[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14582]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8027]


Notice of Consideration of an Amendment Request for Sequoyah 
Fuels Corp., Gore, Oklahoma and Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of a license amendment to materials license SUB-1010 to 
authorize decommissioning of the Sequoyah Fuels Corp. (SFC) site near 
Gore, Oklahoma. This license is issued to SFC to possess contaminated 
material at its Gore site. NRC licenses these facilities under 10 CFR 
part 40. Specifically, the license authorizes SFC to possess up to 20 
million metric tons of source material in any form. The contaminated 
material at the Gore site is in the form of uranium, uranium oxides, 
uranium fluorides, thorium, radium, and decay-chain products in process 
equipment and buildings, soil, sludge, and groundwater.
    On March 26, 1999, the licensee submitted a site decommissioning 
plan (SDP) to NRC for review. The SDP proposes placing radiologically 
contaminated materials in a single, on-site, above-grade disposal cell 
constructed to the technical criteria of 10 CFR part 40, appendix A. It 
concludes that long-term doses from the contaminated materials placed 
in the cell and those remaining in the soil and groundwater meet the 
requirements of the Radiological Criteria for License Termination rule 
(10 CFR part 20, subpart E) (62 FR 39058). Therefore, the licensee 
proposes that no other decommissioning is required.
    Prior to the issuance of the amendment, NRC will have made findings 
required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC's 
regulations. These findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation 
Report and an Environmental Assessment.
    NRC provides notice that this is a proceeding on an application for 
a license amendment falling within the scope of subpart L, ``Informal 
Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Materials Licensing 
Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules of practice for domestic licensing 
proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any person 
whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a request 
for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d). A request for a 
hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of this Federal Register notice.
    The request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary either:
    1. By delivery to the Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff of the 
Secretary at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852; or
    2. By mail, telegram, or facsimile addressed to the Secretary, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Sequoyah Fuels Corp., P.O. Box 610, Gore, OK 
74435 Attention: Mr. Craig Harlin, and;
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852-2738, between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays, or by mail, 
addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR part 
2 of the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person 
other than an applicant must describe in detail:
    1. The interest of the requestor in the proceeding;
    2. How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
2.1205(h);
    3. The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    4. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d).
    For further details with respect to this action, the application 
for amendment is available for inspection at NRC's Public Document 
Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. C. Shepherd, Decommissioning 
Projects Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6712. Fax.: (301) 415-
5398.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of June, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W.N. Hickey,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-14582 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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