[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17322-17323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7964]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-06377]


Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning of 
Department of the Army , U. S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments 
Command, Building 611B at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, and 
Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for 
decommissioning of Department of the Army, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive 
and Armaments Command, Building 611B at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 
and opportunity for a hearing.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of 
an amendment to Source Material License No. SUB-348 (SUB-348), issued 
to the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments 
Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (the 
licensee), to authorize decommissioning of Building 611B at their 
facility in Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.
    On November 29, 1999, the licensee submitted a Decommissioning Plan 
for Building 611B that summarized the decommissioning activities that 
will be undertaken to remediate the building and areas of the 
surrounding soil at Picatinny Arsenal. In and around Building 611B, the 
building surfaces, equipment, and some areas of soil are contaminated 
with depleted uranium (DU) resulting from licensed operations conducted 
mainly from 1979 to 1984.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate Building 611B and 
the surrounding area 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 decommissioning plan, the NRC will have made 
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 
NRC's regulations. Approval of the Decommissioning Plan for Building 
611B will be documented in an amendment to License No. SUB-348.
    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 practice for domestic 
licensing proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2. Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1205(a), 
any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(c). A request 
for a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of the Federal Register Notice.
    The request for the 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 10 CFR 
2.1205(g);
    3. The requesters areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and

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    4. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(c).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive 
and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering 
Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, Attention: Richard W. 
Fliszar; 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 
decommissioning plan for building 611B is available for inspection at 
the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, DC 
20555.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 21st day of March, 
2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Francis M. Costello,
Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, RI.
[FR Doc. 00-7964 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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