[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-659]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 040-06563]


Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning 
the Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. Facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and an 
Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a 
license amendment to Possession Only License No. STB-401 (STB-401), 
issued to Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. (the licensee), to authorize 
decommissioning of its former Columbium-Tantalum (C-T) processing 
facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
    On November 20, 1997, the licensee submitted Phase I of the C-T 
facility decommissioning plan (DP) to NRC for review. The Phase I DP 
summarized the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to 
remediate the C-T process equipment and buildings, and support 
buildings at the St. Louis, Missouri facility. Radioactive 
contamination in the C-T processing facility consists of building 
rubble and equipment contaminated with U-238, U-235, U-234 (and their 
progeny Th-230 and Ra-226 and others) and Th-232 (and its progeny Ra-
228 and Th-228 and others) resulting from licensed operation that 
occurred from 1961 to 1985.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the C-T processing 
facility to meet NRC's decommissioning criteria, and during the 
decommissioning activities, to maintain effluents and doses within NRC 
requirements and as low as reasonably achievable.
    Prior to approving the DP, 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. Approval of the DP will be documented in an 
amendment to STB-401.
    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for amendment of a license falling within the scope of 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Material 
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 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 requester 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 
2.1205(g);
    3. The requestor's area 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 Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing must 
also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc., Mallinckrodt & Second 
Streets, P.O Box 5439, St Louis, Missouri Attention: Mr. Robert F. 
Boland
    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 Phase I DP is 
available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 5th day of January, 1999.

    For the 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. 99-659 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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