[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17340-17342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06424]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 11005323; NRC-2022-0070]


Diversified Scientific Services, Inc.

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments, 
request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is 
considering issuing an export license amendment (XW008/06) requested by 
Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (DSSI). On January 31, 2022, DSSI 
filed an application with the NRC for a license authorizing the renewal 
and amendment of an existing license to export low-level radioactive 
material to Canada. The NRC is providing notice of

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the opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition to 
intervene on DSSI's application.

DATES: Submit comments by April 27, 2022. A request for a hearing or a 
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by April 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, 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-2022-0070. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do not 
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 
301-415-1677.
     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 submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Langlie, Office of International 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-287-9076, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to NRC-2022-0070 or Docket No. 11005323 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 methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0070.
     NRC's Public Website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search 
for XW008/06, Docket No. 11005323, or Docket ID NRC-2022-0070.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 export license application from 
DSSI is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22046A000.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include NRC-2022-0070 or Docket No. 11005323 in your comment 
submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information 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 enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
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 disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    In accordance with section 110.70 paragraph (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 DSSI requesting 
a specific license amendment to export low-level radioactive material 
to Canada. The amendment/renewal application requests an extension of 
the license for 5 years. The application requests an expiration date of 
March 31, 2027.
    The NRC is providing notice of the receipt of the amendment 
application; providing the opportunity to submit written comments 
concerning the application; and providing the opportunity to request a 
hearing or petition for leave to intervene, for a period of 30 days 
after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. A hearing 
request or petition for leave to intervene must include the information 
specified in 10 CFR 110.82(b). Any request for hearing or petition for 
leave to intervene shall be served by the requestor or petitioner in 
accordance with 10 CFR 110.89(a), either by delivery, by mail, or filed 
with the NRC electronically in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule 
(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562; August 3, 
2012). Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions may be found 
in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 
website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
    To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the 
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID) 
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or 
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access 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, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the 
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this 
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic 
docket.
    The information concerning this application for an export license 
follows.

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                     NRC Export License Application
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                         Application Information
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Name of Applicant............  Diversified Scientific Services, Inc.
Date of Application..........  January 31, 2022.
Date Received................  February 14, 2022.
Application No...............  XW008/06.
Docket No....................  11005323.
ADAMS Accession No...........  ML22046A000.
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                         Description of Material
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Material Type................  Radioactive material consisting of mixed
                                material contaminated with various
                                radionuclides in varying combinations.
Total Quantity...............  Authorization to export a total maximum
                                quantity of waste will not exceed 420
                                kilograms (no change). The maximum
                                isotopic activity returned shall not
                                exceed 74.37 Terabecquerels per shipment
                                (no change). Radionuclides potentially
                                present in the waste include carbon-14,
                                hydrogen-3, mixed fission product
                                radionuclides and other contaminates.
End Use......................  Disposal in Canada.
Country of Destination.......  Canada.
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    Dated: March 23, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-06424 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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