[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40390-40391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19801]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 070-00698]


Consideration of Amendment Request To Approve a Site Remediation 
Plan for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Waltz Mill Site in 
Madison, Pennsylvania, and Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request to approve a site 
remediation plan for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Waltz Mill 
Site in Madison, Pennsylvania, and opportunity for a hearing.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-
770 (SNM-770), issued to Westinghouse Electric Corporation (the 
licensee), to authorize remediation of portions of the licensee's Waltz 
Mill site in Madison, Pennsylvania.
    The licensee is currently authorized by the NRC to perform 
activities with licensed radioactive materials at its Waltz Mill 
facility. These activities primarily support company ongoing service 
operations. Because of the presence of residual radioactive 
contamination from past operations identified in groundwater monitoring 
wells, the NRC added this site to its Site Decommissioning Management 
Plan (SDMP) in 1990. The NRC established and implemented the SDMP to 
identify and resolve issues associated with the timely and effective 
cleanup of the sites on the list. Radioactive contamination is also 
present in some interior areas of retired facilities on the site.
    The licensee requested an amendment, by letter dated November 27, 
1996, to approve a Remediation Plan, submitted with the letter, for 
their Waltz Mill facility. The licensee has requested authorization to 
commence remediating exterior soil contamination and contamination in 
interior retired areas. The licensee intends to remediate the interior 
areas so that they may be used in the performance of activities 
currently authorized by SNM-770, and to remediate exterior areas by 
removing soil contamination and structures, so that groundwater on the 
site is no longer adversely impacted and the site can be removed from 
the SDMP. Because the licensee is actively performing work under the 
current license, they are not requesting release of the site for 
unrestricted use nor termination of the license.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Waltz Mill to 
meet NRC's decommissioning criteria, and to maintain effluents and 
doses within NRC requirements and as low as reasonably achievable 
during the remediation activities.
    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 Report and an Environmental Assessment. Approval of the 
Remediation Plan will be documented in an amendment to SNM-770.
    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 Adjudications in Materials 
and Operator 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 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, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, P.O. Box 355, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230, Attention: Joseph Nardi; 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 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 or at NRC's 
Region I offices located at 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 
19406. Persons desiring to review documents at the Region I Office 
should call Ms. Sheryl Villar at (610) 337-5239 several days in advance 
to assure that the documents will be readily available for review.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of July 1997.


[[Page 40391]]


    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. N. Hickey,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-19801 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-O