[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8627]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-7003]


Notice of Opportunity To Request a Hearing Regarding the U.S. 
Enrichment Corporation Inc.'s Application for a License for the 
Possession and Use of Special Nuclear Material and Byproduct Material 
in Its American Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility in Piketon, OH

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering an 
application submitted by the U.S. Enrichment Corporation Inc. (USEC), 
dated February 11, 2003, for a license to possess and use, for five 
years, special nuclear, source, and by-product material in the American 
Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility (Lead Cascade). The Lead Cascade, 
which is to be located at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in 
Piketon, Ohio, will possess up to 250 kilograms of uranium hexafluoride 
and will consist of up to 240 operating, full-scale centrifuge 
machines.
    By letter dated March 13, 2003, the NRC informed USEC that based on 
an administrative review of the Lead Cascade license application, the 
NRC had found the application acceptable for technical review. However, 
before approving the proposed license, NRC will need to make the 
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC 
regulations. The NRC will document its technical reviews related to 
radiological safety and common defense and security in a Safety 
Evaluation Report and its environmental safety review in an 
Environmental Assessment (EA). In the March 13, 2003, letter, the NRC 
also stated that it anticipates completing its technical reviews and 
issuing its decision by February 2004.

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for 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 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 
p.m. on Federal workdays; 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. Enrichment Corporation Inc., 6903 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817-1818); Attention Mr. Steven A. 
Toelle; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 between 7:45 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays, 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
    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with Sec.  2.1205(d).

III. Further Information

    For further details, the unclassified and non-proprietary portions 
of USEC's License application may 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. The references with ADAMS 
Accession Number ML030730232 may also be viewed in the NRC's Electronic 
Public Document Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Any questions with respect to this action should be 
referred to Mr. Yawar Faraz, Project Manager, Special Projects and 
Inspection Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-8 A33, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone (301)415-8113 or e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of April 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Eric J. Leeds,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-8627 Filed 4-8-03; 8:45 am]
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