98-28815. Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning the Cabot Performance Materials Reading, Pennsylvania, Site, and Opportunity for a Hearing

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57715-57716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28815]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-9027]


Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning 
the Cabot Performance Materials Reading, Pennsylvania, Site, and 
Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of a license amendment to Source Material License No. SMC-1562 
to authorize decommissioning of the Cabot Performance Materials (CABOT) 
Reading, Pennsylvania, site. This license is issued to CABOT to possess 
contaminated material at its Reading and Revere, Pennsylvania, sites. 
NRC licenses these facilities under 10 CFR Part 40. Specifically, the 
license authorizes CABOT to possess 100 tons of elemental uranium and 
thorium total at both sites. The contaminated material at the Reading 
site is in the form of slag and soil located on the face of a slope. 
The contamination is the result of processing ores which contained 
uranium and thorium.
    On August 28, 1998, the licensee submitted a site decommissioning 
plan (SDP) to NRC for review. The SDP concludes that long-term doses 
from the contaminated material at current levels meet the requirements 
of the Radiological Criteria for License Termination rule (10 CFR Part 
20, Subpart E) (62 FR 39058). Therefore, the licensee proposes that no 
additional decommissioning is required.

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    Prior to the issuance of the amendment, 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.
    NRC provides notice that this is a proceeding on an application for 
a license amendment falling within the scope of Subpart L, ``Informal 
Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Materials Licensing 
Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules of 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(d). 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 Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, 
between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays; or
    2. By mail or telegram addressed to Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: Rulemaking 
and Adjudications Staff.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of Part 2 of 
the 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 requester should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(h);
    3. The requester's areas 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(d).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Cabot Performance Materials, P.O. Box 1608, 
Boyertown, Pennsylvania 19512, Attention: Mr. Anthony T. Campitelli, 
and;
    2. NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for Operations, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm 
Federal workdays, or by mail, addressed to the Executive Director for 
Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
    For further details with respect to this action, the application 
for amendment is available for inspection at NRC's Public Document 
Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy E. Harris, Low-Level Waste and 
Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: [phone]. Fax.: 
[phone].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of October 1998.

    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. 98-28815 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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