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Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Ross In-Situ Uranium Recovery Project in Crook County, Wyoming, 19330-19332 [2013-07332]
Download as PDF 19330 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 61 / Friday, March 29, 2013 / Notices vice president for research, office of sponsored programs, a department, a laboratory, others)? What additional administrative support would you like to receive from your institution? Institutional Review Boards (IRB)/ Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) 4. If you are conducting human or vertebrate animal research requiring IRB or IACUC approval, what requirements (e.g. preparing protocols for initial review, annual reviews and re-writes, completing revisions requested by reviewers, and satisfying training and other Federal requirements) create the most administrative work? Is the work completed primarily by you or others? Are there particular practices used by your university’s IRB/IACUC process that contribute to or subtract from the administrative work you must perform to meet Federal and Institutional requirements? What recommendations would you offer that might help to reduce the level of work? mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Proposals 5. Investigators responding to the FDP 2012 Faculty Workload Survey indicated that 15 percent of their research time associated with a Federal award is devoted to proposal preparation. Are there administrative tasks associated with proposal preparation that increase your personal administrative workload? Please provide specific examples. What recommendations would you offer Federal agencies for reducing the level of administrative work necessary to submit a grant proposal while maintaining the details needed to evaluate the merit and feasibility of the proposed research? Agency Specific Requirements and Multiple Agencies 6. From which agencies do you receive Federal funding? In your opinion, have you observed outcomes related to data or information that you have provided at the request of Federal agencies? 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[FR Doc. 2013–07313 Filed 3–28–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2011–0148] Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Ross In-Situ Uranium Recovery Project in Crook County, Wyoming Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: By letter dated January 4, 2011, Strata Energy, Inc., (Strata) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a new source materials license for the proposed Ross In-Situ Uranium Recovery (ISR) Project (Ross Project) proposed to be located in Crook County, Wyoming. The NRC is issuing for public comment a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Ross Project. The Draft SEIS is Supplement 5 to NUREG–1910, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities.’’ DATES: Submit comments by May 13, 2013. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publically available, by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC–2011–0148. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2011–0148. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 61 / Friday, March 29, 2013 / Notices Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 492–3446. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johari Moore, Project Manager, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC, 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–7694; email: Johari.Moore@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2011– 0148 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 is publicly available by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2011–0148. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents associated with the Ross Project through the NRC Library 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 Draft SEIS (NUREG–1910, Supplement 5) is available in ADAMS under Accession Number ML13078A036. NUREG–1910 is available in ADAMS under Accession Numbers ML091480244 (Volume 1) and ML091480188 (Volume 2). • 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2011– 0148 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:34 Mar 28, 2013 Jkt 229001 that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. 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 http:// 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 submissions into ADAMS. II. Further Information Under the NRC’s environmental protection regulations in part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or supplement to an EIS (SEIS) is required for issuance of a license to possess and use source material for uranium milling (see 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8)). In May 2009, the NRC staff issued NUREG–1910, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities’’ (herein referred to as the GEIS). In the GEIS, the NRC assessed the potential environmental impacts from construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of an in situ leach uranium milling facility (also known as an ISR facility) located in four specific geographic regions of the western United States. The proposed Ross Project is located within the Nebraska-South Dakota-Wyoming Uranium Milling Region identified in the GEIS. The Draft SEIS supplements the GEIS and incorporates by reference relevant portions from the GEIS, and uses site-specific information from Strata’s license application and independent sources to fulfill the requirements in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8). The Draft SEIS for the proposed Ross Project may also be accessed on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ by PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19331 selecting ‘‘NUREG–1910’’ and then ‘‘Supplement 5,’’ or on the NRC’s Ross Project Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/ materials/uranium-recovery/licenseapps/ross.html. Additionally, a copy of the Draft SEIS will be available at the following public libraries: Crook County Library, Hulett Branch, 401 Sager Street, Hulett, WY 82720. Crook County Library, Moorcroft Branch, 105 E Converse, Moorcroft, WY 82721. The Draft SEIS was prepared in response to an application submitted by Strata by letter dated January 4, 2011. The applicant proposes the construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of an ISR facility. The Draft SEIS was prepared by the NRC and its contractor, Attenuation Environmental Company, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The NRC has prepared this Draft SEIS in compliance with NEPA and the NRC’s regulations for implementing NEPA (10 CFR part 51). The proposed Ross Project will be located approximately 34.6 kilometers (km) (21.5 miles [mi]) north of the town of Moorcroft, Wyoming and would encompass approximately 697 hectares (ha) (1,721 acres [ac]). The Draft SEIS is being issued as part of the NRC’s process to decide whether to issue a license to Strata pursuant to 10 CFR Part 40. In the Draft SEIS, the NRC staff has assessed the potential environmental impacts from the construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of the proposed Ross Project. The NRC staff assessed the impacts of the proposed action and its alternatives on 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; traffic and transportation; public and occupational health and safety; and waste management. Additionally, the Draft SEIS analyzes and compares the benefits and costs of the proposed action. The NRC staff evaluated site-specific data and information on the Ross Project to determine if Strata’s proposed activities and the site characteristics were consistent with those evaluated in the GEIS. NRC then determined which relevant sections of, and impact conclusions in, the GEIS could be incorporated by reference. The NRC staff also determined if additional data or analysis was needed to assess the potential environmental impacts for a E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1 19332 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 61 / Friday, March 29, 2013 / Notices specific environmental resource area. The NRC documented its assessments and conclusions in the Draft SEIS. In addition to the action proposed by Strata, the NRC staff addressed the noaction alternative, as well as alternative location for proposed facility. All the alternatives were analyzed in detail. The no-action alternative serves as a baseline for comparing the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action. After weighing the impacts of the proposed action and comparing the alternatives, the NRC staff, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.71(f), sets forth its preliminary recommendation regarding the proposed action. Unless safety issues mandate otherwise, the NRC staff preliminarily recommends that the proposed action be approved (i.e., the NRC should issue a source material license for the proposed Ross Project). The Draft SEIS is being issued for public comment. The public comment period on the Draft SEIS begins with publication of this notice and continues until May 13, 2013. Written comments should be submitted as described in the ADDRESSES section of this document. The NRC will consider comments received or postmarked after that date to the extent practical. the Shaw Group, Inc. (Tentative) This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—www.nrc.gov. * * * * * *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings, call (recording)—301–415–1292. 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[NRC-2011-0148]
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Ross In-Situ
Uranium Recovery Project in Crook County, Wyoming
ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for
SUMMARY: By letter dated January 4, 2011, Strata Energy, Inc., (Strata)
submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) for a new source materials license for the proposed Ross In-Situ
Uranium Recovery (ISR) Project (Ross Project) proposed to be located in
Crook County, Wyoming. The NRC is issuing for public comment a Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Ross
Project. The Draft SEIS is Supplement 5 to NUREG-1910, ``Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling
DATES: Submit comments by May 13, 2013. Comments received after this
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publically available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2011-
0148. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0148. Address
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Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johari Moore, Project Manager, Office
of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC, 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-7694; email: Johari.Moore@nrc.gov.
