[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30699-30700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8274]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-03073, License No. SNM-1999]


Kerr-McGee Corporation; Notice of Termination of Kerr-McGee 
Cushing Site Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-1999

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Termination of the Kerr-McGee Corporation (Kerr-
McGee) Cushing Site Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License, No. SNM-
1999.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the 
termination of the Kerr-McGee Cushing Site SNM License, No. SNM-1999 
(NRC Docket No. 70-03073), located in Cushing, Oklahoma.
    Background: The NRC granted SNM License SNM-1999 to Kerr-McGee for 
the Cushing site on April 6, 1993. The license authorized possession of 
uranium and thorium onsite in concentrations above background levels. 
The license enabled Kerr-McGee to possess contaminated soil, sludge,

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sediment, trash, building rubble, structures, and any other 
contaminated material at the Cushing site during remediation and 
disposal activities.
    Kerr-McGee remediated the site under a consent order with the 
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. Kerr-McGee submitted its 
Decommissioning Plan (DP) on August 17, 1998, and NRC approved the DP 
on August 20, 1999. The licensee conducted decommissioning activities 
at the Cushing site in accordance with the approved DP from January 
2000 to June 2005. In accordance with the DP, the licensee conducted 
final status surveys (FSSs) to demonstrate that the facility and site 
meet the criteria for unrestricted release as stated in Condition 11(N) 
of SNM-1999. Details of the FSS results were submitted to the NRC in 15 
separate FSS reports (FSSRs). Kerr-McGee also submitted a dose 
assessment demonstrating that the post remediation conditions at the 
site meet the unrestricted release criteria of 10 CFR part 20, subpart 
E. Kerr-McGee submitted a request for termination of its SNM License on 
June 15, 2005 (ML051680329), with revisions on May 11, 2006 
(ML061380781).
    NRC conducted a number of independent confirmatory surveys to 
verify FSS results obtained and reported by the licensee. Confirmatory 
surveys consisted of surface scans for beta and gamma radiation, direct 
measurements for total beta activity, collection of smear samples for 
determining removable radioactivity levels, and collection and analysis 
of soil samples.
    The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed 
above, that: (i) The remaining dismantlement has been performed in 
accordance with the approved DP; (ii) The FSS and associated 
documentation demonstrate that the Cushing site meet the criteria for 
decommissioning and release of the site for unrestricted use that are 
stipulated in Condition 11(N) of SNM-1999. Further, FSSs demonstrated 
that the post-remediation condition of the site results in a dose less 
than the 25 mrem (millirem)/year (yr) unrestricted release criteria of 
10 CFR part 20, subpart E; and (iii) Kerr-McGee has met the Part 70 
requirements for forwarding of specific records to NRC prior to license 
termination. Therefore, the Commission is terminating SNM License No. 
SNM-1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See the application dated June 15, 
2005, with revisions on May 11, 2006, and the Safety Evaluation Report 
dated May 18, 2006, available for public inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public 
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically 
from the Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) 
Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML051680329, ML061380781, and ML060960070).
    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 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-
mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of May, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Deputy Director, Decommissioning Directorate, Division of Waste 
Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
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