44152 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 160 / Tuesday, August 19, 1997 / Notices

Dated: August 13, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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[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.

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 § 2.1205(a), any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a request for a

hearing in accordance with § 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 § 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 § 2.1205(c).

In accordance with 10 CFR

§ 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.

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[Docket No. 52–001]

Notice of Issuance of Final Design

Approval Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 52,

Appendix O; U.S. Advanced BoilingWater Reactor Design GE Nuclear

Energy

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission has issued a revised final

design approval (FDA) to GE Nuclear

Energy (GE) pursuant to 10 CFR Part 52,

Appendix O. This FDA allows the U.S.

advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR)

standard design to be referenced in an

application for a construction permit or

operating license pursuant to 10 CFR

Part 50, or in an application for a

combined license pursuant to 10 CFR

Part 52. The FDA is being revised to

make it coterminous with the design

certification rule that was issued on

May 12, 1997. This FDA supersedes the

FDAs dated July 13 and November 23,

1994.

A copy of the revised FDA has been

placed in the NRC’s Public Docket

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037,

for review by interested persons.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of August 1997.

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Marylee M. Slosson,

Acting Director, Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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