[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25506-25507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10884]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 40-8794-MLA, 40-8778-MLA, ASLBP No. 99-769-08-MLA]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; In the matter of: 
Molycorp, Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania; Temporary Storage of 
Decommissioning Wastes; Notice of Hearing

April 26, 2000.
    This proceeding involves a proposed amendment by Molycorp, Inc. to 
its Source Materials License No. SMB-

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1393, to authorize temporary storage (5-10 years) of decommissioning 
wastes emanating from the Molycorp, Inc. facility in York, 
Pennsylvania, at the Molycorp facility in Washington, Pennsylvania. The 
proposal under review was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission on February 8, 1996, and would authorize storage of wastes 
from the former rare earth processing facility (License No. SMB-1408) 
at York, Pennsylvania, consisting of decommissioning waste soils 
containing thorium-232 and uranium-238.
    Notice is hereby given that, by Memorandum and Order, LBP-00-10, 51 
NRC __ (April 11, 2000) (as amended by an Errata dated April 19, 2000), 
the Presiding Officer has granted the requests for a hearing submitted 
by Canton Township, Pennsylvania, and the City of Washington, 
Pennsylvania. Parties to this proceeding are the Licensee, Molycorp, 
Inc., Canton Township and the City of Washington, Pennsylvania, 
Intervenors. (The Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has 
elected not to participate in this proceeding.)
    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 FR 31021 (June 
9, 1999), Canton Township and the City of Washington each submitted 
timely hearing requests. Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer has 
been designated Presiding Officer and, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.722 and 
2.1209, Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole has been appointed as 
Special Assistant to assist the Presiding Officer in taking evidence 
and preparing a suitable record for review. 64 FR 39176 (July 21, 
1999); id. at 55785 (October 14, 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, 
D.C. 20555. A copy of such statement or request should also be served 
on the Presiding Officer, T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555, or [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 many public libraries have terminals 
for public access to the Internet.

    Rockville, Maryland, April 26, 2000.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Presiding Officer, Administrative Judge.
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