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Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Renewal for Uranium One USA, Inc., Willow Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project, Johnson and Campbell Counties, WY, License SUA-1341, 5514-5516 [2013-01581] :: Nuclear Regulatory Commission :: Agencies And Commissions :: Regulation Tracker :: Justia
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Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Renewal for Uranium One USA, Inc., Willow Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project, Johnson and Campbell Counties, WY, License SUA-1341, 5514-5516 [2013-01581]
Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with 5514 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 17 / Friday, January 25, 2013 / Notices for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with the NRC guidance available on the NRC’s public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the documents are 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. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. 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PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Denise L. McGovern, Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2013–01594 Filed 1–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 040–08502; NRC–2009–0036] Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Renewal for Uranium One USA, Inc., Willow Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project, Johnson and Campbell Counties, WY, License SUA–1341 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2009–0036 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly-available, using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2009–0036. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. In addition, for the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in a table in Section IV of this notice. • 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: Ron C. Linton, Project Manager, Office of ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 5515 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 17 / Friday, January 25, 2013 / Notices Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–7777; email: Ron.Linton@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the renewal of Source Materials License SUA–1341 for continued uranium production operations and in-situ recovery (ISR) of uranium at the Willow Creek Project (formally known as Irigaray and Christensen Ranch Project) in Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming. The NRC has prepared a Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the Environmental Assessment (EA) published in July 2011, in support of this proposed license renewal in accordance with the requirements in part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Based on the SEA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The NRC is also conducting a safety evaluation of the proposed license renewal, pursuant to 10 CFR part 40. The results of the safety evaluation will be documented in a separate Safety Evaluation Report. If approved, the NRC will issue the renewed license following the publication of this notice. II. Supplemental Environmental Assessment Summary On May 30, 2008, Cogema Mining, Inc. submitted an application to the NRC, requesting license renewal of Source Materials License SUA–1341. On December 17, 2009, the NRC consented to a change of control of the license and Uranium One, USA, Inc. (Uranium One) became the licensee for Source Materials License SUA–1341. The NRC completed a Final EA and FONSI for the license renewal request on July 7, 2011. This SEA was prepared after publication of the EA due to the licensee’s request to increase the flow rate of operations from 4,000 gallons per minute (gpm) to 9,000 gpm. The proposed action in this SEA is to increase the Christensen Ranch satellite plant throughput from 4,000 gpm to 9,000 gpm. The NRC staff has determined that this increase in flow rate will not change the licensed boundary, and will only require minor modifications to the satellite plant resulting in an increase in the satellite plant footprint of approximately 660 square feet. The increase in flow rate will allow the licensee to operate more wellfields simultaneously, but will not change production rates from already approved wellfields because the production unit geologic properties control the flow rate at which each wellfield can be operated, which has not changed from previous evaluations. In the SEA, the staff considered the following environmental resource areas in its evaluation: Air quality, public and occupational doses; soil and groundwater; waste management and transportation. Public and occupational exposures are expected to remain below the limits established in 10 CFR part 20. Soil and groundwater are not expected to be impacted beyond what has already been evaluated, as the proposed action will allow the licensee to produce at a faster rate, but not from more production areas. Uranium One maintains acceptable waste management practices and procedures and even with the increase in flow rate, the waste management impacts are expected to be small. The increase in flow rate will result in one additional transfer of resin daily and one additional truck transporting resin daily to the Irigaray central processing plant. This increase does not affect the previous analysis discussed in the EA. The staff concluded that the proposed 10-year renewal of Source Materials License SUA–1341 will not result in a significant impact to the environment. During development of the SEA, NRC staff requested comments from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) on the increase in flow rate; none were provided. III. Finding of No Significant Impact The NRC staff has prepared an SEA in support of the proposed action. On the basis of this SEA, the NRC finds that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that the preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted. Accordingly, the NRC has determined that a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate. IV. Further Information Documents related to this action, including the application for amendment and supporting documentation, are available electronically at the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are provided in the following table: ADAMS Accession No. Document mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with Final Environmental Assessment, July 7, 2011 ............................................................................................................................ License Renewal Revision (LRA), Revision and Request for Flow Rate Increase, March 7, 2012 ............................................ Acceptance For Review And Request For Additional Information, Supplemental Information to 2008 License Renewal Application, June 7, 2012. Response to RAIs for Supplemental Information to 2008 License Renewal Application, July 7, 2012 ...................................... LRA Revision, July 10, 2012 ........................................................................................................................................................ Letter to WDEQ, Request for Comments ..................................................................................................................................... Email response from WDEQ ......................................................................................................................................................... Supplemental Environmental Assessment ................................................................................................................................... If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737 or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:39 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 229001 These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ML103270681 ML120820095 ML12152A159 ML12206A436 ML12206A436 ML12230A086 ML12285A074 ML12289A522 contractor will copy documents for a fee. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, 16th day of January 2013. E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 5516 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 17 / Friday, January 25, 2013 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Andrew Persinko, Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2013–01581 Filed 1–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Annual notice. AGENCY: Notice is given under 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4) of the appointment of members to the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. DATES: Membership is effective on January 25, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda M. Beard, Human Resources Specialist, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 1120 20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 606–5393. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Review Commission, as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(1) through (5), has established a Senior Executive Service PRB. The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of a senior executive’s performance by the supervisor, and makes recommendations to the Chairman of the Review Commission regarding performance ratings, performance awards, and pay-forperformance adjustments. Members of the PRB serve for a period of 24 months. In the case of an appraisal of a career appointee, more than half of the members shall consist of career appointees, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(5). The names and titles of the PRB members are as follows: • Nicholas M. Inzeo, Director, Office of Field Programs, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; • Jeffrey Risinger, Human Resources Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency; and • Joel R. Schapira, Deputy General Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with SUMMARY: Dated: January 16, 2013. Thomasina V. Rogers, Chairman. [FR Doc. 2013–01517 Filed 1–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7600–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:39 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 229001 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Sunshine Act: OPIC Annual Public Hearing 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC. STATUS: Hearing open to the public at 2 p.m. PURPOSE: Annual Public Hearing to afford an opportunity for any person to present views regarding the activities of the Corporation. PROCEDURES: Individuals wishing to address the hearing orally must provide advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Monday, February 25, 2013. The notice must include the individual’s name, title, organization, address, email, telephone number, and a concise summary of the subject matter to be presented. Oral presentations may not exceed ten (10) minutes. The time for individual presentations may be reduced proportionately, if necessary, to afford all participants who have submitted a timely request an opportunity to be heard. Participants wishing to submit a written statement for the record must submit a copy of such statement to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Monday, February 25, 2013. Such statement must be typewritten, doublespaced, and may not exceed twenty-five (25) pages. Upon receipt of the required notice, OPIC will prepare an agenda for the hearing identifying speakers, setting forth the subject on which each participant will speak, and the time allotted for each presentation. The agenda will be available at the hearing. A written summary of the hearing will be compiled, and such summary will be made available, upon written request to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost of reproduction. CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Information on the hearing may be obtained from Connie M. 