[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33276-33277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15633]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-3098-ML; ASLBP No. 01-790-01-ML]


Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster Savannah River Mixed Oxide Fuel 
Fabrication Facility; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28710 (1972); the Commission's 
Regulations, see 10 CFR 2.1201, 2.1207; and the Commission's Order 
dated June 14, 2001, CLI-01-13, 53 NRC ____ (June 14, 2001), an Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board is being established to preside over the 
following proceeding:

Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster Savannah River Mixed Oxide Fuel 
Fabrication Facility

    This Board is being established to conduct this proceeding pursuant 
to an enhanced version of the procedures found in 10 CFR Part 2, 
Subpart L, of the Commission's Regulations, ``Informal Hearing 
Procedures for Adjudications in Materials and Operator Licensing 
Proceedings'' (CLI-01-13, 53 NRC at ____ (slip op. at 1-2)). On 
February 28, 2001, Duke, Cogema, and Stone & Webster submitted a 
construction authorization request (CAR) to build a mixed oxide (MOX) 
fuel fabrication facility, which would be located at the United States 
Department of Energy's Savannah River site in South Carolina. This 
proceeding concerns requests for hearing submitted by (1) Georgians 
Against Nuclear Energy (GANE); (2) Environmentalists, Inc. (EI); (3) 
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense

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League (Blue Ridge); and (4) Charles and Edna Foster. The requests were 
filed in response to a March 7, 2001 notice in the Federal Register 
announcing receipt of the CAR and a related environmental report (66 FR 
13794.) and a notice of opportunity for a hearing published by the 
Commission on April 18, 2001 (66 FR 19994).
    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Administrative Judge Thomas S. Moore, Chairman,Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Washington, 
D.C. 20555-0001
Administrative Judge Charles N. Kelber,Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board Panel,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Administrative Judge Peter S. Lam,Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 
Panel,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the Administrative Judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of this Licensing Board establishment notice were 
sent this date by internet e-mail or facsimile transmission to 
counsel or representatives for (1) applicants Duke, Cogema, and 
Stone & Webster; (2) petitioners GANE, EI, Blue Ridge, and Charles 
and Edna Foster; and (3) the NRC staff.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of June 2001.
G. Paul Bollwerk III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 01-15633 Filed 6-20-01; 8:45 am]
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