[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51894-51895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20173]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-1201]


Framatome ANP, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment, and Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of request from Framatome ANP, Inc. to renew 
Special Nuclear Material License SNM-1168, Notice of intent to prepare 
an Environmental Assessment, and Notice of opportunity for hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has received, by letter dated March 28, 2002, a request from 
Framatome ANP, Inc. to renew its NRC Special Nuclear Material License 
SNM-1168. This facility, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, fabricates low 
enriched Light Water Reactor fuel assemblies under a 10 CFR part 70 
license. The NRC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment 
for this action.
    This application will be reviewed by the staff using NRC formal 
guidance, NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a 
License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility.''
    The amendment application and environmental report are available 
for

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public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters, Room O-1F21, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. To obtain the application and 
environmental report electronically using the NRC's document system 
(ADAMS), the accession numbers are ML020940468 and ML020930031, 
respectively.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julie Olivier, Fuel Cycle 
Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Mail Stop T-8A33, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 
415-8098.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on 
the license renewal application under the provisions of 10 CFR part 2, 
subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials 
and Operator Licensing Proceedings.'' 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 
hearing must be filed within 30 days of the publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. The request for a hearing must be filed with 
the Office of the Secretary, either:
    (1) By delivery to the Docketing and Service Branch of the Office 
of the Secretary at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852; or
    (2) By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and 
Service Branch.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Framatome Advanced Nuclear Power, P.O. Box 
11646, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24506-1646; Attention: Robert Freeman; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852, or by mail addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR part 
2 of the 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 requestor in the proceeding;
    (2) How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(h);
    (3) The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d).
    The request must also set forth the specific aspect or aspects of 
the subject matter of the proceeding as to which the petitioner wishes 
a hearing.
    In addition, members of the public may provide comments on the 
subject application within 30 days of the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to Michael Lesar, 
Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Administration 
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-20173 Filed 8-8-02; 8:45 am]
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