[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 147 (Monday, July 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46747-46748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19244]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-3073]


Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Cushing Refinery 
Site, Cushing, Oklahoma and Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Materials License SNM-1999 issued to Kerr-
McGee Corporation (the licensee) for its Cushing Refinery site in 
Cushing, Oklahoma. The licensee requested, in a letter dated April 7, 
2000, that NRC amend Materials License SNM-1999 to remove several 
``tie-down'' and license

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conditions. The licensee considers these conditions either redundant or 
no longer necessary as a result of NRC's issuance of License Amendments 
Nos. 10 and 11. License Amendment No. 10, issued August 23, 1999, 
authorized the licensee to remediate radioactive contamination. License 
Amendment No. 11, issued November 3, 1999, named Ms. Karen Morgan as 
the Cushing Refinery site Radiation Safety Officer. The licensee 
indicated that removal of redundant requirements would reduce potential 
confusion caused by these redundancies.
    If the NRC approves this license amendment, the approval will be 
documented in an amendment to NRC license SNM-1999. However, before 
approving the proposed amendment, the NRC will need to make the 
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 
NRC's regulations. These findings will be documented in a Safety 
Evaluation Report and an Environmental Assessment.
    NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for an amendment of a license falling within the scope of 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Materials 
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules of practice for domestic 
licensing proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2. Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d). A request for 
a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of this Federal Register notice. The request for a hearing 
must be filed with the Office of the Secretary either:
    1. By delivery to Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, 
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays; or
    2. By mail, telegram, or facsimile addressed to the Secretary, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001. Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    In accordance with 10 CFR Sec. 2.1205(f), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, 
to:
    1. The applicant, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Kerr-McGee Center, PO Box 
25861, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Attention: Mr. Jeff Lux, and;
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, between 7:45 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. Federal workdays, or by mail, addressed to the Executive 
Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 
2 of 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 
Sec. 2.1205(h);
    3. The requester's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    4. The circumstance establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The application for amendment and supporting 
documentation are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic 
Reading Room on the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. Questions with respect to this action should be referred to 
Stewart Brown, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-
6605. Fax.: (301) 415-5397.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Robert A. Nelson,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-19244 Filed 7-28-00; 8:45 am]
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