[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49810-49811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21147]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 040-06563]
Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request Mallinckrodt Inc.,
St. Louis, Missouri, and Opportunity for Providing Comments and
Requesting a Hearing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for partial
decommissioning and opportunity to provide comments and request a
hearing.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Buckley, Decommissioning
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6607, fax number (301) 415-5398.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a
license amendment to Possession Only License No. STB-401, issued to
Mallinckrodt Inc., (Mallinckrodt or the licensee), to authorize Phase 2
decommissioning of its former Columbium-Tantalum (C-T) processing
facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
On May 14, 2003, the licensee submitted the C-T Phase 2
Decommissioning Plan (DP) to NRC for review. The Phase 2 DP summarizes
the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the
C-T process building slabs, sewerage, wastewater neutralization basins,
and soil affected by C-T processing at the St. Louis, Missouri
facility. Radioactive contamination in the soil and debris exists in
the form of U-238, U-235, U-234 (and their progeny Th-230 and Ra-226
and others) and Th-232 (and its progeny Ra-228 and Th-228 and others)
resulting from licensed operation that occurred from 1961 to 1985. The
NRC will require the licensee to remediate the C-T processing facility
to meet NRC's decommissioning criteria, and during the decommissioning
activities, to maintain effluents and doses within NRC requirements and
as low as reasonably achievable. An NRC administrative review,
documented in a letter to Mallinckrodt dated July 29, 2003, found the
DP acceptable to begin a technical review.
If the NRC approves the Phase 2 DP, the approval will be documented
in an amendment to NRC License No. STB-401. However, before approving
the proposed amendment, the NRC will need to make the 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.
II. Opportunity to Provide Comments
In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405, the NRC is providing notice to
individuals in the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in receipt of a
DP, and will accept comments concerning this decommissioning proposal
and its associated environmental impacts. Comments with respect to this
action should be provided in writing within 30 days of this notice and
addressed to John T. Buckley, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone:
(301) 415-6607, fax number (301) 415-5398, e-mail: [email protected].
Comments received after 30 days will be considered if practicable
to do so, but only those comments received on or before the due date
can be assured consideration.
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III. Opportunity to Request a Hearing
NRC also provides notice that this is a proceeding on an
application for an amendment of a license falling within the scope of
subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Material
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and practice for domestic
licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. Whether or not a person has or
intends to provide comments as set out in section II above, 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 Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738,
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays; or
2. By mail, telegram, or facsimile (301-415-1101) addressed to the
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. Because of
continuing disruptions in the delivery of mail to United States
Government offices, it is requested that requests for hearing also be
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 applicant, Mallinckrodt Inc., Mallinckrodt and Second
Streets, P.O. Box 5439, St. Louis, MO 63147, Attention: Mr. Mark Puett,
and;
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852-2738, between 7:45 am and 4:15 p.m., Federal
workdays, or by mail, addressed to General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 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 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 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 requester 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 section
2.1205(h);
3. The requestor's area 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 section 2.1205(d).
IV. Further Information
The application for the license amendment and supporting
documentation are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic
reading Room at; http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. The ADAMS
Accession No. for the license amendment request and DP is ML032110490.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of August, 2003.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-21147 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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