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Thursday, April 16, 2015 

• Perspectives from the Office of the 

Director 

• Emerging Frontiers of Research and 

Innovation (EFRI) Overview 

• EFRI Committee of Visitors (COV) 

Report 

• Roundtable on ENG Strategic 

Activities and Recommendations 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Suzanne Plimpton, 

Acting, Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06238 Filed 3–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 070–3103; NRC–2013–0044] 

URENCO USA, Uranium Enrichment 

Facility 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact; 

issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

approval of the URENCO USA (UUSA) 

license amendment request 12–10 

(LAR–12–10) that would authorize 

capacity expansion of the UUSA 

enrichment facility near Eunice, New 

Mexico. In addition the NRC is 

considering approval of related UUSA 

license amendment requests that would 

authorize increases in the mass 

possession limits for natural, depleted, 

and enriched uranium; and would 

authorize use of a modified enrichment 

process to utilize depleted uranium as 

the feed material. 

DATES: The environmental assessment 

and finding of no significant impact 

referenced in this document is available 

on March 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2013–0044 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2013–0044. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Ms. 

Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415– 

3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@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 in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. 

• 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: 

Asimios Malliakos, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6458; email: 

Asimios.Malliakos@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering approval of 

the UUSA LAR–12–10 (a publiclyavailable version is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML12319A591), 

and UUSA’s supplemental license 

amendment request (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML14171A092). The NRC’s 

approval would authorize capacity 

expansion of the UUSA enrichment 

facility that operates near Eunice, New 

Mexico. LAR–12–10 and the 

supplemental request were submitted by 

URENCO USA (formerly Louisiana 

Energy Services, LLC), requesting 

amendment of its special nuclear 

material (SNM) License SNM–2010, 

under which UUSA operates its gas 

centrifuge uranium enrichment facility. 

The NRC’s approval would increase the 

authorized mass possession limits for 

natural, depleted, and enriched 

uranium, and would authorize use of a 

modified enrichment process to utilize 

depleted uranium as the feed material. 

The NRC staff has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML15072A016) 

of the proposed actions, in accordance 

with the requirements in Part 51 of Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR). Both LAR–12–10 and UUSA’s 

June 2014, supplemental license 

amendment request were considered in 

the EA prepared by the NRC staff. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation of 

the proposed actions will be 

documented in a separate Safety 

Evaluation Report (SER). If the proposed 

actions are approved, the NRC will issue 

to UUSA an amended SNM–2010 

license following the publication of this 

notice, and the amended license will be 

made publicly available. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

On September 10, 2012, UUSA 

submitted an Environmental Report (ER) 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12262A539 

and ML12262A540) that forms a basis 

for the NRC’s EA of the proposed 

actions. On November 9, 2012, UUSA 

submitted the associated LAR–12–10 to 

expand the production capacity of the 

UUSA facility. Subsequent to LAR–12– 

10, UUSA submitted a supplemental 

license amendment request on June 17, 

2014. The June 2014 submittal 

requested an increase in the authorized 

mass possession limits for natural, 

depleted, and enriched uranium. In 

addition, the June 2014 submittal 

requested authorization to use a 

modified enrichment process that 

would utilize depleted uranium instead 

of natural uranium as the feed material. 

The NRC staff has assessed the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the 2012 and 2014 

license amendment requests, as well as 

the no action alternative, and has 

documented the results in the EA. The 

NRC staff performed its environmental 

review in accordance with the 

requirements in 10 CFR part 51. In 

addition to the ER, the NRC staff also 

considered information received from a 

request for additional information (RAI); 

communications with the New Mexico 

State Historic Preservation Office 

(SHPO); the New Mexico Department of 

Game and Fish; information gathered 

from an NRC site visit; consultation 

with Native American Tribes, local 

governments and agencies officials; as 

well as information from independent 

analysis. 

In the EA, the NRC staff evaluated the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

proposed action and the no action 

alternative on the affected environment. 

The resource areas evaluated include: 

land use; historical and cultural 

resources; visual and scenic resources; 

climatology, meteorology, and air 

quality; geology, minerals, and soils; 

water resources; ecological resources; 

socioeconomics; environmental justice; 

noise; transportation; public and 

occupational health and safety; and 

waste management. 

Additionally, the NRC staff analyzed 

the potential cumulative impacts from 

past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future actions when 

combined with the environmental 


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impacts from the proposed action. The 

NRC staff concluded that there would 

not be significant adverse cumulative 

impacts to any resource area. 

Based on its review of the proposed 

action relative to the requirements set 

forth in 10 CFR part 51, the NRC staff 

has determined that the amendment to 

NRC License SNM–2010, authorizing 

capacity expansion of UUSA’s uranium 

enrichment facility near Eunice, New 

Mexico, would not significantly affect 

the quality of the human environment. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) 

Based on its review of the proposed 

action, in accordance with the 

requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the 

NRC staff has concluded that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of March, 2015. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Marissa G. Bailey, 

Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, 

Safeguards, and Environmental Review, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and 

Safeguards. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

on April 9–11, 2015, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

Thursday, April 9, 2015, Conference 

Room T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Topical Report 

NEDE–33766P, ‘‘GEH Simplified 

Stability Solution (GS3)’’ (Open/

Closed)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the staff and GEHitachi regarding the review of the GS3 

topical report. 

Note: A portion of this meeting may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Draft Proposed 

Rulemaking for Mitigation of BeyondDesign-Basis Events (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the staff regarding the 

draft proposed rulemaking package in 

support of mitigation of beyond-designbasis events that would, among other 

things, make generically applicable 

Order EA–12–049. 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will discuss proposed ACRS 

reports on matters discussed during this 

meeting. 

Note: A portion of this meeting may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

Friday, April 10, 2015, Conference 

Room T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee (Open/

Closed)—The Committee will discuss 

the recommendations of the Planning 

and Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

Meetings, and matters related to the 

conduct of ACRS business, including 

anticipated workload and member 

assignments. [Note: A portion of this 

meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.] 

10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Reconciliation 

of ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the responses 

from the NRC Executive Director for 

Operations to comments and 

recommendations included in recent 

ACRS reports and letters. 

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Development 

of Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) in 

Support of Order EA–13–109 (Reliable 

Hardened Vents) (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the staff regarding 

development of ISG in Support of Order 

EA–13–109. 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports on matters 

discussed during this meeting. 

Note: A portion of this meeting may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

Saturday, April 11, 2015, Conference 

Room T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. Note: A 

portion of this meeting may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will continue 

its discussion related to the conduct of 

Committee activities and specific issues 

that were not completed during 

previous meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 13, 2014 (79 FR 59307–59308). 

In accordance with those procedures, 

oral or written views may be presented 

by members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), five 

days before the meeting, if possible, so 

that appropriate arrangements can be 

made to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 

presenters should provide the Cognizant 

ACRS Staff with a CD containing each 

presentation at least 30 minutes before 

the meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of the April 9– 

11th meeting may be closed, as 

specifically noted above. Use of still, 

motion picture, and television cameras 

during the meeting may be limited to 

selected portions of the meeting as 


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