[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3258-3259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1299]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Molycorp, Inc.; Designation of Presiding Officer

[Docket No. 40-8778-MLA-2; ASLBP No. 00-775-03-MLA]

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 
29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.1201, 2.1207, 
notice is hereby given that (1) a single member of the Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel is designated as Presiding Officer to rule on 
petitions for leave to intervene and/or requests for hearing; and (2) 
upon making the requisite findings in accordance with 10 CFR 
Sec. 2.1205(h), the Presiding Officer will conduct an adjudicatory 
hearing in the following proceeding:

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Molycorp, Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania

    This proceeding, which 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,'' concerns a request for hearing submitted by Canton 
Township, Pennsylvania. The request was filed in response to a notice 
of consideration by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff of a 
request by Molycorp, Inc., to amend its 10 CFR part 40 source material 
license to authorize decommissioning of its former processing facility 
in Washington, Pennsylvania. The notice of consideration of the 
application and opportunity for hearing was published in the Federal 
Register at 64 FR 62,227 (Nov. 16, 1999).
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Charles Bechhoefer. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 2.1209, 
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 Bechhoefer and Judge Cole in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203. 
Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer, Presiding Officer, Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Dr. Richard F. Cole, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20555-0001

    This designation of presiding officer is issued pursuant to the 
authority of the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of January 2000.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 00-1299 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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