
Technical instructions shall not constitute new essignments of work or changes of such nature as to justify an adjustment in cost or period of performance.
Directions for changes in the scope of work cost, or period of performance shall be issued by the NRC Contracting Officer.
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