[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57248-57249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22788]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-143-MLA, ASLBP No. 02-803-04-MLA]


Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.; 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: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Erwin, Tennessee, 
(Material License Amendment).
    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 requests for hearing submitted (1) on August 6, 
2002 by David Wallack; (2) on August 7, 2002, by Trudy L. Wallack; (3) 
on August 8, 2002, by the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, 
Tennessee Environmental Council, the State of Franklin Group/Sierra 
Club, and Friends of the Nolichuckey River Valley, Inc.; (4) on August 
8, 2002, by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc.; and (5) 
on August 8, 2002, by fifteen Northeast Tennessee residents. The 
requests were filed in response to a notice of consideration by the NRC 
staff of a proposed request from Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., (NFS) to 
amend its special nuclear material

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license to authorize construction and operation of a Low-Enriched 
Uranyl Nitrate Storage Building at the NFS site in Erwin, Tennessee, 
and to increase the U\235\ possession limit. The notice of 
environmental assessment performed by the staff, finding of no 
significant impact, and opportunity for a hearing were published in the 
Federal Register on July 9, 2002 (67 FR 45,555).
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Alan S. Rosenthal. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 2.1209, 
Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole 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 Rosenthal and Cole in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203. Their 
addresses are:

Administrative Judge Alan S. Rosenthal, Presiding Officer, Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001;
Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this third day of September, 
2002.
G. Paul Bollwerk III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 02-22788 Filed 9-6-02; 8:45 am]
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