[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 67714] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-32500] [[Page 67714]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40-9027-MLA, ASLBP No. 99-757-01-MLA] Cabot Performance Materials; 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. Cabot Performance Materials (Request for Materials 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 Redevelopment Authority of the City of Reading and the City of Reading, Pennsylvania in response to a license amendment request by Cabot Performance Materials (Cabot). The proposed amendment would allow decommissioning of Cabot's contaminated sites located in Reading and Revere, Pennsylvania. A notice of the proposed amendment was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 57715 (October 28, 1998). The Presiding Officer designated for this proceeding is Administrative Judge Peter B. Bloch. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722. Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole 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 Cole 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. Richard F. Cole, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 1998. B. Paul Cotter, Jr., Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel. [FR Doc. 98-32500 Filed 12-7-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P