[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]
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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.
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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.
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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]
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