[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6836]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. PROJ0735]


Public Meeting To Discuss Nuclear Regulatory Commission Roles and 
Responsibilities for Department of Energy Waste Determination 
Activities at the Idaho National Laboratory; Notice of Public Meeting 
in Idaho Falls, ID

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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DATES: April 25, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xiaosong Yin, Project Manager, 
Environmental Protection and Performance Assessment Directorate, 
Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of 
Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 
(301) 415-7640; fax number: (301) 415-5397; e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#065e5e5f4668746528616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e0606071e302c3d70393128">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Introduction

    The Ronald Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (NDAA) authorizes the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in 
consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to determine 
whether certain radioactive waste related to the reprocessing of spent 
nuclear fuel is not high-level waste, provided certain criteria are 
met. The NDAA also requires NRC to monitor DOE disposal actions to 
assess compliance with 10 CFR Part 61, Subpart C, performance 
objectives for low-level waste.
    On September 7, 2005, DOE submitted a draft waste determination for 
residual waste incidental to reprocessing, including sodium bearing 
waste, stored in the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center 
(INTEC) Tank Farm Facility (TFF) to demonstrate compliance with the 
NDAA criteria including demonstration of compliance with the 
performance objectives in 10 CFR Part 61, Subpart C. In its 
consultation role, the NRC staff reviewed the draft waste determination 
and concluded that the NDAA criteria could be met for residual waste 
stored in the INTEC TFF. NRC documented the results of its review in a 
technical evaluation report (TER) issued in October 2006. DOE issued a 
final waste determination in November 2006 taking into consideration 
the assumptions, conclusions, and recommendations documented in NRC's 
TER (ML062490142).
    To better inform the public on the NRC's activities under the NDAA, 
NRC is holding this public meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho to provide the 
public with a clear understanding of NRC's activities on the 
implementation of the NDAA and the review of DOE's waste determination 
for the INTEC TFF. The NRC staff will also provide an overview of its 
planned monitoring activities.

2. Meeting Time and Location

    The NRC will hold this public meeting on April 25, 2007, at Red 
Lion Hotels, 475 River Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

3. Meeting Agenda

    6:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Meeting participants registration.
    7 p.m.-7:10 p.m.: The NRC staff will make opening remarks regarding 
the conduct of today's sessions.
    7:10 p.m.-7:30 p.m.: The NRC staff will provide an overview of 
NRC's implementation of the Ronald Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for FY 2005, Section 3116.
    7:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m.: Open questions and answers from all 
participants.
    7:45 p.m.-8 p.m.: The NRC staff will provide an overview on NRC's 
technical review of DOE's Draft Determination for the Tank Farm 
Facility at the Idaho National Laboratory.
    8 p.m.-8:15 p.m.: The NRC staff will provide an overview of NRC 
planned monitoring activities for the Tank Farm Facility at the Idaho 
National Laboratory.
    8:15 p.m.-9 p.m.: Open questions and answers from all participants.
    9 p.m.: Adjourn.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of April, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Flanders,
Deputy Director, Environmental Protection and Performance Assessment 
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection. 
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management 
Programs.
 [FR Doc. E7-6836 Filed 4-10-07; 8:45 am]
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