[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33678]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
[Docket No. 40-8027-MLA-4; ASLBP No. 99-770-09-MLA]


Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, Gore, OK Site; Decommissioning; 
Notice of Hearing

December 22, 1999.
    This proceeding involves a proposed amendment by Sequoyah Fuels 
Corporation to its Source Material License No. SUB-1010, to authorize 
restricted decommissioning of its site near Gore, Oklahoma. The 
proposal under review, currently denominated as the Second Revised Site 
Decommissioning Plan (SRSDP), was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission on March 26, 1999 and seeks authority to decommission the 
facility based on restricted release pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1403.
    Notice is hereby given that, by Memorandum and Order dated December 
16, 1999, LBP-99-46, the Presiding Officer has granted the request for 
a hearing submitted by the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. 
Parties to this proceeding are the Licensee, Sequoyah Fuels 
Corporation; the State of Oklahoma; and the Staff of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
    This proceeding will be conducted under the Commission's informal 
hearing procedures set forth in 10 CFR, Part 2, Subpart L. In response 
to a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, published at 64 Fed. Reg. 31023 
(June 9, 1999), the State of Oklahoma submitted a request for a 
hearing. On July 27, 1999, Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer was 
designated Presiding Officer, to rule on petitions for leave to 
intervene and/or requests for a hearing and, if necessary, to serve as 
the Presiding Officer to conduct an informal adjudicatory proceeding. 
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.722 and 2.1209, Administrative Judge Thomas D. 
Murphy was appointed to assist the Presiding Officer in taking evidence 
and in preparing a suitable record for review. 64 FR 42154 (August 3, 
1999).
    During the course of this proceeding, the Presiding Officer, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1211(a), will entertain limited appearance 
statements from any member of the public who is not a party to the 
proceeding, for the purpose of stating his or her views on the issues 
involved in this proceeding. Although these statements are not evidence 
and do not become part of the decisional record, they may assist the 
Presiding Officer and parties in their consideration of matters at 
issue in this proceeding. Limited appearance statements should be made 
in writing. If the Presiding Officer conducts an oral argument or in-
person prehearing conference, the Presiding Officer may at his 
discretion hear oral statements, at a time and location yet to be 
determined. Written statements, and requests to make oral statements, 
should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Rulemaking and 
Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. A copy of such statement or request should also be served on the 
Presiding Officer, T3 F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, or CXB[email protected].
    Documents related to this proceeding, issued prior to December 1, 
1999, are available in print form for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), 2120 L St. NW, Washington, 
D.C. Documents issued subsequent to November 1, 1999 are available 
electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS), with access to the public through NRC's Internet Web 
site (Public Electronic Reading Room Link, <http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/
ADAMS/index.html>). The PDR and the majority of public libraries have 
terminals for public access to the Internet.

    Rockville, Maryland, December 22, 1999.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Presiding Officer, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 99-33678 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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