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[FR Doc. 2013–01605 Filed 1–23–13; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 3210–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–68690; File No. SR–DTC– 2012–810] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing Advance Notice To Reduce Liquidity Risk Relating to Its Processing of Maturity and Income Presentments and Issuances of Money Market Instruments January 18, 2013. Pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (‘‘Clearing Supervision Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b– 4(n)(1)(i) 2 thereunder, notice is hereby given that on December 28, 2012, The Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the advance notice described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been prepared primarily by DTC. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the advance notice from interested persons. I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Advance Notice DTC is proposing to change the current Largest Provisional Net Credit (‘‘LPNC’’) risk management control in order to increase withholding from one to two largest provisional credits (on an acronym 3 basis). DTC is also proposing to modify its Rules as they relate to the Issuing/Paying Agent’s (‘‘IPA’s’’) refusal to pay process. DTC is proposing not to process a reversal of a transaction initiated by an IPA when issuances of Money Market Instruments (‘‘MMIs’’) in an acronym exceed, in dollar value, the maturity or income presentments (‘‘Maturity Obligations’’) of MMIs in the 1 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1). CFR 240.19b–4(n)(i). 3 DTC employs a four-character acronym to designate an issuer’s Money Market Instrument program. An issuer can have multiple acronyms. The Issuing/Paying Agent’s bank uses the acronym(s) when submitting an instruction for a given issuer’s Money Market Instrument securities. 2 17 E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1
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[Docket No. 040-08502; NRC-2009-0036]
Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License Renewal for Uranium One USA, Inc.,
Willow Creek Uranium In-Situ Recovery Project, Johnson and Campbell
Counties, WY, License SUA-1341
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0036 when contacting the
possesses and are publicly-available, using any of the following
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0036. Address
referenced. In addition, for the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS
accession numbers are provided in a table in Section IV of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron C. Linton, Project Manager, Office
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:
301-415-7777; email: Ron.Linton@nrc.gov.
renewal of Source Materials License SUA-1341 for continued uranium
production operations and in-situ recovery (ISR) of uranium at the
Willow Creek Project (formally known as Irigaray and Christensen Ranch
Project) in Johnson and Campbell Counties, Wyoming. The NRC has
prepared a Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the
Environmental Assessment (EA) published in July 2011, in support of
this proposed license renewal in accordance with the requirements in
part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Based
on the SEA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The NRC is also conducting a safety
evaluation of the proposed license renewal, pursuant to 10 CFR part 40.
The results of the safety evaluation will be documented in a separate
On May 30, 2008, Cogema Mining, Inc. submitted an application to
the NRC, requesting license renewal of Source Materials License SUA-
1341. On December 17, 2009, the NRC consented to a change of control of
the license and Uranium One, USA, Inc. (Uranium One) became the
licensee for Source Materials License SUA-1341. The NRC completed a
Final EA and FONSI for the license renewal request on July 7, 2011.
This SEA was prepared after publication of the EA due to the licensee's
request to increase the flow rate of operations from 4,000 gallons per
minute (gpm) to 9,000 gpm. The proposed action in this SEA is to
increase the Christensen Ranch satellite plant throughput from 4,000
gpm to 9,000 gpm.
The NRC staff has determined that this increase in flow rate will
not change the licensed boundary, and will only require minor
modifications to the satellite plant resulting in an increase in the
satellite plant footprint of approximately 660 square feet. The
increase in flow rate will allow the licensee to operate more
wellfields simultaneously, but will not change production rates from
already approved wellfields because the production unit geologic
properties control the flow rate at which each wellfield can be
operated, which has not changed from previous evaluations. In the SEA,
the staff considered the following environmental resource areas in its
evaluation: Air quality, public and occupational doses; soil and
groundwater; waste management and transportation. Public and
occupational exposures are expected to remain below the limits
established in 10 CFR part 20. Soil and groundwater are not expected to
be impacted beyond what has already been evaluated, as the proposed
action will allow the licensee to produce at a faster rate, but not
from more production areas. Uranium One maintains acceptable waste
management practices and procedures and even with the increase in flow
rate, the waste management impacts are expected to be small. The
increase in flow rate will result in one additional transfer of resin
daily and one additional truck transporting resin daily to the Irigaray
central processing plant. This increase does not affect the previous
analysis discussed in the EA. The staff concluded that the proposed 10-
year renewal of Source Materials License SUA-1341 will not result in a
significant impact to the environment.
During development of the SEA, NRC staff requested comments from
the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) on the increase
in flow rate; none were provided.
The NRC staff has prepared an SEA in support of the proposed
action. On the basis of this SEA, the NRC finds that there are no
the preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted.
the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this
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