Notice2024-10186
Update on Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites
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Published
May 10, 2024
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Energy Department
Abstract
This Notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE) acceptance of claims in FY 2024 from eligible uranium and thorium processing site licensees for reimbursement under title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The FY 2024 DOE Office of Environmental Management's Congressional Budget Request included $24.4 million for the Title X Uranium and Thorium Reimbursement Program; however, the Congressional appropriation for FY 2024 is zero dollars ($0.00). Thus, the claims received in FY 2023 and claims received in FY 2024 cannot be reimbursed until there is a new appropriation from Congress.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 40477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10186]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Update on Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Uranium
and Thorium Processing Sites
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of acceptance of title X claims during fiscal year (FY)
2024.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE)
acceptance of claims in FY 2024 from eligible uranium and thorium
processing site licensees for reimbursement under title X of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992. The FY 2024 DOE Office of Environmental
Management's Congressional Budget Request included $24.4 million for
the Title X Uranium and Thorium Reimbursement Program; however, the
Congressional appropriation for FY 2024 is zero dollars ($0.00). Thus,
the claims received in FY 2023 and claims received in FY 2024 cannot be
reimbursed until there is a new appropriation from Congress.
DATES: The closing date for the submission of FY 2024 title X claims is
July 8, 2024. DOE will review claims for eligibility and claims will be
processed for payment together with any eligible unpaid approved claim
balances from prior years, based on availability of funds from future
congressional appropriations. If the total approved claim amounts
exceed the available funding, the approved claim amounts will be
reimbursed on a prorated basis. All reimbursements are subject to the
availability of funds from congressional appropriations.
ADDRESSES: Claims must be submitted by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, to Charlee Anne Boger, U.S. DOE Department of
Energy, Office of Legacy Management, 2597 Legacy Way, Grand Junction,
Colorado 81503. Two copies of the claim should be included with each
submission. In addition to the mailed hardcopies, claims may be
submitted electronically to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#084b60697a646d6d264a676f6d7a486465266c676d266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="084b60697a646d6d264a676f6d7a486465266c676d266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amie Robinson, Title X Program Lead at
(240) 243-5550 or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d5c505458134f525f54534e52537d585013595258135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3d2dedad69dc1dcd1daddc0dcddf3d6de9dd7dcd69dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published a final rule under 10 CFR part
765 in the Federal Register on May 23, 1994, (59 FR 26714) to carry out
the requirements of title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (sections
1001-1004 of Pub. L. 102-486, 42 U.S.C. 2296a et seq.) and to establish
the procedures for eligible licensees to submit claims for
reimbursement. DOE amended the final rule on June 3, 2003, (68 FR
32955) to adopt several technical and administrative amendments (e.g.,
statutory increases in the reimbursement ceilings). Title X requires
DOE to reimburse eligible uranium and thorium licensees for certain
costs of decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other
remedial action incurred by licensees at active uranium and thorium
processing sites. The eligible licensees incurred these costs to
remediate byproduct material, generated as an incident of sales to the
United States Government of uranium or thorium that was extracted or
concentrated from ores processed primarily for their source material
contents. To be reimbursable, costs of remedial action must be for work
that is necessary to comply with applicable requirements of the Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.)
or, where appropriate, with requirements established by a State
pursuant to a discontinuance agreement under section 274 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021). Claims for reimbursement must be
supported by reasonable documentation as determined by DOE in
accordance with 10 CFR part 765. Funds for reimbursement will be
provided from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund established at the Department of Treasury pursuant
to section 1801 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g).
Payment or obligation of funds shall be subject to the requirements of
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).
Authority: Section 1001-1004 of Pub. L. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2776 (42
U.S.C. 2296a et seq.).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 3,
2024, by Amie Robinson, Office of Waste Disposal, Office of
Environmental Management, pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date
is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-10186 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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