[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27597-27598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12599]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 70-7001 and 70-7002]


Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant, United States Enrichment Corporation; Notice of Request for 
Certificate Renewal and Opportunity for Comment

I. Receipt of Application and Availability of Documents

    Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has received by letters dated April 11, 2003, 
applications from the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for 
the renewal of the certificates of compliance for the gaseous diffusion 
plants (GDPs) located near Paducah, Kentucky and Piketon, Ohio. The NRC 
issued the initial certificates of compliance for the GDPs on November 
26, 1996, and assumed regulatory oversight for the GDPs on March 3, 
1997. The GDPs were last issued renewed certificates of compliance on 
January 29, 1999. Those certificates expire December 31, 2003. The USEC 
renewal requests are for a five-year period, extending from the current 
expiration date of December 31, 2003, to December 31, 2008. The USEC 
applications for renewal contain a revised Depleted Uranium Management 
Plan and a revised Decommissioning Funding Plan but do not contain any 
other changes to the existing Application and Safety Analysis Report. 
The USEC application for the renewal of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant is based on USEC's previous Application, as revised through 
Revision 81 dated April 11, 2003, and USEC's previous Compliance Plan, 
as revised through Revision 9 dated December 1, 2000. No additional 
changes to the Application or Compliance Plan are requested. The USEC 
application for the renewal of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant 
is based on USEC's previous Application, as revised through Revision 65 
dated April 11, 2003, and USEC's previous Compliance Plan, as revised 
through Revision 11 dated January 31, 2003. No additional changes to 
the Application or Compliance Plan are requested.
    Copies of the renewal application for certification (except for 
classified and proprietary portions which are withheld in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.790, ``Availability of Public Records'') 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.

II. Notice of Comment Period

    Any interested party may submit written comments on the application 
for renewal of the certificate of compliance for either the Paducah 
plant or the Portsmouth plant for consideration by the staff. To be 
certain of consideration, comments must be received by (insert date 30 
days from day of publication).
    Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration 
only for comments received on or before this date. Written comments on 
the application should be mailed to the Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, or may be 
hand delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 between 
7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. Comments should be legible 
and reproducible, and include the name, affiliation (if any), and 
address of the comment provider. All comments received by the 
Commission will be made available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room located in Rockville, MD.
    Following evaluation of USEC's applications for renewal, and any 
public comments received, the Commission staff will issue a written 
decision, and publish notice of the decision in the Federal Register. 
Upon publication of the notice of decision, any person whose interest 
may be affected may then request review of the decision within 30 days, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 76.62(c) or 76.64(d), whichever applies.

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III. Further Information

    For further information you may contact Mr. Dan E. Martin, 
concerning the Paducah plant, at (301) 415-7254, or Mr. Michael G. 
Raddatz, concerning the Portsmouth plant, at (301) 415-6334, of the 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of May 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret V. Federline,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-12599 Filed 5-19-03; 8:45 am]
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