[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 110 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28905-28906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14235]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-9027]


Consideration of an Amendment Request for Decommissioning the 
Cabot Corporation Facility in Revere, Pennsylvania and Opportunity for 
a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Consideration of a License Amendment for the Cabot 
Corporation Site in Revere, 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 Materials License No. SMC-1562 issued to 
Cabot Corporation (the licensee) for the decommissioning of its 
facility in Revere, Pennsylvania. The licensee requested the amendment 
in a letter dated April 25, 1996, to incorporate the site 
decommissioning plan submitted with the request.
    The waste from the Revere facility consists of silica slag 
containing natural uranium and thorium resulting from the past 
production of niobium metal. There are approximately 23,210 cubic 
meters of material, about 5 percent of which is radioactive slag. The 
radioactive slag is mixed in with soil, rubble, and other slag that is 
not radioactive. The licensee proposes to consolidate material from 
several areas onsite into one onsite location. The licensee has 
submitted a risk analysis that purports to demonstrate that the 
potential radiation dose to the critical population group will be 
acceptably low.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Revere facility 
to meet NRC's criteria, and, during the decommissioning activities, to 
maintain effluents and doses as low as is 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 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. 2.2105(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 Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, 
to:
    1. The applicant, Cabot Performance Materials, P.O. Box 1608, 
County Line Road, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 19512-1608, Attention Mr. 
Anthony T. Campitelli; and
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852-2738, or by

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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 NRC's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st 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. 96-14235 Filed 6-5-96; 8:45 am]
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