2013-10917. Request To Amend a License To Import Radioactive Waste

Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70 (b) “Public Notice of Receipt of an Application,” please take notice that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received the following request for an import license amendment. Copies of the request are available electronically through ADAMS and can be accessed through the Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link http://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm.html at the NRC Homepage.

A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be filed within thirty days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Any request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene shall be served by the requestor or petitioner upon the applicant, the office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; and the Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20520.

A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with NRC's E-Filing rule promulgated in August 2007, 72 FR 49139 (Aug. 28, 2007). Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/​site-help/​e-submittals.html. To ensure timely electronic filing, at least 5 (five) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at [e-mail], or by calling [phone], to request a digital ID certificate and allow for the creation of an electronic docket.

In addition to a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene, written comments, in accordance with 10 CFR 110.81, should be submitted within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register to Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications.

The information concerning this import license amendment application follows.

NRC Import License Amendment Application

[Description of Material]

Name of applicant Date of application Date received Application No. Docket No.	Material type	Total quantity	End use	Country from
Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc., April 15, 2013, April 23, 2013, IW022/03, 11005700	No change in material (Class A radioactive waste)	No increase (up to a maximum total of 5,500 tons of low-level waste)	Amend to: (1) Change the licensee name from “Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.” to “Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc.”, and (2) add two additional Atomic Energy of Canada Limited facilities to “Ultimate Foreign Consignee(s).” No other changes to the existing license which authorizes the import of low-level waste for recycling and processing for volume reduction. The attributed Canadian waste will be returned under XW012 (and subsequent amendments)	Canada.

Dated this 29th day of April 2013 at Rockville, Maryland.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Mark R. Shaffer,

Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.