[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 392-393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-83]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-2259]


Notice of Request to Terminate Source Material, License SUA-1524, 
for the Green Mountain Ion-Exchange Site in Fremont County, WY and 
Opportunity to Provide Comments and to Request a Hearing

I. Introduction

    The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by 
letter dated October 24, 2002, a final status survey (completion) 
report for the decommissioned Green Mountain Ion-Exchange (GMIX) site 
near Jeffrey City, Wyoming, and a request to terminate the U.S. Energy 
Corporation (USEC) license SUA-1524 for the site.
    The GMIX site is located in the Crooks Gap Mining District in 
Fremont County. The facility consisted of two buildings and two 
settling ponds and separated uranium from mine water by the ion-
exchange process. The facility ceased operation in 1987. When USEC 
bought the property in 1988, the NRC granted a ``possession only'' 
source material license. The facility remained in stand-by status and 
USEC submitted a decommissioning plan in 1993 that was approved, after 
modifications, in 1996. USEC requested a delay in initiation of 
decommissioning that was granted September 20, 1999. Building 
demolition and soil removal was accomplished in 2001.
    The NRC staff has initiated review of the completion report and 
indicated, by electronic mail on November 25, 2002, that the submittal 
was incomplete. The licensee provided additional data by letter dated 
November 26, 2002, that completes the report. The NRC staff is now 
preparing a technical evaluation report for the decommissioning 
activities and will determine if all the applicable regulations have 
been met for license termination. Letters have been received from the 
site land managers, Bureau of Land Management (November 27, 2002) and 
the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division 
(December 4, 2002) that indicate no objection to termination of the 
USEC license.

II. Opportunity To Provide Comments

    The NRC is providing notice to individuals in the vicinity of the 
facility that the NRC is in receipt of this request, and will accept 
comments concerning this action within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to 
the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and 
page number of this Federal Register notice. Written comments may also 
be delivered to Room T-6 D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, from 7:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays.

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for termination of a license falling within the scope of 
subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials 
and Operator Licensing Proceedings' of NRC's rules and 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 30 days of the 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 the Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff of the 
Office of the Secretary of the Commission at One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852; or
    (2) By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and 
Adjudications Staff. Because of continuing disruptions in the delivery 
of mail to United States Government offices, it is requested that 
requests for hearing also be transmitted to the Secretary of the 
Commission either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-1101, 
or by e-mail to [email protected].
    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, U.S. Energy Corporation, 877 North 8th Street, 
Riverton, WY 82501, Attention: Fred Craft; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail 
addressed to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Because of continuing disruptions in 
the delivery of mail to United States Government offices, it is 
requested that requests for hearing be also transmitted to the Office 
of the General Counsel, either by means of facsimile transmission to 
301-415-3725, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    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;
    (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

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    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with Sec.  2.1205(d).

IV. Other Information

    The application for license termination is available for inspection 
at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Numbers: ML023180642 and ML023440223). 
Documents may also be examined and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Any questions with respect to this action 
should be referred to Elaine Brummett, 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 T8-A33, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6606; 
Fax: (301) 415-5390.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of December, 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. 03-83 Filed 1-2-03; 8:45 am]
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