[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 90 (Thursday, May 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26152-26153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10284]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 70-7001 And 70-7002]


Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant; Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant; United States Enrichment Corporation; Notice of Request for 
Certificate Renewal and Opportunity for Comment

I. Receipt of Application and Availability of Documents

    Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has received by letters dated April 10, 2008, 
applications from the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for 
the renewal of the 10 CFR Part 76 certificates of compliance for the 
gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs) located near Paducah, Kentucky and 
Piketon, Ohio. The NRC issued the initial certificates of compliance 
for the GDPs on November 26, 1996 and assumed regulatory oversight for 
the GDPs on March 3, 1997. The GDPs were last issued renewed 
certificates of compliance on December 29, 2003 and those certificates 
expire December 31, 2008. The USEC renewal requests are for a five-year 
period, extending from the current expiration date of December 31, 2008 
to December 31, 2013. The USEC applications for renewal do not contain 
any other changes to the existing Application and Safety Analysis 
Report. The USEC application for the renewal of the Paducah Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant is based on USEC's previous application, as revised 
through Revision 111 dated April 4, 2008. No additional changes to the 
application are requested.
    The USEC application for the renewal of the Portsmouth Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant is based on USEC's previous application, as revised 
through Revision 89 dated April 15, 2008. No additional changes to the 
application are requested.
    Copies of the renewal application for certification (except for 
classified and proprietary portions which are withheld in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.390, ``Availability of Public Records'') are available 
for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ML081070220 and ML081070229). 
Documents may also be examined and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

II. Notice of Comment Period

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 76.37(b), any interested party may submit 
written comments on the application for renewal of the certificate of 
compliance, for either the Paducah plant or the Portsmouth plant for 
consideration by the staff. To be certain of consideration, comments 
must be received by June 9, 2008.
    Comments received after the due date will be considered, if it is 
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration 
only for comments received on or before this date. Written comments on 
the application should be mailed to the Chief, Rules Review and 
Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, or may be hand delivered to 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 
Federal workdays. Comments should be legible and reproducible and 
include the name, affiliation (if any) and address of the comment 
provider. All comments received by the Commission will be made 
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document 
Room located in Rockville, MD.
    In addition, the NRC will conduct public meetings, in the vicinity 
of both GDPs, in May and June of 2008. Notice of the meetings will be 
posted on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm.
    Following evaluation of USEC's applications for renewal and any 
public comments received, the NRC staff will issue a written Director's 
decision and publish notice of the decision in the Federal Register. 
Upon publication of the notice of decision, any person whose interest 
may be affected may then request review of the decision within 30 days, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 76.62(c) or 76.64(d), whichever applies.

III. Further Information

    For further information, please contact Mr. Michael G. Raddatz, at 
(301) 492-3108 of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of April, 2008.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael F. Weber,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E8-10284 Filed 5-7-08; 8:45 am]
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