62120 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2010 / Notices 

VI. Denial 

In light of the reasons noted above, 

and consistent with the requirements 

under EPCA, DOE is denying the 

Commonwealth’s petition for a waiver 

from Federal preemption. 

VII. Approval of the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary 

The Assistant Secretary of DOE’s 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy has approved 

publication of this notice of denial. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

30, 2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of Draft Basis for 

Determination Under Section 3116 of 

the Ronald W. Reagan National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2005 (NDAA) for Closure of the F– 

Tank Farm at the Savannah River Site 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability of the 

‘‘Draft Basis for Section 3116 

Determination for Closure of the F–Tank 

Farm at the Savannah River Site’’ (Draft 

FTF 3116 Basis Document) for public 

review and comment. DOE prepared the 

Draft FTF 3116 Basis Document 

pursuant to Section 3116(a) of the 

NDAA, which provides that the 

Secretary of Energy may, in consultation 

with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), determine that 

certain waste from reprocessing of spent 

nuclear fuel is not high-level waste if 

the provisions set forth in Section 

3116(a) are satisfied. To make this 

determination, the Secretary of Energy 

must determine that the waste in the 

FTF: (1) Does not require permanent 

isolation in a deep geologic repository 

for spent fuel or high-level radioactive 

waste; (2) has had highly radioactive 

radionuclides removed to the maximum 

extent practical; and (3)(A) does not 

exceed concentration limits for Class C 

low-level waste and will be disposed of 

in compliance with the performance 

objectives in 10 CFR Part 61, Subpart C 

and pursuant to a State approved 

closure plan or State-issued permit; or 

(3)(B) exceeds concentration limits for 

Class C low-level waste but will be 

disposed of in compliance with the 

performance objectives of 10 CFR Part 

61, Subpart C; pursuant to a Stateapproved closure plan or State-issued 

permit; and pursuant to plans 

developed by DOE in consultation with 

the NRC. Although not required by the 

NDAA, DOE is making the Draft FTF 

3116 Basis Document available for 

public review and comment. 

DATES: The comment period will end on 

January 7, 2011. Comments received 

after this date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft Basis for 

Determination is available on the 

Internet at http://sro.srs.gov/ 

f_htankfarmsdocuments.htm, and is 

publicly available for review at the 

following locations: 

District of Columbia 

U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of 

Information Act Public Reading 

Room, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 1G–033, Washington, DC 

20585, (202) 586–5955. 

South Carolina 

University of South Carolina–Aiken, 

Gregg-Graniteville Library, 471 

University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, 

(803) 641–3320. 

Written comments on the Draft FTF 

Section 3116 Basis Document may be 

submitted by U.S. mail to the following 

address: Ms. Sherri Ross, DOE–SR, 

Building 704–S, Room 43, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Savannah River 

Operations Office, Aiken, SC 29802 

(ATTN: F–Tank Farm Draft Basis). 

Alternatively, comments may also be 

filed electronically by e-mail to 

sherri.ross@srs.gov, or by Fax at (803) 

208–7414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTF 

is a 22-acre site, located at the Savannah 

River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. 

The FTF consists of 22 underground 

radioactive waste storage tanks and 

supporting ancillary structures. Two of 

those waste tanks, Tanks 17 and 20 were 

cleaned and operationally closed in 

1997, prior to enactment of NDAA 

Section 3116. Accordingly, Tanks 17 

and 20 are not within the scope of this 

Draft FTF Section 3116 Basis Document. 

The major FTF ancillary structures are 

two evaporator systems, transfer lines, 

six diversion boxes, one catch tank, a 

concentrate transfer system, three pump 

pits, three pump tanks and eight valve 

boxes. There are three waste tank types 

in FTF with operating capacities ranging 

from 750,000 gallons (Type I tanks) to 

1,300,000 gallons (Type III/IIIA and 

Type IV tanks). The waste tanks have 

varying degrees of secondary 

containment and in-tank structural 

features such as cooling coils and 

columns. All FTF waste tanks are 

constructed of carbon steel. The FTF 

was constructed to receive waste 

generated by various SRS production, 

processing and laboratory facilities. 

DOE has initiated waste removal and 

cleaning of tanks and ancillary 

structures in the FTF using a process 

that includes removing bulk waste from 

tanks and ancillary structures and then 

deploying tested technologies to 

removing the majority of the remaining 

waste. After completing cleaning 

operations, a small amount of residual 

radioactive waste will remain in the 

tanks, ancillary equipment and piping. 

DOE plans to stabilize the residuals in 

the tanks and certain ancillary 

structures with grout. Tank waste 

storage and removal operations in the 

FTF are governed by a South Carolina 

Department of Health and 

Environmental Control (SCDHEC) 

industrial wastewater operating permit. 

Removal of tanks from service and 

stabilization of the FTF waste tanks and 

ancillary structures will be carried out 

pursuant to a State-approved closure 

plan, the Industrial Wastewater General 

Closure Plan for F–Area Waste Tank 

Systems (GCP). Specific Closure 

Modules for each tank or ancillary 

structure or groupings of tanks and 

ancillary structures will be developed 

and submitted to SCDHEC for approval. 

Subsequent to SCDHEC’s approval of 

the specific and final closure 

configuration documentation and 

grouting, the tank/system will be 

removed from the State’s industrial 

wastewater permit. This Draft FTF 

Section 3116 Basis Document applies to 

stabilized residuals in the waste tanks 

and ancillary structures, the waste 

tanks, and the ancillary structures in the 

FTF at the time of closure. 

The Draft FTF Section 3116 Basis 

Document is being issued in draft form 

to facilitate public review and comment. 

DOE anticipates it will take 

approximately 9 months to complete 

consultation with the NRC, before the 

Secretary makes a potential 

determination under Section 3116 (a) of 

the NDAA. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

30, 2010. 

Frank Marcinowski, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical and 

Regulatory Support. 

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