[Federal Register: February 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 24)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NUREG-1569]
Solicitation of Comments on a Draft Standard Review Plan (NUREG-
1569) for Staff Reviews for in Situ Leach Uranium Extraction License
Applications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability; Opportunity for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting
comments from interested parties on a Draft Standard Review Plan
(NUREG-1569) which provides guidance for staff safety and environmental
reviews of applications to develop and operate uranium in situ leach
facilities. An NRC Materials License is required, under the provisions
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 40 (10 CFR part
40), Domestic Licensing of Source Material, in conjunction with uranium
extraction by in situ leach extraction techniques.
The applicant for a license is required to provided detailed
information on the facilities, equipment, and procedures used and an
Environmental Report that discusses the effects of proposed operations
on the health and safety of the public and on the environment. This
information, and the licensee's Environmental Report, are used by the
NRC staff to determine whether the proposed activities will be
protective of public health and safety and the environment.
This draft Standard Review Plan provides the NRC staff with
specific guidance on performing reviews of this information and will be
used to ensure a consistent quality and uniformity of staff reviews.
Each section in the review plan provides guidance on what is to be
reviewed, the basis for the review, how the staff review is to be
accomplished, what the staff will find acceptable in a demonstration of
compliance with the regulations, and the conclusions that are sought
regarding the applicable sections in 10 CFR part 40, Appendix A. The
Standard Review Plan is also intended to improve the understanding of
interested members of the public, and the uranium recovery industry, of
the staff review process.
A draft of NUREG-1569 was issued in October 1997 for public
comment. This draft of NUREG-1569 incorporates the staff responses to
comments and the results of Commission policy decisions affecting
uranium recovery issues, which are described in NRC Regulatory Issue
Summary 2000-23, dated November 30, 2000.
Opportunity to Comment: Interested parties are invited to comment
on the standard review plan. A final standard review plan will be
prepared after the NRC staff has evaluated comments received on the
draft standard review plan. Written comments must be received prior to
April 22, 2002. Comments on the draft review plan should be sent to the
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
A copy of the Draft Standard Review Plan (NUREG-1569) may be
obtained by writing to the Reproduction and Distribution Services
Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
or e-mail distribution@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lusher @ (301) 415-7694 or
jhl@nrc.gov.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of January, 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melvyn N. Leach,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, and
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-2735 Filed 2-4-02; 8:45 am]
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