[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20547]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-8724, License No. SUB-1357 EA 93-271]


In the Matter of Chemetron Corporation, Delray, Florida; Order 
Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty

I

    Chemetron Corporation (Licensee) is the holder of License No. SUB-
1357 issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) on 
June 12, 1979. The license authorizes the Licensee to possess depleted 
uranium-contaminated wastes at its facility located at 2910 Harvard 
Avenue in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, and at the McGean-Rohco property 
located between 28th and 29th Streets at Bert Avenue, Newburgh Heights, 
Ohio, in accordance with the conditions specified therein.

II

    A review of the remediation plan submitted by the Licensee on 
October 1, 1993, revealed that the Licensee had not conducted its 
activities in full compliance with NRC requirements. A written Notice 
of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (notice) was 
served upon the Licensee by letter dated May 11, 1994. The Notice 
states the nature of the violation, the provisions of the NRC's 
requirements that the Licensee had violated, and the amount of the 
civil penalty proposed for the violation.
    The Licensee responded to the notice in letters dated June 9 and 
September 9, 1994. In its responses, the Licensee restated the events 
concerning the violation, including the fact that three sections of the 
remediation plan were not submitted by the required date, asserted 
errors in the Notice, and set out what it considered extenuating 
circumstances.

III

    After consideration of the Licensee's response and the statements 
of fact, explanation, and argument for mitigation contained therein, 
the NRC staff has determined, as set forth in the Appendix to this 
Order, that the violation occurred as stated and that the penalty 
proposed for the violation designated in the Notice should be imposed.

IV

    In view of the foregoing and pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and 10 CFR 2.205, 
it is hereby orderd that:

    The Licensee pay a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 within 
30 days of the date of this Order, by check, draft, money order, or 
electronic transfer, payable to the Treasurer of the United States 
and mailed to James Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738.

V

    The Licensee may request a hearing within 30 days of the date of 
this Order. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to 
extending the time to request a hearing. A request for extension of 
time must be made in writing to the Director, Office of Enforcement, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and include 
a statement of good cause for the extension. A request for a hearing 
should be clearly marked as a ``Request for an Enforcement Hearing'' 
and shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to 
the Commission's Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555. Copies 
also shall be sent to the Assistant General Counsel for Hearings and 
Enforcement at the same address and to the Regional Administrator, NRC 
Region III, 801 Warrenville Rd., Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351.
    If a hearing is requested, the Commission will issue an Order 
designating the time and place of the hearing. If the Licensee fails to 
request a hearing within 30 days of the date of this Order (or if 
written approval of an extension of time in which to request a hearing 
has not been granted), the provisions of this Order shall be effective 
without further proceedings. If payment has not been made by that time, 
the matter may be referred to the Attorney General for collection.
    In the event the Licensee requests a hearing as provided above, the 
issues to be considered at such hearing shall be:
    (a) Whether the Licensee was in violation of the Commission's 
requirements as set forth in the Notice referenced in Section II above, 
and
    (b) Whether, on the basis of such violation, this Order should be 
sustained.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day of July 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Lieberman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 97-20547 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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