[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71364-71365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25376]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11006380; NRC-2022-0195]
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.
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SUMMARY: On October 17, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) received an application to amend an export license (XW027/01),
from Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW), authorizing the export
of low-level radioactive waste to Eckert and Ziegler Nuclitech GmbH
located in Germany. The request seeks the NRC's approval to amend an
existing license authorizing the export of radioactive waste to
Germany. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment,
request a hearing, and petition to intervene on PFNW's application.
DATES: Submit comments by December 22, 2022. A request for a hearing or
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by December 22, 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-2022-0195. 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: Stephen C. Baker, Office of
International Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9059, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2022-0195 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 the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0195.
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 is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22292A007. Additional
information is available in ADAMS under XW027 and Docket No. 11006380.
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. Eastern Time (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-2022-0195 or Docket No. 11006380 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
On October 17, 2022, the NRC received an application from PFNW
requesting to amend their specific license to export German-origin
radioactive waste from PFNW processing facilities to Eckert and Ziegler
Nuclitech GmbH located in Germany. The application seeks authorization
to export no greater than 800,000 kilograms (8.5 terabecquerels (TBq))
of treated low-level radioactive waste, originally received from
Germany in the form of liquid, shredded and combustible material
produced from research, medical, and other industries (excluding
nuclear power plants). The material to be treated includes plastics,
paper, wood, personal protective equipment, and glass, primarily
contaminated with carbon-14, cesium-137, cobalt-60, nickel-63, radium-
226 and strontium-90. The treated waste to be returned to Germany will
consist of residual ash and residual metal or non-combustible material
that cannot be recycled. The applicant requests an expiration date of
September 1, 2026.
In accordance with section 110.70 paragraph (b) of title 10 of the
Code of
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Federal Regulations (10 CFR) the NRC is providing notice of the receipt
of the 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:
NRC Export License Application
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Application Information
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Name of Applicant...... Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW).
Date of Application.... October 12, 2022.
Date Received.......... October 17, 2022.
Application No......... XW027/01.
Docket No.............. 11006380.
ADAMS Accession No..... ML22292A007.
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Description of Material
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Material Type.......... The incoming material from Germany consists of
liquid, shredded and combustible material
produced from research, medical, and other
industries (excluding nuclear power plants).
After treatment by PFNW, radioactive waste
returned to Germany will consist of residual
ash and residual metal or non-combustible
material that cannot be recycled.
Radionuclides in the waste include carbon-14,
cesium-137, cobalt-60, nickel-63, radium-226,
and strontium-90.
Total Quantity......... Authorization to export a total maximum
quantity of waste will not exceed 800,000
kilograms. The maximum activity returned to
the originating Eckert and Ziegler Nuclitech
GmbH facility will not exceed 8.5 TBq.
End Use................ Disposal in Germany.
Country of Destination. Germany.
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Dated: November 17, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Peter J. Habighorst,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25376 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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