[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54656-54657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27873]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-22]


Notice of Proposed Issuance of a License Amendment and an Order 
Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts Termination of Facility 
License and Opportunity for Hearing; Waltz Mill Test Reactor

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of a license amendment and an order authorizing 
the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (the licensee) to dismantle the 
Waltz Mill Test Reactor facility and dispose of the component parts, 
and termination of Facility License No. TR-2, in accordance with the 
licensee's application dated July 31, 1997.
    The license amendment would be issued following the Commission's 
review and approval of the licensee's detailed plan for removal of the 
reactor vessel internal contents, the reactor vessel, the biological 
shield, and disposal of radioactive components. The license amendment 
would authorize implementation of the approved plan. Following 
completion of the authorized activities and verification by the 
Commission that acceptable radioactive contamination levels have been 
achieved, the Commission would issue an order terminating the TR-2 
license, and relicensing the remaining facility under a Special Nuclear 
Materials license existing at other parts of the facility at Waltz 
Mill. Prior to issuance of the license amendment and order, the 
Commission will have made the findings required by the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
    By November 20, 1997, the licensee may file a request for a hearing 
with respect to issuance of the subject amendment and order, and any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes 
to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written 
petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions 
for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the 
Commission's ``Rules for Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' 
in 10 CFR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the 
Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on 
the request and/or petition and the Secretary or the designated Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an 
appropriate order.
    As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene 
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in 
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of 
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons 
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the 
following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the 
Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of 
the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the 
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be 
entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition 
should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of 
the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person 
who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been 
admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of 
the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 
conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition 
must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
    Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 
conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a 
supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of 
the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the 
bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. 
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the action 
under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement 
which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one 
contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
    Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, 
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, 
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the 
hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-
examine witnesses.
    A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must 
be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission,

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Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may 
be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. by the above date. A 
copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, 
and to Lisa A. Campagna, Assistant General Counsel, Law Department, 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, P.O. Box 355, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania 15230, attorney for the licensee.
    Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended 
petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not 
be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding 
officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, that the 
petitioner and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of 
the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
    For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's 
application dated July 31, 1997, which is available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, D.C.
    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of October 1997.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, 
Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-27873 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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