[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13825-13826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6908]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 030-05980]


Consideration of License Amendment for Decommissioning the Safety 
Light Corporation Site in Bloomsburg, PA, and Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


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ACTION: Notice of consideration of license amendment for 
decommissioning the Safety Light Corporation Site in Bloomsburg, 
Pennsylvania, and Opportunity for a Hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance 
of a license amendment to Nuclear Materials License No. 37-00030-02, 
issued to Safety Light Corporation, to authorize decommissioning of 
facilities, equipment, and land at the Bloomsburg site which were 
utilized for previous operations involving radioactive material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kottan, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Region I, King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415, telephone 610-
337-5214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5,1998, the licensee submitted a 
site decommissioning plan (SDP) to NRC for review that summarized the 
decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the 
buildings, soil, and underground silos contaminated with radioactive 
material from past operations. The NRC staff is reviewing the SDP and 
is considering approval of task-specific amendments to the license 
which would authorize conduct of limited site decommissioning and 
decontamination to achieve a systematic reduction of the radioactive 
source term. Safety Light Corporation has two licenses for the 
Bloomsburg site. Licensee No. 37-00030-02 authorizes possession and use 
of byproduct material for site characterization and decommissioning of 
facilities, equipment, and land from past operations. License No. 37-
00030-08 authorizes manufacture of certain devices containing tritium 
as well as research and development activities. Because the licensee is 
currently conducting operations at the site under License No. 37-00030-
08, SLC is not requesting license termination nor release of the site 
for unrestricted use.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Bloomsburg 
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 license amendments to implement the SDP, 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. Approval of the SDP will be documented in an 
amendment to License No. 37-00030-02.
    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 Materials 
Licensing Proceedings'', of NRC's rules and practices 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(d). 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 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 requester in the proceeding;
    2. How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requester should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(h);
    3. The requester'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(d).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally, or by mail to:
    1. The applicant, Safety Light Corporation, 4150-A Old Berwick 
Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Attention: Mr. Larry Harmon; 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 SDP is 
available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20555, or at NRC's Region I offices located 
at 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA. Persons desiring to review 
documents at the Region I Office should call Ms. Sheryl Villar at (610) 
337-5239 several days in advance to assure that the documents will be 
readily available for review.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 10th day of March 
1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
George Pangburn,
Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 99-6908 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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