[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65369-65370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26984]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[License No. 19-00915-03, Docket No. 03004530]


Consideration of Amendment Request to Remediate a Radioactive 
Waste Burial Site at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Facility in 
Ames, IA and Opportunity for a Hearing

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering amending the 
United States Department of Agriculture's Byproduct Materials License 
No. 19-00915-03 to authorize excavation and remediation of the 
radioactive waste burial site located at its facilities in Ames, Story 
County, Iowa.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) submitted a request dated 
August 16, 2002, for an amendment to Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) License No. 19-00915-03. The licensee requests approval to 
decommission a radioactive waste burial site located on its property in 
Ames, Iowa. USDA proposes to excavate the site and retrieve the buried 
radioactive waste for shipment to a commercial waste disposal site in 
accordance with the procedures contained in that and subsequent 
submissions. The licensee has retained Cabrera Services, Inc., an NRC 
licensee (License No. 06-30556-01), to perform the decommissioning and 
remediation of the site.
    The amendment request by United States Department of Agriculture 
and related documents are available for inspection and copying for a 
fee at the Region I Office, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 
19406. The documents may also be viewed in the Agency-wide Document 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) located on the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov. These documents include:
    Letter from U.S. Department of Agriculture to USNRC, Region I, 
dated August 16, 2002 requesting approval to remediate burial site at 
National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA, with enclosed Work Plan. 
(ML022330227)
    Letter from Cabrera Services to USNRC, Region I, dated August 20, 
2002 providing documents used in historical assessment of burial site 
(ML022390595).
    Letter from USEPA, Region VII to UDSA, dated August 6, 2002, 
regarding Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis for NADC, Ames, IA 
(ML022270115).
    Fax from USDA to USNRC, Region I dated September 11, 2002 providing 
additional information (ML022550516).
    Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis for USDA National Animal 
Disease Center, Revision 1, Final, dated August 14, 2002 (ML022690109).
    Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, 
dated October 24, 2002 (ML022890591).
    Any person whose interest may be affected by the issuance of this 
action may file a request for a hearing. Any hearing request must be 
filed with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register; be served on the NRC staff 
(Executive Director of Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 and Region I, Chief, Nuclear 
Materials Safety Branch, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 
19406), and on the licensee (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 5601 
Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5510, Beltsville, MD. 20705); and must 
comply with the requirements for requesting a hearing set forth in the 
Commission's regulations, 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, ``Information 
Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials Licensing 
Proceedings.''
    These requirements, which the request must address in detail, are:
    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);

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    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 hearing is 
timely--that is, filed within 30 days of the date of this notice.
    In addressing how the requestor's interest may be affected by the 
proceeding, the request should describe the nature of the requestor's 
right under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to be made a 
party to the proceeding; the nature and extent of the requestor's 
property, financial, or other (i.e., health, safety) interest in the 
proceeding; and the possible effect of any order that may be entered in 
the proceeding upon the requestor's interest.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 16th day of 
October, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 02-26984 Filed 10-23-02; 8:45 am]
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