98-32393. Natural Resources Defense Council; Petition

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-32393]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Natural Resources Defense Council; Petition

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Receipt of Petition for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Action.

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    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated October 15, 1998, the 
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has requested that the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) exert authority to ensure that the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers' (the ``Corps'') handling of 
radioactive materials in connection with the Formerly Utilized Sites 
Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is effected in accord with properly 
issued license and all other applicable requirements. As NRDC notes in 
its petition, FUSRAP began in 1974 as a program of the Department of 
Energy (DOE), and that DOE had identified a total of 46 sites for 
cleanup under FUSRAP. By 1997, cleanup of 25 of these sites had been 
completed. There are currently 21 sites still in need of remediation. 
In October 1997, Congress transferred funding for FUSRAP from DOE to 
the Corps. NRDC believes that the Corps should obtain an NRC license to 
conduct activities under FUSRAP. At this time, the NRC has not required 
the Corps to obtain a license.
    The request has been referred to the Director of the Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. A copy of the petition is being 
sent to DOE and the Corps, and DOE and the Corps are being given the 
opportunity to comment. Appropriate action will be taken on this 
petition within a reasonable time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lusher, Uranium Recovery Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7-J9, 
Washington, DC 20555. Telephone [phone]. A copy of the petition is 
available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room at 
2121 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of November 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl J. Paperiello,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-32393 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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