[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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