[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11317-11318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5807]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 30-5897]
Applications, Hearings, Determinations, etc.: Phillip's Research
Center's Radiation Laboratory; Bartlesville, OK
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for
decommissioning the Phillip's Research Center's Radiation Laboratory in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and oppportunity for a hearing.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of a license amendment to Byproduct Material License No. 35-
00313-03, issued to the Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips), to
authorize decommissioning of portions of its facility at Phillip's
Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Phillips is currently
authorized by the NRC to perform activities with licensed radioactive
material at its Phillip's Research Center and plans to continue
licensed operations at this site.
On November 12, 1996, Phillips notified NRC of its intent to cease
principal activities permanently at the Radiation Laboratory. The
licensee has been decommissioning the Radiation Laboratory at the
Bartlesville facility in accordance with the conditions discussed in
License No. 35-00313-03. On April 7, 1997, the licensee submitted a
site decommissioning plan (SDP) to NRC for review that summarized the
decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the
Radiation Laboratory, and release it from radiological controls and
licensing restrictions so that the building debris can be disposed in
an industrial landfill. Radioactive contamination at the licensee's
Radiation Laboratory facility discussed in the SDP consists of soils
and building rubble contaminated with tritium resulting from licensed
operations that occurred from 1960 until 1996. Because Phillips is
actively performing work under their current license, they are not
requesting unrestricted release of the entire site at the Phillip's
Research Center, nor termination of the license.
Phillips requested NRC approval of site specific decommissioning
criteria for tritium. The NRC will review the licensee's request for
elevated release criteria for tritium. During decommissioning
activities, the NRC will require the licensee to maintain effluents and
doses within NRC requirements and as low as reasonably achievable.
Prior to approving the decommissioning plan, 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 SDP
will be documented in an amendment to License No. 35-00313-03.
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 Materials
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(d). A request for
a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of the
publication of this Federal Register notice.
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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:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR 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 requestor 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 circumstance 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, Phillips Petroleum Company, Phillips Research
Center, 87-D PRC, Bartlesville, OK 74004, Attention: Mr. Martin S.
Clark; and
2. The NRC staff, 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 by mail,
addressed to Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
For further details with respect to this action, the site
decommissioning plan is available for inspection at the NRC's Region IV
offices located at 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, TX
76011-8064.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vivian Campbell, Division of
Nuclear Material Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV,
611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, TX 76011-8064. Telephone:
(817) 860-8143.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of February 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.
[FR Doc. 98-5807 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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