[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33018]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-754-MLA and ASLBP No. 00-774-02-MLA]


General Electric Company; Designation of Presiding Officer

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and Sections 
2.1201 and 2.1207 of Part 2 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:

General Electric Company, Vallecitos Nuclear Center

    The hearing, if granted, will be conducted pursuant to 10 CFR Part 
2, 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 Tri-Valley CAREs, the Western States Legal Foundation, Save Our 
Sunol, and Citizens Along the Roads and Tracks. The request was filed 
in response to a notice of consideration by the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission of a request for renewal of the 10 CFR Part 70 license for 
the General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center. The renewal application 
requests authorization to receive and possess special nuclear material 
and to use special nuclear material in research and development 
activities involving chemical and physical analysis. The notice of 
consideration of the renewal application and opportunity for hearing 
was published in the Federal Register at 64 FR 45,289 (Aug. 19, 1999).
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Alan S. Rosenthal. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 2.1209, 
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy 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 Rosenthal and Judge Murphy in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203. 
Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Alan S. Rosenthal, Presiding Officer, Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of December 1999.
G. Paul Bollwerk III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 99-33018 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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