[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8213]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-62]


Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 
and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission the 
University of Virginia University of Virginia Reactor (UVAR)

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has received an application from the University of 
Virginia dated February 9, 2000, for a license amendment approving its 
proposed decommissioning plan for the UVAR (Facility License No. R-66) 
located in Charlottesville, Virginia.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405, the Commission is providing 
notice and soliciting comments from local and State governments in the 
vicinity of the site and any Indian Nation or other indigenous people 
that have treaty or statutory rights that could be affected by the 
decommissioning. This notice and solicitation of comments is published 
pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405, which provides for publication in the 
Federal Register and in a forum such as local newspapers, letters to 
State or local organizations, or other appropriate forum, that is 
readily accessible to individuals in the vicinity of the site. Comments 
should be provided within 60 days of the date of this notice to Ledyard 
B. Marsh, Chief, Events Assessment, Generic Communications, and Non-
Power Reactors Branch, Mail Stop O12-D1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5), notice is also 
provided of the Commission's intent to approve the plan by amendment, 
subject to such conditions and limitations as it deems appropriate and 
necessary, if the plan demonstrates that decommissioning will be 
performed in accordance with the regulations in this chapter and will 
not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and 
safety of the public.
    A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, at 2120 L 
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. It is also available through http://www.nrc.gov/OPA/reports under ``What's New on This Page,'' 
``Decommissioning,'' or ``Other Documents.''

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of March 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Chief, Events Assessment, Generic Communications, and Non-Power 
Reactors Branch, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-8213 Filed 4-3-00; 8:45 am]
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