[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39515-39517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14772]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 03005980 and 03005982]


Notice of License Renewal Application for Safety Light 
Corporation, Bloomsburg, PA and Opportunity to Request a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of license renewal applications request and opportunity 
to request a hearing.

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DATES: A request for a hearing must be filed by August 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Prince, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406; telephone (610) 
337-5376 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by letter 
dated April 22, 2004, a request to renew NRC License Nos. 37-00030-02 
and 37-00030-08 for the Safety Light Corporation (Safety Light or the 
licensee), Bloomsburg, PA. License Nos. 37-00030-02 and 37-00030-08 
authorize Safety Light to manufacture devices containing tritium at a 
facility

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located at 4150-A Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, PA, and to decommission 
portions of that same facility. These license renewals would authorize 
the continued manufacture of electron tubes, self-luminous devices, 
foils, targets, rods, and pins and the characterization and 
decommissioning of contaminated facilities, equipment and land.
    An NRC administrative review, documented in a letter to Safety 
Light dated April 30, 2004, found the application acceptable to begin a 
review. If the NRC approves the amendment and renews these licenses, 
the approval will be documented in an amendment to NRC license Nos. 37-
00030-02 and 37-00030-08. If the NRC renews the license, 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. These license renewals appear to qualify for 
a categorical exclusion pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(14).

II. Opportunity to Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application to renew NRC License Nos. 37-00030-02 and 37-00030-08, 
authorizing Safety Light to continue to manufacture electron tubes, 
self-luminous devices, foils, targets, rods, and pins and to 
characterize and decommission portions of its Bloomsburg facility. In 
accordance with the general requirements in Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 2, 
as amended on January 14, 2004 (69 FR 2182), any person whose interest 
may be affected by this proceeding and who desires to participate as a 
party must file a written request for a hearing and a specification of 
the contentions which the person seeks to have litigated in the 
hearing.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(a), a request for a hearing must be 
filed with the Commission either by:
    1. First class mail addressed to: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications;
    2. Courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: Office 
of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays;
    3. E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, [email protected]; or
    4. By facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 
Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, at (301) 415-1101; 
verification number is (301) 415-1966.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(b), all documents offered for 
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all parties to the 
proceeding or their attorneys of record as required by law or by rule 
or order of the Commission, including:
    1. The applicant, Safety Light Corporation, 4150-A Old Berwick 
Road, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815, Attention: Bill Lynch; and,
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Office of 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 20555-0001. Hearing requests 
should 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].
    The formal requirements for documents contained in 10 CFR 2.304(b), 
(c), (d), and (e), must be met. However, in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.304(f), a document filed by electronic mail or facsimile transmission 
need not comply with the formal requirements of 10 CFR 2.304(b), (c), 
and (d), as long as an original and two (2) copies otherwise complying 
with all of the requirements of 10 CFR 2.304(b), (c), and (d) are 
mailed within two (2) days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b), a request for a hearing must be 
filed by August 30, 2004.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 
2 of the NRC's regulations, the general requirements involving a 
request for a hearing filed by a person other than an applicant must 
state:
    1. The name, address and telephone number of the requester;
    2. The nature of the requester's right under the Act to be made a 
party to the proceeding;
    3. The nature and extent of the requester's property, financial or 
other interest in the proceeding;
    4. The possible effect of any decision or order that may be issued 
in the proceeding on the requester's interest; and
    5. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(1), a request for hearing or 
petitions for leave to intervene must set forth with particularity the 
contentions sought to be raised. For each contention, the request or 
petition must:
    1. Provide a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be 
raised or controverted;
    2. Provide a brief explanation of the basis for the contention;
    3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is within 
the scope of the proceeding;
    4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is material 
to the findings that the NRC must make to support the action that is 
involved in the proceeding;
    5. Provide a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert 
opinions which support the requester's/petitioner's position on the 
issue and on which the requester/petitioner intends to rely to support 
its position on the issue; and
    6. Provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute 
exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. This 
information must include references to specific portions of the 
application that the requester/petitioner disputes and the supporting 
reasons for each dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner believes the 
application fails to contain information on a relevant matter as 
required by law, the identification of each failure and the supporting 
reasons for the requester's/petitioner's belief.
    In addition, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions 
must be based on documents or other information available at the time 
the petition is to be filed, such as the application or other 
supporting documents filed by the applicant, or otherwise available to 
the petitioner. Contentions may be amended or new contentions filed 
after the initial filing only with leave of the presiding officer.
    Requesters/petitioners should, when possible, consult with each 
other in preparing contentions and combine similar subject matter 
concerns into a joint contention, for which one of the co-sponsoring 
requesters/petitioners is designated the lead representative. Further, 
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that 
wishes to adopt a contention proposed by another requester/petitioner 
must do so in writing within ten days of the date the contention is 
filed, and designate a representative who shall have the authority to 
act for the requester/petitioner.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g), a request for hearing and/or 
petition for leave to intervene may also address the

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selection of the hearing procedures, taking into account the provisions 
of 10 CFR 2.310.

III. Further Information

    Documents related to this action, including the applications for 
renewals and supporting documentation, are available electronically at 
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for 
the documents related to this Notice are: Safety Lights renewal 
requests for NRC License No. 37-00030-02, ADAMS accession no. 
ML041310318: and NRC License No. 37-00030-08, ADAMS accession no. 
ML041310328. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact 
the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 
415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O-1 F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. They are also 
available for inspection and copying for a fee at the Region I Office, 
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406.

    Dated in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 23rd day of June, 
2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marie Miller,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety 
Region I.
[FR Doc. 04-14772 Filed 6-29-04; 8:45 am]
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