ML22010A125
| ML22010A125 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 11006380 |
| Issue date: | 01/24/2022 |
| From: | David Skeen NRC/OIP |
| To: | |
| Baker S | |
| References | |
| NRC-2020-0198 | |
| Download: ML22010A125 (6) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11006380; NRC-2020-0198]
Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is
considering issuing an export license amendment (XW027/01), req uested by Perma-Fix
Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW). The request seeks the NRCs a pproval for a license
amendment authorizing the export of up to 60,000 kilograms of r adioactive waste to
Germany. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to com ment, request a
hearing, and petition to intervene on PFNWs application.
DATES: Submit comments by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. A request for a hearing or a petition for
leave to intervene must be filed by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; howe ver,
the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking
Website:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC-2020-0198. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov
to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schu mann@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
- Email comments to: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov. If you do not receive an
automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 30 1-415-1677.
- Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at
301-415-1101.
- Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submittin g comments, see
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEME NTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen C. Baker, Office of International
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20 555-0001;
telephone: 301-287-9059, email: Stephen.Baker@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2020-0198 or Docket No. 11006380 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this action by the following m ethods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC-2020-0198.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public
3 Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room reference staff at 1-800 -397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The export license amendment
application from PFNW is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21354A043.
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointm ent to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Frid ay, except Federal
holidays
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal
rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please include NRC-2020-0198 or
Docket No. 11006380 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact info rmation that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all
comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as e nter the comment
submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit commen t submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other person s for
submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying
or contact information that they do not want to be publicly dis closed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment
4 submissions to remove such information before making the commen t submissions
available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
In accordance with paragraph 110.70(b) of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is noticing the receipt of an export license amendment
application submitted by PFNW on December 20, 2021, for the exp ort of German-origin
radioactive waste from PFNW processing facilities to Germany. The application seeks
authorization to export no greater than 60,000 kilograms and 0. 05 terabecquerels of low-
level radioactive waste in the form of residual ash and residua l metal or non-combustible
material. The amendment application requests an expiration dat e of September 1, 2026.
The NRC is noticing the receipt of the application; providing t he opportunity to
submit written comments concerning the application; and providi ng the opportunity to
request a hearing or petition for leave to intervene, for a per iod of 30 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Any request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene shall be served by the requestor or petition er in accordance with
10 CFR 110.89. A hearing request or petition for leave to inte rvene must include the
information specified in 10 CFR 110.82(b).
A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be filed with the
NRC electronically in accordance with NRCs E-Filing rule promu lgated in August 2007
(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562, Augus t 3, 2012).
Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC s public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-s ubmittals.html. To ensure timely electronic filing, at
least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requ estor should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov, or by calling 301-415-1677,
to (1) request a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its 5
counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and ac cess the E-Filing system
for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the
participant will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances
in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, alr eady holds an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secr etary will establish an
electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the Sec retary has not already
established an electronic docket.
The information concerning this application for an export lice nse amendment
follows.
NRC EXPORT LICENSE AMENDMENT APPLICATION
Application Information Name of Applicant Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.
(PFNW)
Date of Application December 13, 2021 Date Received December 20, 2021 Application No. XW027/01 Docket No. 11006380 ADAMS Accession No.
Description of Material Material Type Radioactive material consisting of dry active waste, incinerable dry active material including personal protective equipment, paper, glass, plastic, and liquid. The waste was generated by medical and pharmaceutical research projects and other industries (excluding Nuclear Power Plants).
Total Quantity This license authorizes the export of up to 60,000 kilograms of residual ash and residual metal or non-combustible material that cannot be recycled. Any non-conforming waste that cannot be treated may be returned in its original state. The maximum quantity of material returned will not exceed.05 TBq.
6 End Use Disposal in Germany.
Country of Destination Germany
Dated: January 24, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
David L. Skeen, Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
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