[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13076-13077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6824]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 040-07924]


Schott Glass Technologies, Inc., License Termination Request, 
Opportunity for Hearing and Notification of Public Meeting on 
Licensee's Termination Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to terminate the NRC license for the Schott 
Glass Technologies, Inc. (Schott) facility located in Duryea, 
Pennsylvania, notice of a public meeting, and notice of opportunity for 
a hearing for release of the site for unrestricted use.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
granting the license termination for Source Material License No. STB-
988, requested by Schott Glass Technologies, Inc. (the licensee), 
Duryea, Pennsylvania. The NRC has determined that remediation of 
residual radioactive contamination, as a result of past operations with 
NRC licensed material in buildings and in exterior areas on the site, 
has successfully been completed and the facility meets the NRC Criteria 
for release for unrestricted use, which were identified in the ``Action 
Plan to Ensure Timely Cleanup of Site Decommissioning Management Plan 
Sites'' (57 FR 13389-13392, April 16, 1992).
    The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity to meet with the 
NRC staff to discuss the following: (1) The licensee's site remediation 
actions and final status survey; (2) the NRC confirmatory inspections 
including independent sampling; and (3) the proposed action to 
terminate the license and remove the site from the Site Decommissioning 
Management Plan (SDMP). The meeting will be held on March 23, 1998, 
from 7 to 9 p.m., at Victoria Inns located on Route 315, in Pittston 
Township, Pennsylvania.
    Waste glass materials from manufacturing glass, including thoriated 
glass, which contained thorium concentrations that met the NRC 
definition of source material, were placed in a parabolic-shaped 
landfill area on the licensee's property from 1969 until 1980. Based on 
the licensee's site characterization data, the thoriated glass volume 
is approximately 0.01% of the fill area. Fixed residual contamination 
was also identified in localized areas where the thorium had been 
stored and processed in the manufacturing building. Schott's current 
NRC license authorized possession of this glass and residual 
contamination incident to decommissioning only. By letter dated January 
22, 1997, Schott informed NRC that it had completed the final 
decommissioning survey of the buildings and loading dock, and multi-
layered cap of the fill area at their facility located in Duryea. 
Additional information in response to the NRC review of this 
termination request was submitted on March 31, 1997, November 25, 1997, 
and January 21, 1998. Based upon the licensee completing the required 
remediation actions as represented in the above documents and the NRC 
confirmatory inspection report dated March 26, 1997, NRC concluded that 
the facility meets the NRC guidance for releasing the site for 
unrestricted use. Notwithstanding, the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection (PADEP) required some land-use restrictions as 
a condition of approval of the waste management plan to address the 
non-radiological hazardous materials that are regulated by PADEP.
    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for a license amendment 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);

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    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 licensee, Schott Glass Technologies, Inc, Attention: Thomas 
McDonald, Manager, Environmental and Safety, 400 York Avenue, Duryea, 
Pennsylvania 18642; 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 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 6th day of March 
1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A. Randolph Blough,
Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Region I.
[FR Doc. 98-6824 Filed 2-16-98; 8:45 am]
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