[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28015-28016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13510]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No.: 040-07982]
Consideration of Amendment Request To Approve a Decommissioning
Plan for Alliant Techsystems, Inc., and Opportunity for a Hearing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to approve decommissioning plan license
amendment and opportunity for Hearing related to source materials
license for Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of a license amendment to Source Material License No. SUB-971,
issued to Alliant Techsystems, Inc., to authorize decontamination and
decommissioning activities of those areas of the licensee's Twin Cities
Army Ammunition Plant, Depleted Uranium Facilities, New Brighton,
Minnesota, site which require remediation prior to release for
unrestricted use.
The licensee requested the amendment in a letter dated October 6,
1997. The amendment would incorporate the licensee's Decommissioning
Plan for the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Depleted Uranium
Facilities, New Brighton, Minnesota. The plan discusses the
administrative and technical procedures necessary for performing the
decommissioning project as follows: (1) Summary of Plan (including
background, description of facilities to be remediated, etc.); (2)
Choices of Decommissioning Alternatives and Decommissioning Activities
(including decommissioning schedule, organization and program
responsibilities); (3) Protection of Occupational and Public Health and
Safety (including radiation protection, asbestos protection and waste
management programs); (4) Final Radiation Safety Survey; (5)
Decommissioning Cost Estimate and Funding Plan; (6) Decommissioning
Quality Assurance Plan; and (7) References and Appendices.
The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Depleted Uranium
facilities 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 decommissioning plan, NRC will have made
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
NRC's regulations. Staff review findings and approval of the plan will
be documented in an amendment to License No. SUB-971.
The NRC hereby 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 Adjudications in Materials Licensing
Proceedings, of the 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:
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1. Hand deliver to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD between
7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays; or
2. Send to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC. 20555-0001, Attention: Docketing and Services Branch.
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 the applicant must describe in detail:
1. The interest of the requestor 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 requestor'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 licensee, Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Attention: Francisco L.
Lisbona III, Radiation Safety Officer, Building 502, Twin Cities
Arsenal, New Brighton, MN 55112;
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852-2738; or, .
3. 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 application
for amendment request is available for inspection at the NRC's Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20555 or at NRC's
Region III offices located at 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 60532-
4351. Persons desiring to review documents at the Region III office
should call Mr. George McCann at (630) 829-9856 several days in advance
to assure that the documents will be readily available for review.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 8th day of May 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy J. Caniano,
Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III.
[FR Doc. 98-13510 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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