[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49810-49811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21147]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-06563]


Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request Mallinckrodt Inc., 
St. Louis, Missouri, and Opportunity for Providing Comments and 
Requesting a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for partial 
decommissioning and opportunity to provide comments and request a 
hearing.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Buckley, Decommissioning 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6607, fax number (301) 415-5398.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a 
license amendment to Possession Only License No. STB-401, issued to 
Mallinckrodt Inc., (Mallinckrodt or the licensee), to authorize Phase 2 
decommissioning of its former Columbium-Tantalum (C-T) processing 
facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
    On May 14, 2003, the licensee submitted the C-T Phase 2 
Decommissioning Plan (DP) to NRC for review. The Phase 2 DP summarizes 
the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the 
C-T process building slabs, sewerage, wastewater neutralization basins, 
and soil affected by C-T processing at the St. Louis, Missouri 
facility. Radioactive contamination in the soil and debris exists in 
the form of U-238, U-235, U-234 (and their progeny Th-230 and Ra-226 
and others) and Th-232 (and its progeny Ra-228 and Th-228 and others) 
resulting from licensed operation that occurred from 1961 to 1985. The 
NRC will require the licensee to remediate the C-T processing facility 
to meet NRC's decommissioning criteria, and during the decommissioning 
activities, to maintain effluents and doses within NRC requirements and 
as low as reasonably achievable. An NRC administrative review, 
documented in a letter to Mallinckrodt dated July 29, 2003, found the 
DP acceptable to begin a technical review.
    If the NRC approves the Phase 2 DP, the approval will be documented 
in an amendment to NRC License No. STB-401. However, before approving 
the proposed amendment, the NRC will need to make the findings required 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC's regulations. 
These findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation Report and an 
Environmental Assessment.

II. Opportunity to Provide Comments

    In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405, the NRC is providing notice to 
individuals in the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in receipt of a 
DP, and will accept comments concerning this decommissioning proposal 
and its associated environmental impacts. Comments with respect to this 
action should be provided in writing within 30 days of this notice and 
addressed to John T. Buckley, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 
(301) 415-6607, fax number (301) 415-5398, e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments received after 30 days will be considered if practicable 
to do so, but only those comments received on or before the due date 
can be assured consideration.

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III. Opportunity to Request a Hearing

    NRC also 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 Adjudication in Material 
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and practice for domestic 
licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. Whether or not a person has or 
intends to provide comments as set out in section II above, 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 thirty (30) 
days of the date of 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 Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, 
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays; or
    2. By mail, telegram, or facsimile (301-415-1101) addressed to the 
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Attention: Rulemakings 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, Mallinckrodt Inc., Mallinckrodt and Second 
Streets, P.O. Box 5439, St. Louis, MO 63147, Attention: Mr. Mark Puett, 
and;
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852-2738, between 7:45 am and 4:15 p.m., Federal 
workdays, or by mail, addressed to General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 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 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 requester 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, with particular reference to the factors set out in section 
2.1205(h);
    3. The requestor's area 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 section 2.1205(d).

IV. Further Information

    The application for the license amendment and supporting 
documentation are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic 
reading Room at; http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. The ADAMS 
Accession No. for the license amendment request and DP is ML032110490.

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

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-21147 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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