[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22038]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 070-3073]


Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning the Kerr-
McGee Corp. Cushing Facility in Cushing, Okla., and Opportunity for 
Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for 
Decommissioning the Kerr-McGee Corporation Cushing Facility in Cushing, 
Oklahoma, and Opportunity for Hearing.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of 
an amendment to Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1999, issued 
to the Kerr-McGee Corporation (the Licensee), for the decommissioning 
of its former enriched uranium and thorium processing facility in 
Cushing, Oklahoma.
    The Licensee requested the amendment in a letter dated May 9, 1995, 
requesting that License No. SNM-1999 be amended to incorporate the 
decommissioning plan (DP) for the Cushing facility submitted to NRC in 
April 1994. Radioactive contamination at the Cushing facility resulted 
from operations to convert uranium hexafluoride or other compounds and/
or scrap to nuclear fuel materials, and operations to process thorium 
to produce thorium pellets. These operations were conducted from 1962 
through mid-1966. The license amendment would authorize the Licensee to 
decommission the Cushing facility in accordance with the DP.
    The NRC will require the Licensee to remediate the Cushing facility 
to meet NRC's criteria, and, during the decommissioning activities, to 
maintain effluents and doses as low as reasonably achievable.
    Prior to the issuance of the proposed 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.
    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 NRC's rules and 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 20852-2738; 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 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(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).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Kerr-McGee Center, 
Oklahoma City, OK, 73125, Attention: Mr. Jess Larsen, 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.
    For further details with respect to this action, the application 
for amendment request is available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Md., this 23rd day of August, 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Michael F. Weber,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-22038 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]
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