[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3901-3902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1751]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Termination of Uranium Milling Licenses in Agreement States; 
Notice of Availability of Final Revision of NRC Procedure, and Analysis 
of Public Comments

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of a final revision of the Office of State and Tribal 
Programs (STP) Procedure SA-900: ``Termination of Uranium Milling 
Licenses in Agreement States,'' and an analysis of comments: 
``Responses to Comments on the Draft Revision of STP Procedure SA-
900.'' The procedure describes the NRC review process for making 
determinations that all applicable standards and requirements have been 
met prior to Agreement State uranium milling license termination.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the documents are available for public 
inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Public Available 
Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is 
accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (The Public Electronic Reading Room). The final revised STP 
Procedure SA-900 and the analysis of comments are under Adams Accession 
Number ML030170429. The final revised STP Procedure SA-900 is also 
available on the NRC STP external Web site at: http://www.hsrd.ornl.gov/nrc/procedures/sa900.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Hsueh, Mail Stop: O-3C10, Office 
of State and Tribal Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone 301-415-2598, or E-mail 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 29, 2001, the NRC published a 
notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 17206) announcing the formation 
of a Working Group composed of representatives from the NRC and 
Agreement States. The Working Group was tasked to identify areas that 
need improvements in the NRC concurrence process for uranium milling 
license termination in Agreement States, and propose a draft revised 
procedure that addresses issues identified by the Working Group and 
stakeholders.
    The Working Group, consisting of five representatives from the 
Agreement States, three NRC representatives and an NRC resource 
representative, began work in April 2001. The Working Group held four 
teleconference calls and one public meeting with stakeholders in 2001. 
A draft revised STP Procedure SA-900, prepared by the Working Group, 
was published for public comment on August 23, 2001 in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 44389).
    Based on the Working Group's evaluation and discussions, comments 
provided during the teleconference calls and the meeting with 
stakeholders, and comments received on the draft revised Procedure SA-
900, the Working Group prepared and issued a final report in July 2002.
    The final report includes a revised STP Procedure SA-900 and an 
analysis of public comments on the 2001 publication of the draft 
procedure.
    Subsequently, on October 4, 2002, NRC published a notice in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 62274) announcing the availability of, and 
providing opportunity for comments on the revised STP Procedure SA-900, 
prepared by the Working Group. The NRC has prepared an analysis of 
public comments on the draft procedure: ``Response to Comments on Draft 
Revision of STP Procedure SA-900.'' All comments received have been 
considered in preparation of the final procedure. The final STP 
Procedure SA-900 was issued on December 31, 2002.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of January, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Josephine M. Piccone,
Deputy Director, Office of State and Tribal Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-1751 Filed 1-24-03; 8:45 am]
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