[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8778-MLA-2; ASLBP No. 00-775-03-MLA]
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Molycorp, Inc.; Site
Decommissioning Plan; Notice of Hearing
September 29, 2000.
This proceeding involves a proposed amendment by Molycorp, Inc. to
its Source Materials License No. SMB-1393, to authorize a site
decommissioning plan (SDP) for the Licensee's former processing
facility in Washington, Pennsylvania. The proposal under review (a
modification of a previously submitted proposal) represents Part 1 of
the SDP. It was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June
30, 1999, and would authorize the decommissioning to unrestricted
levels of a portion of the site. (Part 2 of the SDP, covering
restricted decommissioning of the remainder of the site, was submitted
to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on August 14, 2000, but an
opportunity for hearing has not yet been noticed.)
Notice is hereby given that, by Memorandum and Order dated
September 28, 2000, LBP-00-25, 52 NRC __, the Presiding Officer has
granted the request for a hearing submitted by Canton Township,
Pennsylvania, with respect to Part 1 of the SDP. Parties to this
proceeding are the Licensee, Molycorp, Inc.; Canton Township,
Pennsylvania, Intervenor; and the Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
This proceeding will be conducted under the Commission's informal
hearing procedures set forth in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L. In response
to a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, published at 64 FR 62227
(November 16, 1999), Canton Township submitted a timely hearing
request. Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer has been designated
Presiding Officer and, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.722 and 2.1209,
Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole has been appointed as Special
Assistant to assist the Presiding Officer in taking evidence and
preparing a suitable record for review. 65 FR 3258 (January 20, 2000).
During the course of this proceeding, the Presiding Officer,
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1211(a), will entertain limited appearance
statements from any member of the public who is not a party to the
proceeding, for the purpose of stating his or her views on the issues
involved in this proceeding. Although these statements are not evidence
and do not become part of the decisional record, they may assist the
Presiding Officer and parties in their consideration of matters at
issue in this proceeding. Limited appearance statements should be made
in writing. If the Presiding Officer conducts an oral argument or in-
person prehearing conference, the Presiding Officer may, at his
discretion, hear oral statements from members of the public, at a time
and location yet to be determined. Written statements, and requests to
make oral statements, should be submitted to the Office of the
Secretary, Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. A copy of such statement or request
should also be served on the Presiding Officer, T-3 F23, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, or [email protected].
Documents related to this proceeding, issued prior to December 1,
1999, are available in microfiche form (with print form available on
one-day recall) for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room (PDR), Room O-1 F21, NRC One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738.
Documents issued subsequent to November 1, 1999 are available
electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS), with access to the public through NRC's Internet Web
site (Public Electronic Reading Room Link, http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html>). The PDR and many public libraries have terminals
for public access to the Internet.
Dated: September 29, 2000.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Administrative Judge, Presiding Officer, Rockville, Maryland.
[FR Doc. 00-25492 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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