[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38788-38789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18919]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 070-3073]


Kerr-McGee Corp.; Applications, Hearings, Determinations, Etc.

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request and opportunity 
for hearing related to materials license No. SNM-1999 for the Kerr-
McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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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 for the possession of special nuclear 
material at its facility at Cushing, Oklahoma in response to three 
requests from the licensee.
    In accordance with License Condition 11.D the licensee requested an 
amendment to its license by letter dated June 3, 1993. The amendment 
would revise the license to define ``the proposed boundaries of all 
radioactive materials areas designated in accordance with 10 CFR 
20.203(e)(2) [now 10 CFR 20.1902(e)], restricted areas as defined in 10 
CFR 20.3 [now 10 CFR 20.1003], and areas outside of the restricted 
areas, where licensed materials exist which must be secured from 
unauthorized removal per 10 CFR 20.207 [now 10 CFR 20.1801].''
    The licensee requested a second amendment in a letter dated May 10, 
1995. The amendment would authorize the licensee to possess calibration 
and reference radioactive sources containing U-235, not to exceed 0.1 
microCurie per source.
    The licensee is performing decommissioning activities at the 
Cushing, Oklahoma site under NRC license SNM-1999. License SNM-1999 
provides for possession of natural and enriched uranium and thorium in 
the form of ``Contaminated soil, sludge, sediment, trash, building 
rubble, structures, and any other contaminated material.'' The licensee 
utilizes those same radionuclides, as well as others not specified in 
the license, to calibrate equipment and as check sources for 
instruments. Except for U-235, all sources are either exempt quantities 
or are addressed by a general license, e.g., Pu-239 and Am-241. 
However, there is no exempt quantity or general license for U-235.
    The licensee requested the third amendment in a letter dated 
October 20, 1995. The licensee submitted supplemental information via 
letters dated February 15, and January 15, 1996. The amendment would: 
(1) Incorporate a revised organizational chart into the license; (2) 
correct the license to reflect the licensee's new contact person; (3) 
change approval authority from a corporate officer to the Radiation 
Safety Officer for all radiation protection program procedures; (4) 
remove the requirements to provide bi-monthly urinalysis and biennial 
in-vivo lung counts and base these submittal on worker exposures; (5) 
replace the requirement to provide lapel air samplers to 50 percent of 
all workers working in radioactive materials areas with a performance 
based requirement for issuance of lapel air samplers; (6) remove 
specified length of training from training program requirements; (7) 
change the requirement to process workers film badges from monthly to

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quarterly; and (8) change the monitoring equipment calibration 
laboratory from Cimarron site laboratory to Cushing site laboratory.
    Prior to the issuance of the proposed amendments, 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 these actions are a proceeding on an 
application for license amendments 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 Services 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 20555-0001 Attention: Docketing 
and Services 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 requester should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(g);
    3. The requester'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, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Attention: Mr. Jeff J. 
Lux, Project Manager, P.O. Box 25861, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125; 
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 20555-0001.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's requests for license amendment dated June 3, 1993, May 10, 
1995, and October 20, 1995, and supplementary information, which is 
available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this day of July, 1996.

    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. 96-18919 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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