[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18268-18269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9197]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8027]
Sequoyah Fuels Corp.; Notice of Receipt of Amendment Request and
Opportunity To Request a Hearing
I. Introduction
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by
letter dated January 28, 2003, a request from Sequoyah Fuels Corp.
(SFC) for approval of a license amendment to Materials License SUB-
1010, to address clean up and reclamation of the SFC site.
The SFC facility, located near Gore, Oklahoma, operated from 1970
to 1993, converting uranium oxide (yellowcake) to uranium hexaflouride,
a step in the production of nuclear reactor fuel. From 1987 to 1993,
the facility was also used to convert depleted uranium hexaflouride to
uranium tetraflouride. The facility is currently licensed only to
possess radioactive material. Originally, the license only permitted
possession of source material. However, in a Staff Requirements
Memorandum to SECY-02-0095, dated July 25, 2002, the Commission
concluded that some of the waste at the SFC site could properly be
classified as byproduct material as defined in section 11e.(2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended (AEA).
In response to a request from SFC, on December 11, 2002, NRC
amended the license to allow possession of 11e.(2) byproduct material,
in addition to source material.
In its reclamation plan, SFC proposes to build a disposal cell on
the site and put the radioactive waste in that cell. The cell is
designed to meet the requirements, in 10 CFR part 40, appendix A, for
disposal of 11e.(2) byproduct material. SFC also requested permission
to dispose of source material wastes in the cell, under the guidance in
Attachment 1 to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-23 (November 30,
2000).
The staff will review SFC's request for conformance with 10 CFR
Parts 20 and 40, using NUREG-1620, ``Standard Review Plan for the
Review of a Reclamation Plan for Mill Tailings Sites Under Title II of
the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act'' and other applicable
agency regulations and guidance. If NRC approves SFC's request, the
approval will be documented in an amendment to SFC's license. However,
before approving the request, NRC will need to make the findings
required by the AEA and NRC regulations. These findings will be
documented in a Technical Evaluation Report and an Environmental Impact
Statement.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an
application for an amendment 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, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15
p.m., 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, Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, P.O. Box 610, Gore,
Oklahoma, Attention: Mr. John Ellis; and
(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Office of the General
Counsel, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays, or by mail
addressed to the
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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 also be 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
The application for the license amendment and the request to revise
the License Application are available for inspection at NRC's Public
Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
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 20854. Any questions with respect to this action
should be referred to Myron Fliegel, 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) 415-6629.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of April, 2003.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lidia Roch[eacute],
Acting Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle
Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-9197 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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