[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22189]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 040-02384]
Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request to the
Decommissioning License for the RMI Titanium Company Extrusion Plant
Site in Ashtabula, Ohio, and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of
an amendment to Source Material License No. SMB-602, issued to RMI
Environmental Services, a Division of RMI Titanium Company (the
Licensee), for the decommissioning of its extrusion plant facility in
Ashtabula, Ohio.
The Licensee requested the amendment in a letter dated May 13,
1998. The amendment would authorize the Licensee to use an unrestricted
release criterion of 220 pCi/g of technetium-99 in soil for
decommissioning the site.
The amendment would also delete existing license conditions for:
demonstrating that site soils are not contaminated with thorium-230
(the Licensee has provided documentation showing that thorium-230
concentrations are at background levels); and certification of the
signator's authorities of DOE's statement of intent to fund
decommissioning of the site (the Licensee has provided acceptable
documentation of the signator's authorities).
Radioactive contamination at the extrusion plant facility resulted
primarily from extrusion operations, using depleted, natural, and
slightly enriched uranium. Uranium extrusion operations occurred from
1962 through 1988.
The Licensee is currently remediating the extrusion plant site in
accordance with its approved decommissioning plan to meet NRC's
criteria as specified in the Action Plan to Ensure Timely Cleanup of
Site Decommissioning Management Plan Sites (57 FR 13389; April 16,
1992), and is maintaining effluents as low as reasonably achievable.
Prior to the issuance of the proposed amendment, 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.
The NRC hereby provides notice that an application for a license
amendment falls within the scope of the informal hearing procedures set
forth in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, which addresses NRC's rules and
practice for domestic licensing proceedings. 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 in
accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d)(1).
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 Office 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, RMI Environmental Services, P.O. Box 579,
Ashtabula, Ohio 44004-579, Attention: Mr. Eric Marsh, RMI Environmental
Services, and
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852, 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 Commission's
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Md., this 11th day of August, 1998.
For the U.S. 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. 98-22189 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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