[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-659]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 040-06563]
Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning
the Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. Facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and an
Opportunity for a Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a
license amendment to Possession Only License No. STB-401 (STB-401),
issued to Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. (the licensee), to authorize
decommissioning of its former Columbium-Tantalum (C-T) processing
facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
On November 20, 1997, the licensee submitted Phase I of the C-T
facility decommissioning plan (DP) to NRC for review. The Phase I DP
summarized the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to
remediate the C-T process equipment and buildings, and support
buildings at the St. Louis, Missouri facility. Radioactive
contamination in the C-T processing facility consists of building
rubble and equipment contaminated with U-238, U-235, U-234 (and their
progeny Th-230 and Ra-226 and others) and Th-232 (and its progeny Ra-
228 and Th-228 and others) resulting from licensed operation that
occurred from 1961 to 1985.
The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the C-T processing
facility to meet NRC's decommissioning criteria, and during the
decommissioning activities, to maintain effluents and doses within NRC
requirements and as low as reasonably achievable.
Prior to approving the DP, NRC will have made findings required by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC's regulations. These
findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation Report and an
Environmental Assessment. Approval of the DP will be documented in an
amendment to STB-401.
The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an
application for amendment of a license falling within the scope of
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Material
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and practice for domestic
licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a
request for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c). A request for
a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of
publication of this Federal Register notice.
The request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of the
Secretary either:
1. By delivery to the Docketing and Service Branch of the Secretary
at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-
2738; or
2. By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Attention: Docketing and
Service Branch.
In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR part
2 of NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person other
than an applicant must describe in detail:
1. The interest of the requester in the proceeding;
2. How that interest may be affected by the results of the
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in
2.1205(g);
3. The requestor's area of concern about the licensing activity
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
4. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is
timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c).
In accordance with Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing must
also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
1. The applicant, Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc., Mallinckrodt & Second
Streets, P.O Box 5439, St Louis, Missouri Attention: Mr. Robert F.
Boland
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852, or by mail, addressed to the Executive Director for Operations,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
For further details with respect to this action, the Phase I DP is
available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L
Street NW, Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 5th day of January, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. N. Hickey,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety And Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-659 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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