Document ID: PHMSA-2011-0034-0017
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Request for Approval of International Atomic Energy Agency Special Arrangement: Transport of Radioactively Contaminated Steam Generators via the Great Lakes
Posted Date: 2011-03-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 17751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7408]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0034 (Notice No. 11-1)]

Hazardous Materials: Request for U.S. Competent Authority 
Approval of International Atomic Energy Agency Special Arrangement CDN/
5255/X-96 (Rev. 0) Concerning Transport of Sixteen Radioactively 
Contaminated Steam Generators From Bruce Power, Tiverton, Ontario to 
the Studsvik Facility in Sweden via the Great Lakes

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is notifying the public of a request by Bruce Power for 
U.S. competent authority approval of a Canadian special arrangement 
transport certificate issued in accordance with the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ``Regulations for the Safe Transport of 
Radioactive Material'' (TS-R-1).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Boyle, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Engineering and Research, (202) 366-4545, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any 
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by 
the name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the 
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor 
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in 
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you 
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 4, 2011, the Canadian Nuclear 
Safety Commission (CNSC) issued a transport license and certificate to 
Bruce Power for the transport to Sweden of 16 radioactively 
contaminated decommissioned steam generator large components originally 
installed in the Bruce Power nuclear power plant near Tiverton, 
Ontario. The stated purpose of the transport is to conduct recycling 
and volume reduction activities in Sweden. Under the terms of the 
license and certificate, the transport of the steam generators would be 
conducted in accordance with the special arrangement provisions of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency ``Regulations for the Safe Transport 
of Radioactive Material'' (TS-R-1). The initial leg of transport would 
be by road and entirely within Canada. The steam generators would then 
be loaded on a vessel in Owen Sound, Ontario for transport to Sweden 
via Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario and interconnecting 
waterways as well as the St. Lawrence River. At various times the 
vessel would necessarily enter U.S. waters. Therefore, under IAEA 
special arrangement provisions, the U.S. would need to revalidate the 
Canadian certificate in order to permit transport. PHMSA is recognized 
as the IAEA Competent Authority for the U.S. and is responsible for 
competent authority approval in these cases.
    An application requesting the U.S. competent authority approval of 
the Canadian certificate was received from Bruce Power on Thursday, 
February 24, 2011. All relevant documents will be made available for 
public review online in the docket for this notice. PHMSA intends to 
conduct a fully independent review of the proposed transport including 
safety, environmental, and fitness assessments, in consultation with 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U.S. Coast Guard. PHMSA must 
approve, deny, or institute additional controls regarding the transport 
in the request for competent authority approval.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2011 under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 106.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-7408 Filed 3-29-11; 8:45 am]
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