[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5382-5383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1324]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-3103-ML; ASLBP No. 04-826-01-ML]
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Before Administrative Judges:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Dr. Paul B. Abramson, Dr. Charles N.
Kelber; In the Matter of Louisiana Energy Services, L.P. (National
Enrichment Facility); Notice of Hearing and of Opportunity To Make Oral
or Written Limited Appearance Statements
January 26, 2006.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it
will convene an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits
in the ``mandatory hearing'' portion of this proceeding regarding the
December 2003 application of Louisiana Energy Services, L.P., (LES) for
a license under 10 CFR part 70 to construct and operate a uranium
enrichment facility--the National Enrichment Facility (NEF)--to be
constructed near Eunice, New Mexico. This mandatory hearing will
concern safety and environmental matters other than those being
litigated in the ongoing ``contested'' hearing that pertains to
admitted issues proffered by intervening parties regarding the LES
application. In addition, the Board gives notice that, in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.315(a), it will entertain oral limited appearance
statements from members of the public in connection with this
proceeding.
A. Date, Time, and Location of Mandatory Hearing
The Board will conduct a mandatory hearing regarding the
sufficiency of the LES application and NRC staff's environmental
findings relative to the LES application,\1\ beginning at 9 a.m.,
Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Monday, March 6, 2006, at the New
Mexico Junior College, Moran Building Multi-Purpose Room, 5317
Lovington Highway, Hobbs, New Mexico. The hearing on these issues will
continue day-to-day until concluded.
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\1\ LES and the staff will be parties to the mandatory hearing
and will present witnesses and evidentiary material.
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The public is advised that, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390,
portions of the hearing sessions may be closed to the public because
the matters at issue may involve the discussion of protected
information.
B. Date, Time, and Location of Oral Limited Appearance Statement
Sessions
These sessions will be on the following date at the specified
location and times:
1. Date: Sunday, March 5, 2006.
Time: Afternoon Session (if there is sufficient interest)--3 to 5
p.m. MST.
Location: New Mexico Junior College, Moran Building Multi-Purpose
Room, 5317 Lovington Highway, Hobbs, New Mexico.
2. Date: Monday, March 6, 2006.
Time: Evening Session (if there is sufficient interest)--7 to 9
p.m. MST.
Location: Same as Session 1 above.
C. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements
Any person not a party, or the representative of a party, to the
proceeding will be permitted to make an oral statement setting forth
his or her position on matters of concern relating to this proceeding.
Although these statements do not constitute testimony or evidence, they
nonetheless may help the Board and/or the parties in their
consideration of the issues in this proceeding.
Oral limited appearance statements will be entertained during the
hours specified above, or such lesser time as may be necessary to
accommodate the speakers who are present.\2\ In this regard, if all
scheduled and unscheduled speakers present at a session have made a
presentation, the Licensing Board reserves the right to terminate the
session before the ending times listed above. The Board also reserves
the right to cancel the Sunday afternoon and/or Monday evening sessions
scheduled above if there has not been a sufficient showing of public
interest as reflected by the number of preregistered speakers.
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\2\ Any members of the public who plan to attend either the
evidentiary hearings or the limited appearance sessions are advised
that security measures may be employed at the entrance to the
hearing facility, including searches of hand-carried items such as
briefcases or backpacks. Also, during the limited appearance
sessions, signs no larger than 18 by 18 will
be permitted, but may not be attached to sticks, held up, or moved
about in the rooms.
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The time allotted for each statement normally will be no more than
five minutes, but may be further limited depending on the number of
written requests to make an oral statement that are submitted in
accordance with section D below and/or the number of persons present at
the designated times. In addition, although an individual who has
previously addressed the Licensing Board at a limited appearance
session, including the January 12, 2005 sessions in Eunice, New Mexico
or, in the case of the Monday evening session, the Sunday afternoon
session, may request an opportunity to make an additional presentation,
the Board reserves the right to defer such additional presentations
until after it has heard from speakers who have not had an opportunity
to make an initial presentation.
D. Submitting a Request To Make an Oral Limited Appearance Statement
Persons wishing to make an oral statement who have submitted a
timely written request to do so will be given priority over those who
have not filed such a request. To be considered timely, a written
request to make an oral statement must either be mailed, faxed, or sent
by e-mail so as to be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on
Wednesday, February 22, 2006. The request must specify the session
(Sunday or Monday) during which the requester wishes to make an oral
statement. Based on its review of the requests received by February 22,
2006, the Licensing Board may decide that the Sunday afternoon and/or
Monday evening sessions will not be held due to a lack of adequate
interest in those sessions.
Written requests to make an oral statement should be submitted to:
Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966).
E-mail: [email protected].
In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the
written request to make an oral statement should be sent to the
Chairman of this Licensing Board as follows:
Mail: Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3 F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-6094).
E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected].
E. Submitted Written Limited Appearance Statements
A written limited appearance statement may be submitted to the
Board regarding this proceeding at any time. Such statements should be
sent to the Office of the Secretary using the
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methods prescribed above, with a copy to the Licensing Board Chairman.
F. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding
Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland, or electronically from the publicly available records
component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from
the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the
Public Electronic Reading Room).\3\ 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].
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\3\ Some documents determined by the staff to contain
``sensitive'' information are publicly available only in redacted
form; non-sensitive documents are publicly available in their
complete form. In addition, some documents that may contain
information proprietary to LES are publicly available only in
redacted form.
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G. Scheduling Information Updates
Any updated/revised scheduling information regarding the
evidentiary hearing and limited appearance sessions can be found on the
NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm or by calling (800) 368-5642, extension 5036, or (301) 415-
5036.
Dated: January 26, 2006; Rockville, Maryland.
For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.\4\
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\4\ Copies of this notice were sent this date by Internet e-mail
transmission to counsel for (1) applicant LES; (2) intervenors
Nuclear Information and Resource Service/Public Citizen; (3) the New
Mexico Environment Department and the Attorney General of New
Mexico; and (4) the staff.
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G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. E6-1324 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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