[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24230-24231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10292]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-22-ISFSI; ASLBP No. 97-732-02-ISFSI]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board: Before Administrative Judges: 
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Dr. Jerry R. Kline, Dr. Peter S. Lam

    In the Matter of Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C. (Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation); Notice (Notice of Hearing and of 
Opportunity to Make Oral or Written Limited Appearance Statements)
April 19, 2000.

    The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it 
will convene an evidentiary hearing to receive testimony and exhibits 
and allow the cross-examination of witnesses relating to certain 
matters at issue in this proceeding regarding the June 1997 application 
of Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C., (PFS) for a license under 10 CFR part 
72 to construct and operate an independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) on the reservation of the Skull Valley Band of 
Goshute Indians (Skull Valley Band) in Skull Valley, Utah. In addition, 
the Board gives notice that, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.715(a), it 
will entertain oral limited appearance statements from members of the 
public in connection with this proceeding.

A. Date, Time, and Location of Evidentiary Hearing

    The Board will conduct an evidentiary hearing on certain issues 
relating to this proceeding, currently scheduled to include contentions 
Utah E/Confederated Tribes F, Financial Assurance; Utah H, Inadequate 
Thermal Design; Utah R, Emergency Plan; and Utah S, Decommissioning, 
beginning at 9:30 a.m., on Monday, June 19, 2000, in the Hilton Salt 
Lake City, Wasatch Room, Mezzanine Level, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah. The hearing on these issues shall continue from day-to-day 
until concluded.

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    The public is advised that, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(b)(6), 
all or part of the sessions regarding contentions Utah E/Confederated 
Tribes F and Utah S may be closed to the public because the matters at 
issue may involve the discussion of confidential proprietary 
information.

B. Date, Time, and Location of Oral Limited Appearance Statement 
Sessions

    The Board will conduct sessions to provide the public with an 
opportunity to make oral limited appearance statements on the following 
dates at the specified locations and times:

    1. Date: Friday, June 23, 2000.
    Times: Afternoon Session--1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Daylight 
Time (MDT). Evening Session--7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. MDT.
    Location: Hilton Salt Lake City, Wasatch Room--Mezzanine Level, 
150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000.
    Times: Afternoon Session (if there is sufficient interest)-- 
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT.
    Location: Same as Session 1 above
3. Date: Friday, June 30, 2000.
    Times: Afternoon Session--1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT; Evening 
Session--7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. MDT.
    Location: Tooele High School Auditorium, 240 West Buffalo Blvd., 
Tooele, Utah
4. Date: Saturday, July 1, 2000.
    Times: Afternoon Session (if there is sufficient interest)--1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT.
    Location: Same as Session 3 above.

C. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    Any person not a party to the proceeding will be permitted to make 
an oral statement setting forth his or her position on matters of 
concern relating to this proceeding. Although these statements do not 
constitute testimony or evidence, they nonetheless may help the Board 
and/or the parties in their deliberations in connection with the issues 
to be considered in this proceeding.
    Oral limited appearance statements will be entertained during the 
hours specified above, or such lesser time as may be necessary to 
accommodate the speakers who are present. If, however, all scheduled 
and unscheduled speakers present at a session have made a presentation, 
the Licensing Board reserves the right to terminate the session before 
the ending time listed above. The Licensing Board also reserves the 
right to cancel the Saturday sessions scheduled above if there has not 
been a sufficient showing of public interest as reflected by the number 
of preregistered speakers.
    The time allotted for each statement normally will be no more than 
five minutes, but may be further limited depending on the number of 
written requests to make an oral statement that are submitted in 
accordance with section D below and/or the number of persons present at 
the designated times.

D. Submitting a Request To Make an Oral Limited Appearance 
Statement

    Persons wishing to make an oral statement who have submitted a 
timely written request to do so will be given priority over those who 
have not filed such a request. In order to be considered timely, a 
written request to make an oral statement must be mailed, faxed, or 
sent by e-mail so as to be received by close of business (4:30 p.m. 
EST) on Wednesday, May 31, 2000. The request must specify the date 
(June 23, June 24, June 30, or July 1) and the session on that day 
(afternoon or evening) during which the requester wishes to make an 
oral statement. Based on its review of the requests received on May 31, 
2000, the Licensing Board may decide that either or both of the 
Saturday sessions will not be held due to lack of adequate interest in 
those sessions.
    Written requests to make an oral statement should be submitted to:
Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966)
E-mail: [email protected]

    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written request to make an oral statement should be sent to the 
Chairman of this Licensing Board as follows:

Mail: Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Fax: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-7550)
E-mail: [email protected]

E. Submitting Written Limited Appearance Statements

    As the Board has noted previously, a written limited appearance 
statement can be submitted at any time. Such statements should be sent 
to the Office of the Secretary using the methods prescribed above, with 
a copy to the Licensing Board Chairman.
    Documents relating to the PFS license application at issue in this 
proceeding currently are on file at the Commission's Public Document 
Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20003-
1527, and at the University of Utah, Marriott Library, Documents 
Division, 295 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860.

    Dated: April 19, 2000, Rockville, Maryland.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.\*\
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    \*\ Copies of this notice were sent this date by Internet e-mail 
transmission to counsel for (1) applicant PFS; (2) intervenors Skull 
Valley Band, Ohngo Gaudadeh Devia, Confederated Tribes of the 
Goshute Reservation, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the 
State of Utah; and (3) the NRC staff.
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G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 00-10292 Filed 4-24-00; 8:45 am]
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