[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20944]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8948]


Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a public 
meeting in Cambridge, Ohio on September 16, 1996 to discuss the draft 
environmental impact statement (DEIS) on decommissioning the 
Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation (SMC), Cambridge, Ohio facility. 
NRC announced the availability of the DEIS on July 25, 1996 (61 FR 
38789).
    The entire meeting will be open to the public. NRC staff and 
contractors will be available to summarize the DEIS, answer questions 
related to information presented in the DEIS, and listen to comments to 
be considered in developing the final environmental impact statement. 
The primary objective of the meeting is to receive public comments on 
the DEIS and most of the meeting will be devoted to this objective.

DATE AND ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on September 16, 1996, 
from 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., at the Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center, 
located at 7033 Glenn Highway, Cambridge, Ohio 43725. Telephone 614/
439-7009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Thaggard, Low-Level Waste and 
Decommissioning Projects Branch, Mail Stop T7D-13, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Telephone 
301/415-6718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has prepared a DEIS that evaluates 
the environmental impacts and alternatives associated with SMC's 
proposed approach to decommissioning radiologically contaminated waste 
piles. NRC noticed the availability of the DEIS on July 25, 1996 (61 FR 
38789). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noticed availability 
of the DEIS (EIS No. 960349) on August 2, 1996 (61 FR 40414). NRC's 
notice of availability stated that the public comment period on the 
DEIS would extend 90 days from the date of EPA's notice. Consequently, 
the comment period on the DEIS will expire on October 31, 1996.
    The NRC is offering an opportunity for public review and comment on 
the DEIS in accordance with NRC requirements in 10 CFR 51.73, 51.74, 
and 51.117. The DEIS is a preliminary analysis of potential 
environmental impacts of SMC's proposed approach. NRC will not issue 
the final EIS until public comments on the DEIS are received and 
evaluated. Preliminary comments have already been provided to the NRC, 
which included additional alternatives for consideration. NRC staff 
will review the comments, conduct any necessary analyses, and make 
appropriate revisions in developing the final EIS. NRC is arranging 
this public meeting to provide an overview of the DEIS and an 
opportunity for the NRC to hear any public comments on the DEIS, 
including comments on the adequacy of the staff's assessment of the 
impacts and additional alternatives that deserve consideration.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of August 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. 96-20944 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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