[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 24167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11903]


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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 a license amendment to Materials License SNM-1999. The 
Kerr-McGee Corporation's (Kerr-McGee or the licensee) has requested to 
have a portion of the property released, for unrestricted use, from the 
Cushing Refinery Site (Cushing) License. This action is taken in 
response to Kerr-McGee's license amendment request, dated November 10, 
2000, and supplemented by letter dated January 19, 2001. The licensee 
requested that the portion of site blocks 116, 117, 124, and 125 south 
of Skull Creek be released for unrestricted use and removed from the 
license. The area that is being considered for release from the license 
encompasses a sediment pond located in Unaffected Area 2 (UA-2). This 
sediment pond is normally used as a collection area for sediments 
generated during treatment of water removed from Pit 5. A routine 
discharge of treated wastewater to Skull Creek in June 1998, resulted 
in the inadvertent release of some of the pond sediment not releasable 
under the licensee's discharge permit. Although Skull Creek was 
radiologically decontaminated in 1991, it is located within a 
radiologically affected area. Therefore, sediments removed from Skull 
Creek and placed into UA-2 Sediment Pond had a potential of containing 
licensed material. The proposed boundary of the licensed area is shown 
in Figure 1, ``Cushing, Oklahoma Refinery Site, Proposed Licensed 
Site'', of the January 19, 2001, letter.
    If the NRC approves the license amendment, the approval will be 
documented in a license amendment to NRC's license SNM-1999. However, 
before approving the proposed license amendment, NRC will need to make 
the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 
NRC's regulations.
    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: 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, P.O. 
Box 25851, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73125, 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 the license amendment and supporting 
documentation are available for inspection on NRC's Public Electronic 
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. Questions with 
respect to this action should be referred to Mr. 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; Internet: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of May 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stewart W. Brown,
Project Manager, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 01-11903 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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