[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79973-79975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22479]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 04008907; NRC-2024-0170]


United Nuclear Corporation; License Amendment Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and to 
petition for leave to intervene.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an 
application from United Nuclear Corporation (UNC), a subsidiary of 
General Electric (GE) for amendment of Source Material License No. SUA-
1475, Docket No. 04008907, which authorizes the licensee to possess 
byproduct

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material in the form of uranium waste tailings and other byproduct 
wastes generated by the licensee's past milling operations located at: 
1051 State Highway 566, Gallup, New Mexico 87305. In addition to 
corrections to the license that have been approved in previous Safety 
Evaluation Reports, the licensee requests changes to the dates in 
Condition 35 of the license which would extend the projected date from 
2019 to 2038 for emplacement of the final radon barrier; extend the 
projected date for placement of the erosion protection from 2019 to 
2038; and to extend the completion of the groundwater corrective 
actions from 2018 to 2036.

DATES: Submit comments by December 2, 2024. A request for a hearing or 
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by December 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website.
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0170. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95c6e1f4f6ecbbc6f6fde0f8f4fbfbd5fbe7f6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32614653514b1c61515a475f535c5c725c40511c555d44">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
    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: James Smith, Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6103; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d399b2beb6a0fd80bebaa7bb93bda1b0fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c062d21293f621f212538240c223e2f622b233a">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0170 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0170.
    <bullet> 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aafaeef884f8cfd9c5dfd8c9cfeac4d8c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4f4e0f68af6c1d7cbd1d6c7c1e4cad6c78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>. The application is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML24135A218.
    <bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acfce8fe82fec9dfc3d9decfc9ecc2decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="306074621e6255435f45425355705e42531e575f46">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 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 Docket ID NRC-2024-0170 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. Introduction

    The NRC has received, by letter dated May 14, 2024, (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML24135A218), an application to amend Source Materials 
License No. SUA-1475 (the UNC license) for the UNC Church Rock Mill 
site located in New Mexico. Specifically, UNC requested to extend the 
projected dates for (1) the completion of groundwater corrective 
actions, (2) the emplacement of the final radon barrier and erosion 
protection, and (3) completion of the ground water corrective actions, 
for the UNC Church Rock Mill Site. UNC is requesting an amendment to 
Source Material License No. SUA-1475, Docket No. 04008907, for License 
Conditions 35.A(1), which would extend the projected date from 2019 to 
2038 for emplacement of the final radon barrier; condition 35.B(1) to 
extend the projected date for placement of the erosion protection from 
2019 to 2038; and condition 35.B(2) to extend the completion of the of 
groundwater corrective actions from 2018 to 2036.

III. Opportunity To Comment and Opportunity To Request a Hearing and 
Petition for Leave To Intervene

    Prior to making a final determination on this, the UNC's second 
request to extend the date for emplacing the final radon barrier and 
the erosion protection, the NRC is providing an opportunity for public 
participation required under criterion 6A(2) of Appendix A of part 40 
to title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, through the provision 
of this opportunity to provide comments. An NRC administrative 
completeness review found the application acceptable for a technical 
review. Prior to making a licensing decision on the request, the NRC 
will need to evaluate the proposal against the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations. The NRC's 
findings will be documented in a technical evaluation report.
    Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any 
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may 
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene 
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in 
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and 
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a 
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the presiding 
officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a 
hearing will be issued.
    Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions 
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document. 
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that 
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a 
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates 
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) 
through (iii).
    A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian 
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the 
Commission to

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participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later than 60 days from 
the date of publication of this notice. Alternatively, a State, local 
governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated 
agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
    For information about filing a petition and about participation by 
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No. 
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website 
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.

IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)

    All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including 
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body, 
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that 
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires 
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the 
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media, 
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further 
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is 
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#622a0703100b0c054c260d01090716220c10014c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd7fafeedf6f1f8b1dbf0fcf4faebdff1edfcb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 proceeding if the 
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
    Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is 
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is 
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory 
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is 
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the 
time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be 
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system 
no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a 
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends 
the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing 
system also distributes an email that provides access to the document 
to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have 
advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in 
the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those 
participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants 
(or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a 
digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed to 
obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
    A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic 
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's 
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by 
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a5749525e34487f69756f68797f5a746879347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e031d060a601c2b3d213b3c2d2b0e203c2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a>, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. 
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Participants who believe that they have good cause for not 
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing 
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and 
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper 
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner 
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants. 
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still 
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), 
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10 
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
    Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the 
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the 
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID 
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link 
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the 
NRC's electronic hearing docket where you will be able to access any 
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. 
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information 
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone 
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires 
submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works, 
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory 
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants 
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.

    Dated: September 26, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Randolph W. Von Till,
Chief, Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch, Division 
of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-22479 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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