Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2001 / Notices 3621

1. January 5, 2000 (ML003676755)

2. February 4, 2000 (ML003684178)

3. September 26, 2000 (ML003754079)

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based on the above EA, the

Commission has concluded that

environmental impacts that would be

created by the proposed action would

not have a significant effect on the

quality of the human environment and

a Finding of No Significant Impact is

appropriate. Accordingly, the

preparation of an Environmental Impact

Statement is not warranted.

Documents

Documents submitted by SteriGenics

are available for public inspection from

the Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of the NRC’s document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible

from the NRC Web site at http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Assistance with the Public Electronic

Reading Room may be obtained by

calling (800) 397–4209. The accession

numbers for the licensee’s documents

referred to in this Assessment are listed

next to the document date above.

Opportunity for a Hearing

Any person whose interest may be

affected by the issuance of this action

may file a request for a hearing. Any

request for hearing must be filed with

the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555, within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register; be served on the NRC staff

(Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852), and

on the licensee (SteriGenics

International, 210 Clyde Road,

Somerset, NJ 08873); and must comply

with the requirements for requesting a

hearing set forth in the Commission’s

regulations, 10 CFR part 2, subpart L,

‘‘Information Hearing Procedures for

Adjudications in Materials Licensing

Proceedings.’’

These requirements, which the

request must address in detail, are:

1. The interest of the requestor 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);

3. The requestor’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 hearing is timely—that

is, filed within 30 days of the date of

this notice.

In addressing how the requestor’s

interest may be affected by the

proceeding, the request should describe

the nature of the requestor’s right under

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, to be made a party to the

proceeding; the nature and extent of the

requestor’s property, financial, or other

(i.e., health, safety) interest in the

proceeding; and the possible effect of

any order that may be entered in the

proceeding upon the requestor’s

interest.

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this

4th day of January 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John D. Kinneman,

Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2,

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Region

I.

[FR Doc. 01–1173 Filed 1–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030–28641, License No. 42–

23539–01AF Department of the Air Force;

Docket No. 030–29462, License No. 45–

23645–01NA, Department of the Navy;

Docket No. 040–08767, License No. SUC–

1380, Department of the Army]

Notice of Issuance of Director’s

Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

Notice is hereby given that the

Director, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, has issued a

director’s decision with regard to a

petition dated June 1, 2000, filed by

Doug Rokke, Ph.D., hereinafter referred

to as the ‘‘petitioner.’’ The petition

concerns the use of depleted uranium

(DU) by the U.S. Department of Defense

and all services.

The petition requested that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(Commission or NRC) hold a hearing to

consider ‘‘the revocation of the master

DU [depleted uranium] license for the

U.S. Department of Defense and all

services, implementation of substantial

fines and consideration of personal

criminal liability.’’ As the basis for this

request, the petitioner stated that ‘‘the

continuing deliberate use of DU

munitions during battle and during

peacetime is resulting in serious health

and environmental consequences.’’

By letter dated September 8, 2000,

and addressed to the petitioner, the NRC

staff acknowledged receiving the

petition, and stated that pursuant to 10

CFR 2.206 the petition was referred to

the Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards for action, and that it

would be acted upon within a

reasonable time.

The NRC staff requested the U.S.

Department of the Air Force, the U.S.

Department of the Army, and the U.S.

Department of the Navy to respond to

the petition. The licensees responded on

October 30, 2000, and the information

provided was considered by the staff in

its evaluation of the petition.

The Director of the Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards has

determined that the request to hold a

hearing to consider the revocation of the

military licenses authorizing the use of

DU, implementation of substantial fines,

and consideration of personal criminal

liability, should be denied. The reasons

for this decision are explained in the

director’s decision pursuant to 10 CFR

2.206 [DD–01–01], the complete text of

which is available in ADAMS for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, located at One White

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first

floor), Rockville, Maryland, and via the

NRC’s Web site (http://www.nrc.gov) on

the World Wide Web, under the ‘‘Public

Involvement’’ icon.

A copy of the director’s decision will

be filed with the Secretary of the

Commission for the Commission’s

review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206

of the Commission’s regulations. As

provided for by this regulation, the

director’s decision will constitute the

final action of the Commission 25 days

after the date of the decision, unless the

Commission, on its own motion,

institutes a review of the director’s

decision in that time.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of January 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William F. Kane,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 01–1175 Filed 1–12–01; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Bitwise Designs, Inc.,

Common Stock, $.001 Par Value) File

No. 0–20190

January 9, 2001.

Bitwise Designs, Inc., a Delaware

corporation (‘‘Company’’), has filed an

application with the Securities and

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’),

pursuant to Section 12(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934