[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53838-53839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27423]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8681-MLA-2 ASLBP No. 98-733-01-MLA]


International Uranium (USA) Corporation; Designation of Presiding 
Officer

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28710 (1972), and Secs. 2.105, 
2.700, 2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717 and 2.1207 of the Commission's 
Regulations, a single member of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 
Panel is hereby designated to rule on petitions for leave to intervene 
and/or requests for hearing and, if necessary, to serve as the 
Presiding Officer to conduct an informal adjudicatory hearing in the 
following proceeding.

International Uranium (USA) Corporation

White Mesa Uranium Mill

(Request for License Amendment)
    The hearing, if granted, will be conducted pursuant to 10 CFR 
Subpart L of the Commission's Regulations, ``Informal Hearing 
Procedures for Adjudications in Materials and Operator Licensing 
Proceedings.'' This proceeding concerns a request for hearing submitted 
by the Native American Petitioners on an amendment to the Source 
Material License of International Uranium (USA) Corporation to allow 
receipt and processing of uranium-bearing material. The license 
amendment was granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff on 
August 15, 1997.
    The Presiding Officer designated for this proceeding is 
Administrative Judge Peter B. Bloch. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 
CFR 2.722, Administrative Judge Charles N. Kelber

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has been appointed to assist the Presiding Officer in taking evidence 
and in preparing a suitable record for review.
    All correspondence, documents and other materials shall be filed 
with Judge Bloch and Judge Kelber in accordance with 10 CFR 2.701. 
Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Peter B. Bloch, Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555
Dr. Charles N. Kelber, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of October 1997.
B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 97-27423 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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