[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44044-44045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12518]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-7580]


Notice of Denial of License Amendment Request of FMRI, Muskogee, 
OK, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of denial of license amendment request, and opportunity 
to request a hearing.

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DATES: A request for a hearing must be filed by August 23, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. C. Shepherd, Project Engineer, 
Decommissioning Directorate, Division of Waste Management and 
Environmental Protection, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7 E18, 
Washington, DC, 20555, telephone: (301) 415-6712; e-mail: [email protected]; 
fax number (301) 415-5398.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    FMRI is the holder of a source material license issued by the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to 10 CFR Part 40. By 
letter dated March 31, 2006 (ML060950342), FMRI submitted a license 
amendment application to the NRC requesting a modification of Materials 
License SMB-911, Condition 45, for its site located in Muskogee, 
Oklahoma. Condition 45 requires the licensee to update the financial 
projections in Tables 15-11 and 15-12 of its approved Decommissioning 
Plan (DP) from the current year through completion of decommissioning. 
The request would remove the requirement for updating Table 15-12 and 
replace it with: ``FMRI shall submit * * * Form 10-K for Fansteel Inc. 
within five business days after filing with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and a representative shall be available to the NRC on an 
annual basis upon timely

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request to discuss any matters disclosed in the Form 10-K.'' The NRC 
staff is denying FMRI's license amendment request because the proposed 
change does not provide assurance that the NRC will obtain sufficient 
information about FMRI's future financial ability to meet its 
decommissioning obligations under the approved DP, as more fully set 
forth in the staff's letter to FMRI dated July 27, 2006 (ML061710551).

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for a license amendment to modify financial reporting 
requirements for FMRI. 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.
    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, FMRI, Inc., 10 Tantalum Place, Muskogee, Oklahoma 
74403; 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. 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 2.103(b)(2), a request for a hearing must 
be filed by August 23, 2006.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements a person other 
than FMRI requesting a hearing on this matter 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(f)(1), a person other than FMRI 
requesting a hearing on this matter 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 license 
amendment request that the requester/petitioner disputes and the 
supporting reasons for each dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner 
believes the request 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.
    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 selection of the 
hearing procedures, taking into account the provisions of 10 CFR 2.310.

III. Further Information

    The license amendment request and any information referenced 
therein may be made available pursuant to a protective order and 
subject to applicable security requirements upon a showing that the 
petitioner has an interest that may be affected by the proceeding.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Keith I. McConnell,
Deputy Director, Decommissioning Directorate, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
 [FR Doc. E6-12518 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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