[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10932]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. IA97-068 and ASLBP No. 97-731-01-EA]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Notice of Evidentiary Hearing

    In the Matter of Aharon Ben-Haim, Ph.D., Upper Montclair, New 
Jersey, Order Superseding Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-
Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately); Before Administrative 
Judges: Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman Dr. Jerry R. Kline, Dr. Peter 
S. Lam, and Dr. Harry Rein, Special Assistant

April 20, 1998.
    This proceeding concerns the request of Dr. Aharon Ben-Haim for a 
hearing with respect to the Order Superseding Order Prohibiting 
Involvement in NRC Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately), dated 
August 27, 1997, published at 62 Fed. Reg. 47224 (September 8, 1997). 
The parties to the proceeding are Dr. Ben-Haim and the NRC Staff. The 
issue to be considered is whether the Superseding Order should be 
sustained--in particular, whether the NRC Staff's currently effective 
suspension of Dr. Ben-Haim from serving as a consultant or otherwise 
being involved with respect to NRC-licensed activities should be 
continued for a period of five years from July 31, 1997, as a result of 
alleged deliberate violations of NRC requirements.
    Notice is hereby given that, as set forth in the Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board's Memorandum and Order (Schedules for Proceeding), 
dated March 2, 1996, the evidentiary hearing in this proceeding will 
commence on Wednesday, May 27, 1998, beginning at 9:30 a.m., at Room 
206 (second floor), 970 Broad Street (enter on Walnut Street), Newark, 
New Jersey 07102. The hearing will continue, to the extent necessary, 
on May 28-29, 1998, at that same location, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each 
day. (The sessions are expected to adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m. 
daily.)
    As provided by our March 2, 1998 Memorandum and Order, and 
consistent with 10 CFR 2.743(b)(3), written direct testimony of the 
parties need not be utilized, but the parties must file (mail) by 
Friday, May 15, 1998 (Monday, May 18, if express mail is utilized), 
lists of witnesses and documents they propose to use, together with 
statements of the qualifications of those witnesses (curriculum vitae). 
(If either of the parties elects to use written direct testimony, such 
statements should be filed (mailed) by the same dates.)
    Notice is also hereby given that, in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.715(a), the Licensing Board will hear oral limited appearance 
statements on Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at the outset of the hearing and 
in the aforementioned hearing room. A person not a party to the 
proceeding will be permitted to make such a statement, setting forth 
his or her position on the issues. The number of persons making oral 
statements and the time allotted for each statement may be limited 
depending on the number of persons present at the designated time. 
(Normally, each oral statement may extend for up to five (5) minutes.) 
These statements do not constitute testimony or evidence but may assist 
the Licensing Board and parties in defining the scope of the issues in 
the proceeding.
    Requests to make oral statements may be submitted to the Office of 
the Secretary, Docketing and Service Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. A copy of each such request should 
also be submitted to Judge Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman of this 
Licensing Board, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ASLBP, T-3 F23, 
Washington, D.C. 20555.
    Documents relating to this proceeding are on file at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Commission's Region I office, 
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-1415.

 Rockville, Maryland April 20, 1998.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 98-10932 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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