[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20357]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No. 40-3453-MLA-2, ASLBP No. 98-747-02-MLA


Atlas Corporation; Designation of Presiding Officer

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 F.R. 28710 (1972), and Sections 
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.
Atlas Corporation
(Request for Material 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 by the 
State of Utah with respect to NRC's approval of the reclamation plan of 
The Atlas Corporation, particularly the effects of possible migration 
of the Colorado River on the tailings stored on the Atlas Moab site.
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Peter B. Bloch. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy 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 Murphy in accordance with 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, D.C. 20555
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of July 1998.
B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.

[FR Doc. 98-20357 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]
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