[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21894]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 030-04552]


Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning the 
Department of the Army, Westwood Radioactive Material Disposal Facility 
in the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and 
Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request for 
decommissioning the Westwood Radioactive Material Disposal Facility in 
the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and opportunity 
for a hearing.

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    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a 
license amendment to Nuclear Material License No. 19-10306-01, issued 
to the Department of the Army, Edgewood Research, Development and 
Engineering Center (the licensee), to authorize decommissioning of its 
facility previously used as a waste handling facility and later for 
radioactive waste research and development (R&D).
    On May 30, 1997, the licensee submitted a site decommissioning plan 
(SDP) to NRC for review that summarized the decommissioning activities 
that will be undertaken to remove soils, piping and underground septic 
equipment contaminated with radioactive material.
    The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Westwood 
facility 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. These findings will be documented in a Safety 
Evaluation Report. Approval of the SDP will be documented in an 
amendment to License No. 19-10306-01.
    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(c). 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 the Docketing and Service Branch of the Secretary 
at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-
2738; or
    2. By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Attention: Docketing and 
Service 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 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(g);
    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(c).
    In accordance with 10 CFR Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, 
to:
    1. The applicant, Department of the Army, Edgewood Research, 
Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-
5423 Attention: Mr. Peter Spaeth; and
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852, or 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 site 
decommissioning plan is available for inspection at the NRC's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555, or at NRC's 
Region I offices located at 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA. 
Persons desiring to review documents at the Region I Office should call 
Ms. Sheryl Villar at (610) 337-5239 several days in advance to assure 
that the documents will be readily available for review.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of August 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy C. Johnson,
Acting Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-21894 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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