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Acceptance Review: Exemption Request from 10 CFR 20, Appendix G, LLW Shipping Investigation Requirements
ML22235A786
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 08/23/2022
From: Marlayna Vaaler Doell
Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To: Fleming J
Holtec Decommissioning International
Marlayna Doell, 301-415-3178
References
EPID L-2022-LLE-0025
Download: ML22235A786 (2)


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From: Doell, Marlayna To: Jean Fleming Cc: "Bill Noval"; Anderson, Shaun; Steven Johnston; Jeffrey Dostal

Subject:

Oyster Creek - Acceptance Review: Exemption Request from 10 CFR 20, Appendix G, LLW Shipping Investigation Requirements [EPID: L-2022-LLE-0025]

Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:28:00 PM

Dear Ms. Fleming:

By letter dated August 2, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22214A173), Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) submitted exemption requests from portions of Appendix G, Requirements for Transfers of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Intended for Disposal at Licensed Land Disposal Facilities and Manifests, to Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). The requested exemption would allow HDI to investigate and report to the NRC when OCNGS does not receive notification of receipt of a shipment, or part of a shipment, of low-level radioactive waste within 90 days after transfer, instead of the 20-day investigation requirement currently delineated in the regulations.

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of this exemption request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed exemption in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review.

If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence by October 1, 2022, and a response will be due 30 days from the receipt of the request for additional information. Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> to complete, and the NRC staff expects to complete this review by January 27, 2023. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this email will be available electronically for public inspection from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3178 or e-mail at Marlayna.Doell@nrc.gov.

Thank you and have a great week!

Marlayna Marlayna Vaaler Doell

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Decommissioning Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NMSS/DUWP/RDB Phone: 301.415.3178 Mobile: 440.668.7399 Home: 605.348.2334 E-mail: marlayna.doell@nrc.gov Office Location: Fulltime Telework from Rapid City, South Dakota!

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