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0148 when contacting the NRC
and is publicly available by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0148.
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents associated with
the Ross Project through the NRC Library 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 Draft SEIS (NUREG-1910, Supplement 5) is
available in ADAMS under Accession Number ML13078A036. NUREG-1910 is
available in ADAMS under Accession Numbers ML091480244 (Volume 1) and
ML091480188 (Volume 2).
Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0148 in the subject line of your
Under the NRC's environmental protection regulations in part 51 of
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which implement
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or supplement to an EIS (SEIS) is
required for issuance of a license to possess and use source material
for uranium milling (see 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8)).
In May 2009, the NRC staff issued NUREG-1910, ``Generic
Facilities'' (herein referred to as the GEIS). In the GEIS, the NRC
assessed the potential environmental impacts from construction,
operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of an in situ leach
uranium milling facility (also known as an ISR facility) located in
four specific geographic regions of the western United States. The
proposed Ross Project is located within the Nebraska-South Dakota-
Wyoming Uranium Milling Region identified in the GEIS. The Draft SEIS
supplements the GEIS and incorporates by reference relevant portions
from the GEIS, and uses site-specific information from Strata's license
application and independent sources to fulfill the requirements in 10
CFR 51.20(b)(8).
The Draft SEIS for the proposed Ross Project may also be accessed
on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting ``NUREG-1910'' and then ``Supplement 5,'' or
on the NRC's Ross Project Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/materials/uranium-recovery/license-apps/ross.html. Additionally, a copy of the
Draft SEIS will be available at the following public libraries:
Crook County Library, Hulett Branch, 401 Sager Street, Hulett, WY
82720.
Crook County Library, Moorcroft Branch, 105 E Converse, Moorcroft, WY
82721.
The Draft SEIS was prepared in response to an application submitted
by Strata by letter dated January 4, 2011. The applicant proposes the
construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and decommissioning of an
ISR facility.
The Draft SEIS was prepared by the NRC and its contractor,
Attenuation Environmental Company, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management (BLM). The NRC has prepared this Draft SEIS in
compliance with NEPA and the NRC's regulations for implementing NEPA
(10 CFR part 51).
The proposed Ross Project will be located approximately 34.6
kilometers (km) (21.5 miles [mi]) north of the town of Moorcroft,
Wyoming and would encompass approximately 697 hectares (ha) (1,721
acres [ac]).
The Draft SEIS is being issued as part of the NRC's process to
decide whether to issue a license to Strata pursuant to 10 CFR Part 40.
In the Draft SEIS, the NRC staff has assessed the potential
environmental impacts from the construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of the proposed Ross Project. The NRC
staff assessed the impacts of the proposed action and its alternatives
on 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; traffic and transportation; public and
occupational health and safety; and waste management. Additionally, the
Draft SEIS analyzes and compares the benefits and costs of the proposed
The NRC staff evaluated site-specific data and information on the
Ross Project to determine if Strata's proposed activities and the site
characteristics were consistent with those evaluated in the GEIS. NRC
then determined which relevant sections of, and impact conclusions in,
the GEIS could be incorporated by reference. The NRC staff also
determined if additional data or analysis was needed to assess the
potential environmental impacts for a
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specific environmental resource area. The NRC documented its
assessments and conclusions in the Draft SEIS.
In addition to the action proposed by Strata, the NRC staff
addressed the no-action alternative, as well as alternative location
for proposed facility. All the alternatives were analyzed in detail.
The no-action alternative serves as a baseline for comparing the
potential environmental impacts of the proposed action.
After weighing the impacts of the proposed action and comparing the
alternatives, the NRC staff, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.71(f), sets
forth its preliminary recommendation regarding the proposed action.
Unless safety issues mandate otherwise, the NRC staff preliminarily
recommends that the proposed action be approved (i.e., the NRC should
issue a source material license for the proposed Ross Project).
The Draft SEIS is being issued for public comment. The public
comment period on the Draft SEIS begins with publication of this notice
and continues until May 13, 2013. Written comments should be submitted
as described in the ADDRESSES section of this document. The NRC will
consider comments received or postmarked after that date to the extent
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of March 2013.
Aby Mohseni,
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