[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22075-22076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11876]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 040-08974]


Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning the 
Molycorp, Inc., Facility in York, Pennsylvania, and Opportunity for a 
Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for 
decommissioning the Molycorp, Inc., facility in York, Pennsylvania, and 
opportunity for a hearing.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a 
license amendment to Source Material License No. SMB-1408, issued to 
Molycorp, Inc. (the licensee), to authorize decommissioning of its 
former rare earth processing facility in York, Pennsylvania.
    The licensee submitted the site decommissioning plan (SDP) to NRC 
for review on August 14, 1995. Radioactive contamination at the 
licensee's York facility consists of soils containing thorium-228 and 
uranium-238 with a volume of approximately 90,000 cubic feet that 
resulted from operations to recover rare earth metals from ore. These 
operations were conducted from April 1962 to August 1991.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the York 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.
    Prior to approving the decommissioning plan, 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

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Report and an Environmental Assessment. Approval of the SDP will be 
documented in an amendment to NRC License No. SMB-1408.
    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for amendment of a license falling within the scope of 
Subpart L ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication 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 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 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).
    In accordance with 10 CFR Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, 
to:
    1. The applicant, Molycorp Incorporated, 350 North Sherman Street, 
York, Pennsylvania 17403, Attention: Ms. Barbara Dankmyer; 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 site 
decommissioning plan is available for inspection at the NRC's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of May, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Nelson,
Acting Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning, Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-11876 Filed 5-10-96; 8:45 am]
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