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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 

Consideration of Amendment to Chemetron Corporation License and 
Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of 
an amendment to Source Material License No. SUB-1357, issued to 
Chemetron Corporation, for the decommissioning of its facilities at the 
Bert Avenue site in Newburgh Heights, Ohio, and at the Harvard Avenue 
site and McGean-Rohco complex in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.
    The licensee requested the amendment in a letter dated March 24, 
1994, subsequent to its submittal of a remediation plan for the Bert 
Avenue, Harvard Avenue, and McGean-Rohco sites. The amendment would 
authorize the licensee to decommission the Bert Avenue, Harvard Avenue, 
and McGean-Rohco sites in accordance with the remediation plan and to 
dispose onsite a portion of the depleted uranium contaminated wastes.
    Contamination at the facility resulted from chemical catalyst 
production operations, using depleted uranium, that took place from 
1965 to 1972. Remediation at the site was attempted with varying levels 
of effort since 1972.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Bert Avenue, 
Harvard Avenue, and McGean-Rohco sites to meet the NRC's criteria, and, 
during the decommissioning activities, to maintain effluents as low as 
reasonably achievable.
    Prior to the issuance of the proposed amendment, the NRC will have 
made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
and the NRC's regulations. These findings will be documented in a 
Safety Evaluation Report and an Environmental Assessment.
    The NRC hereby 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 Adjudications in Materials Licensing 
Proceedings, of the 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(c). 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 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.
    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 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 
Sec. 2.1205(g);
    (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(c).
    Each request for a hearing must also be served, by delivering it 
personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Chemetron Corporation, to the attention of Mr. 
David Sargent, President, 2100 New River Center, 200 East Las Olas 
Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852, or by mail addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Any hearing that is requested and granted will be held in 
accordance with the NRC's informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications 
in Material Licensing Proceedings in 10 CFR part 2, subpart L.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's request for license amendment dated March 24, 1994, and the 
remediation plan, dated October 1, 1993, and remediation plan 
supplements dated November 1, 1993, and November 11, 1993, which are 
available for inspection at the NRC's Local Public Document Room at the 
Garfield Heights Branch Library, in Garfield Heights, Ohio, and at the 
NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April, 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John H. Austin,
Chief, Decommissioning and Regulatory Issues Branch, Division of Low-
Level Waste Management and Decommissioning, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-8548 Filed 4-8-94; 8:45 am]
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