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3Requesters should note that the filing 

requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 

46562; August 3, 2012) apply to appeals of NRC 

staff determinations (because they must be served 

on a presiding officer or the Commission, as 

applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI request 

submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures. 

been designated to rule on information 

access issues, with that officer. 

If challenges to the NRC staff 

determinations are filed, these 

procedures give way to the normal 

process for litigating disputes 

concerning access to information. The 

availability of interlocutory review by 

the Commission of orders ruling on 

such NRC staff determinations (whether 

granting or denying access) is governed 

by 10 CFR 2.311.3

I. The Commission expects that the 

NRC staff and presiding officers (and 

any other reviewing officers) will 

consider and resolve requests for access 

to SUNSI, and motions for protective 

orders, in a timely fashion in order to 

minimize any unnecessary delays in 

identifying those petitioners who have 

standing and who have propounded 

contentions meeting the specificity and 

basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. 

The attachment to this Order 

summarizes the general target schedule 

for processing and resolving requests 

under these procedures. 

It is so ordered. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th of 

July 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE

UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING

Day Event/activity 

0 ........................ Publication of FEDERAL REGISTER notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, including order with instructions for access requests. 

10 ...................... Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with information: 

Supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order 

for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding. 

60 ...................... Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) Demonstration of standing; and (ii) all contentions whose formulation does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requestor reply). 

20 ...................... U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requester of the staff’s determination whether the request for 

access provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents). 

25 ...................... If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requester to file a motion seeking a ruling 

to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief 

Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any 

party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to 

file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. 

30 ...................... Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). 

40 ...................... (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and 

file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure 

Agreement for SUNSI. 

A ....................... If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access 

to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a 

final adverse determination by the NRC staff. 

A + 3 ................. Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective order. 

A + 28 ............... Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days 

remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as

established in the notice of opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene), the petitioner may file its

SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. 

A + 53 ............... (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. 

A + 60 ............... (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. 

>A + 60 ............. Decision on contention admission. 

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[Docket No. 40–8584; NRC–2018–0141] 

Kennecott Uranium Company; 

Sweetwater Uranium Project 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License renewal; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a renewed 

license to Kennecott Uranium Company 

(KUC) for its Sweetwater Uranium 

Project (SUP), located in Sweetwater 

County, Wyoming, for Materials License 

SUA–1350. The license authorizes KUC 

to possess uranium source and 

byproduct material at the SUP. In 

addition, the license authorizes KUC to 

operate its facilities as proposed in its 

license renewal application, as 

amended, and as prescribed in the 

license, after a pre-operational 

inspection has been completed at the 

SUP and any safety issues resolved. The 

renewed license expires on November 9, 

2024. 

DATES: The license referenced in this 

document is available on July 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0141 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0141. Address 


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questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned in this document. In 

addition, for the convenience of the 

reader, the ADAMS accession numbers 

are provided in a table in the 

‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section of 

this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Webb, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415– 

6252; email: James.Webb@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

Based upon the application dated July 

24, 2014 (ADAMS Package Accession 

No. ML14251A115), as supplemented 

on October 31, 2015 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML15300A336), June 2, 2016 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML16160A410), 

October 18, 2016 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML16298A147), November 14, 2016 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML16335A183), 

September 28, 2017 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML17277A074), and January 12, 

2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18043A034), the NRC has issued a 

renewed license (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML18102B175) to KUC, located in 

Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The 

renewed license authorizes KUC to 

possess uranium source and byproduct 

material at the SUP. In addition, the 

license authorizes KUC to operate its 

facilities as proposed in its license 

renewal application, as amended, and as 

prescribed in its amended license, after 

a pre-operational inspection has been 

completed at the SUP and any safety 

issues resolved. The renewed license 

will expire on November 9, 2024. 

The licensee’s application for a 

renewed license complies with the 

standards and requirements of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the NRC’s rules and 

regulations. The NRC has made 

appropriate findings as required by the 

Act, part 20 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and 10 

CFR part 40, and sets forth those 

findings in the renewed license. The 

agency afforded an opportunity for a 

hearing in the ‘‘Notice of Opportunity 

for a Hearing’’ published in the Federal 

Register on February 10, 2015 (80 FR 

7501). The NRC received no request for 

a hearing or petition for leave to 

intervene following the notice. 

The NRC staff prepared a safety 

evaluation report (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML18052B381) for the renewal of 

the license and concluded, based on 

that evaluation, that KUC will continue 

to meet the regulations in the Act, 10 

CFR part 20, and 10 CFR part 40. The 

NRC staff also prepared an 

environmental assessment (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18135A206) and 

finding of no significant impact for the 

renewal of this license, which were 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 8, 2018 (83 FR 26708). The NRC 

staff concluded that renewal of this 

license will not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. Concurrent with its 

license renewal review, the NRC also 

reviewed KUC’s revised request to 

construct an additional tailings 

impoundment and evaporation ponds 

for future operations. 

II. Availability of Documents 

The following table includes the 

ADAMS accession numbers for the 

documents referenced in this notice. For 

additional information on accessing 

ADAMS, see the ADDRESSES section of 

this document. 

Document 

ADAMS 

accession 

No. 

License Renewal Application (LRA) July 24, 2014 ............................................................................................................................. ML14251A113 

LRA Revision, October 31, 2015 ......................................................................................................................................................... ML15300A336 

LRA Revision, June 2, 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................ ML16160A410 

LRA Revision, October 18, 2016 ......................................................................................................................................................... ML16298A147 

LRA Revision, November 14, 2016 ..................................................................................................................................................... ML16335A183 

LRA Revision, September 28, 2017 .................................................................................................................................................... ML17277A074 

LRA Revision, January 12, 2018 ......................................................................................................................................................... ML18043A034 

Final Environmental Assessment for the Renewal of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission License No. SUA–1530 for 

Kennecott Uranium Company, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, issued June 2018 ........................................................................ ML18135A206 

NRC Safety Evaluation Report, February 28, 2018 ............................................................................................................................ ML18052B381 

Source Materials License, Kennecott Uranium Company, June 30, 2018 ......................................................................................... ML18102B175 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of July 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michele M. Sampson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and 

Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Plant 

Operations and Fire Protection; Notice 

of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant 

Operations and Fire Protection will hold 

a meeting on July 26, 2018 at U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 

I, 2100 Renaissance Blvd., Suite 100, 

King of Prussia, PA 19406–2713. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. The agenda for the 

subject meeting shall be as follows: 


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