[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15133-15134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06283]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-8838; NRC-2014-0097]


License Amendment Application for Source Materials License 
Jefferson Proving Ground

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
withdrawal of a license amendment application from the U.S. Department 
of the Army (the licensee) for its Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) site 
located in Madison, Indiana, to decommission the site under restricted 
release conditions as defined in the NRC's regulations.

DATES: The license amendment application was withdrawn by the licensee 
on November 25, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0097 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0097. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document

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(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time 
that a document is referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6103, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 28, 2013, the licensee submitted 
to the NRC an application to amend Source Materials License SUB-1435 
for its JPG site located in Madison, Indiana, to decommission the site 
under restricted release conditions as defined in the NRC's regulations 
10 CFR 20.1403 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13247A552). The NRC published a 
notice of opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and to petition 
for leave to intervene in the license amendment proceeding in the 
Federal Register on April 28, 2014 (79 FR 23384).
    On November 3, 2014, the NRC published in the Federal Register a 
request for comment on its intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement and conduct a scoping process (79 FR 65256). By letter dated 
November 25, 2015, the licensee withdrew its license amendment 
application (ADAMS Accession No. ML16005A100). The licensee will 
continue activities at the Jefferson Proving Ground in compliance with 
Source Materials License SUB-1435.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael A. Norato,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, 
and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2016-06283 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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