Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2004 / Notices 67187

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Office of Polar Programs; 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Evaluations for Antarctic Activities

AGENCY: National Science Foundation 

(NSF).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: National Science Foundation 

gives notice of the availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement/

Comprehensive Environmental 

Evaluation (FEIS/FCEE) for activities 

proposed to be undertaken in 

Antarctica.

DATES: The waiting period ends January 

18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Polly A. Penhale, Office 

of Polar Programs, Room 755, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, 

ppenhale@nsf.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Polly A. Penhale, Environmental 

Officer, Office of Polar Programs, (703) 

292–8033, ppenhale@nsf.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 3 

of Annex I to the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection of the 

Antarctic Treaty requires the 

preparation of an EIS/CEE for any 

proposed Antarctic activity likely to 

have more than a minor or transitory 

impact. The Draft EIS/CEE for Project 

IceCube was made publicly available 

and comments were accepted during a 

90-day comment period, as specified in 

45 CFR 641.18(c). The Final EIS/CEE 

containing comments received on the 

Draft EIS/CEE and responses to these 

comments, is now publicly available 

and has been circulated to all Parties to 

the Protocol and parties that commented 

on the Draft EIS/CEE. This notice is 

published pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 2403a. 

The National Science Foundation has 

submitted this Final EIS/CEE, for the 

operation of a high-energy neutrino 

telescope (Project IceCube) at the South 

Pole. The document is available on the 

Internet at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/

antarct/treaty/cees/icecube/

icecube_final_cee.pdf.

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–24965 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–36] 

Notice of License Amendment Request 

of Westinghouse Electric Company, 

LLC, Festus, MO, and Opportunity To 

Request a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of license amendment, 

and opportunity to request a hearing. 

DATES: A request for a hearing must be 

filed by January 18, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amir Kouhestani, Project Manager, 

Decommissioning Directorate, Division 

of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

(301) 415–0023; fax number: (301) 415–

5398; e-mail: aak@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) has received, by letter dated 

October 5, 2004, a request from 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, 

(WEC as the licensee) to amend Chapter 

1 of Special Nuclear Materials License 

(No. SNM–33) to allow dismantlement 

and demolition of the building 

complexes at its Hematite facility 

located in Festus, Missouri. License No. 

SNM–33 authorizes the licensee to 

conduct certain decontamination 

activities necessary to reduce the 

current inventory of Atomic Energy Act 

materials, e.g., packaging and shipping 

materials and to engage in activities 

necessary to plan for decommissioning 

of the site, e.g., site characterization and 

maintaining the site in a safe condition 

pending license termination. However, 

the licensee is prohibited from 

performing building demolition, soil 

and groundwater remediation, and 

conducting final status surveys until 

these activities are approved by a 

specific license amendment or an NRCapproved Decommissioning Plan. 

Specifically, the licensee requests 

authorization to dismantle and 

demolish Hematite facility buildings 

101, 110, 115, 120, 230, 231, 235, 240, 

245, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 260, and 

261, all located on approximately ten 

acres of land at the Westinghouse 

Hematite facility. 

An NRC administrative review, 

documented in a letter to Westinghouse 

dated October 14, 2004, found the 

amendment request acceptable to begin 

a technical review. If approved, the 

authorization to dismantle and 

demolish building, will be documented 

in an amendment to NRC License No. 

SNM–33. However, before approving 

the proposed amendment, the NRC will 

need to make the 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. 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

The NRC hereby provides notice that 

this is a proceeding on an application 

for a license amendment to Special 

Nuclear Materials License No. SNM–33 

to allow dismantlement and demolition 

of the building complexes at the WEC 

Hematite facility located in Festus, 

Missouri. In accordance with the 

general requirements in subpart C of 10 

CFR part 2, as amended on January 14, 

2004 (69 FR 2182), any person whose 

interest may be affected by this 

proceeding and who desires to 

participate as a party must file a written 

request for a hearing and a specification 

of the contentions which the person 

seeks to have litigated in the hearing. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (a), 

a request for a hearing must be filed 

with the Commission either by:

1. First class mail addressed to: Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings 

and Adjudications; 

2. Courier, express mail, and 

expedited delivery services: Office of 

the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 

between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., 

Federal work days; 

3. E-mail addressed to the Office of 

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, 

HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV; or 

4. By facsimile transmission 

addressed to the Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, at 

(301) 415–1101; verification number is 

(301) 415–1966. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (b), 

all documents offered for filing must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

parties to the proceeding or their 

attorneys of record as required by law or 

by rule or order of the Commission, 

including: 

1. The applicant, Westinghouse 

Electric Company, 3300 State Road P, 

Festus, Missouri 63028, Attention: Mr. 

Henry A. Sepp, Project Director; and