[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65146-65148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26983]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-27]
BWX Technologies, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of request from BWX Technologies, Inc.
(BWXT), to amend Special Nuclear Material License SNM-42 to approve
Industrial Waste Landfill No. 1, Decommissioning Plan and Final Status
Survey Plan. The NRC
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is providing a notice of an opportunity for a hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has received, by letter
dated June 11, 2002, a request from BWXT to amend its NRC Special
Nuclear Material License SNM-42, to approve BWXT's Industrial Waste
Landfill No. 1, Decommissioning Plan and Final Status Survey Plan
(ADAMS Accession Number ML021690397). The NRC is providing a notice of
an opportunity for a hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julie Olivier, Fuel Cycle
Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Mail Stop T-8A33, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301)
415-8098.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By its submittal dated June 11, 2002, BWXT
requested that the NRC amend Special Nuclear Materials License SNM-42
to approve BWXT's Industrial Waste Landfill No. 1, Decommissioning Plan
and Final Status Survey Plan.
From 1972 until 1990, BWXT operated two industrial waste landfills
at its Nuclear Products Division site. The first landfill was used from
1972 until 1976. The second landfill was used in two sections. The
first section operated from 1977 until 1988; the second section
operated from 1989 until 1990. Use of the landfills was discontinued
after June 1990, because the filter cake material was found to contain
low levels of radioactive contamination.
Both landfills were operated in a relatively similar manner. Filter
cake material was placed in a series of parallel trenches. Each trench
was excavated; sludge material was transported to the trench at one end
and dumped by roto-hopper in piles until this area within the trench
was full. Successive piles of filter cake material placed in the
trenches were mounded above ground level. The volume of the filter cake
placed in the trenches was reduced by approximately 30% after allowing
it to dry, resulting in the mound above ground settling below grade.
Excavated material from the trench was used as a cover of top soil
approximately two feet in depth. The surface was then allowed to
vegetate naturally.
The Decommissioning Plan and Final Status Survey Plan for
Industrial Waste Landfill No. 1 were developed in accordance with 10
CFR 70.38 ``Expiration and Termination of Licenses and Decommissioning
of Sites and Separate Buildings or Outdoor Areas'' and in response to a
NRC letter dated February 26, 2001. Regulatory Guide 3.65, ``Standard
Format and Content of Decommissioning Plans for Licensees Under 10 CFR
parts 30, 40, and 70'' (NRC 1989), and draft NUREG/CR5849, ``Manual for
Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination''
(NRC 1992) were used in the development of the Decommissioning Plan and
Final Status Survey Plan for Industrial Waste Landfill No. 1. BWXT's
objective is to:
1. Demonstrate through characterization of the landfill, or
portions thereof, that the average contamination levels meet the
criteria of Option 1 of NRC's 1981 Branch Technical Position. (See 46
FR 52061, October 23, 1981).
OR
2. Demonstrate through characterization of the landfill that the
average contamination levels, the characteristics of the material
buried, and the site characteristics, meet the criteria of Option 2 to
NRC's 1981 Branch Technical position. For those areas decommissioned
under Option 2, capping of the landfill will be necessary to assure the
minimum burial depth.
BWXT's June 11, 2002, request will be reviewed by the NRC staff
using NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License
Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility,'' and NUREG-1748,
``Environmental Review Guidance for Licensing Actions Associated with
NMSS Programs.''
The amendment application is available for public inspection and
copying at the NRC Public Document Room, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Headquarters, Room 0-1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
MD 20852.
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on
the license amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR part 2, subpart L,
``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials and
Operator Licensing Proceedings.'' 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 hearing must be filed within 30 days of the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The request for a hearing must be filed
with the Office of the Secretary either:
(1) By delivery to the Docketing and Service Branch of the Office
of the Secretary at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852; or
(2) By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and
Service Branch. Because of continuing disruptions in the delivery of
mail to United States Government offices, it is requested that requests
for hearing be also transmitted to the Secretary of the Commission
either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-1101, or by e-mail
to [email protected].
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 licensee, BWX Technologies, Inc., Nuclear Products
Division, PO Box 785, Lynchburg, VA 24505-0785, Attention Mr. Carl
Yates, Licensing Officer, and
(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail addressed to the
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555. Because of continuing disruptions in the delivery
of mail to United States Government offices, it is requested that
requests for hearing be transmitted to the Office of the General
Counsel either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725, or
by e-mail to [email protected].
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 Sec.
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).
The request must also set forth the specific aspect or aspects of
the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes a
hearing.
In addition, members of the public may provide comments on the
subject application within 30 days of the publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to Michael Lesar,
Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Administration
Services, Office of
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Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October, 2002.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-26983 Filed 10-22-02; 8:45 am]
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