[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33582-33583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13059]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-6394-MLA; ASLBP No. 00-777-05-MLA]


Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; 
Designation of Presiding Officer

    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 2.1205(h), 
the Presiding Officer will conduct an adjudicatory hearing in the 
following proceeding:

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Depleted Uranium 
Study Area of the Transonic Range, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

    The hearing 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.'' This 
proceeding concerns a request for hearing submitted by Aberdeen Proving 
Ground Superfund Citizens Coalition (APGSCC). The request was filed in 
response to a notice of consideration by the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission staff concerning issuance of an amendment to Source Material 
License No. SMB-141. The application requests decommissioning of the 
Depleted Uranium Study Area (DUSA) of the Transonic Range at the 
Department of the Army's U.S. Army Research Laboratory facility in 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The notice of consideration of the 
application and opportunity for hearing was published in the Federal 
Register at 65 FR 17,321 (Mar. 31, 2000).
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Ivan W. Smith. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 2.1209, 
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy 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 Judges Smith and Murphy in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203. Their 
addresses are:

Administrative Judge Ivan W. Smith, Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Administrative Judge Thomas D. Murphy, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001



[[Page 33583]]


    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of May 2000.
G. Paul Bollwerk III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 00-13059 Filed 5-23-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01- P