[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11607-11608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4626]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-08794]


Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Molycorp, York, 
PA, Site and Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of a license amendment to Source Materials License SMB-1408 
issued to Molycorp, Inc., (Molycorp), to plug and abandon ground water 
monitoring wells at the Molycorp, York, PA, site. Several of these 
wells are designated in the license and samples are required to be 
drawn from these designated wells biannually. Molycorp has asserted 
that this action is needed to begin cleanup activities in the areas 
surrounding the wells. Molycorp has committed to install new wells in 
the same locations and screened at the same intervals as the existing 
wells designated in the license. Prior to installing the new wells, 
Molycorp has committed to confer with both NRC and the Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection to ensure that the new well 
locations are satisfactory. Molycorp expects to install the new wells 
in August 2001 and to complete biannual sampling for the year 2001 by 
sampling the new wells twice before year end. Molycorp's request is 
contained in a letter to NRC dated January 29, 2001.
    If the NRC approves this request, the approval will be documented 
in a license amendment to NRC License SMB-1408. However, before 
approving the proposed amendment, the NRC will need to make the 
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 and either an environmental assessment or a 
determination of a categorical exclusion.
    NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for an amendment of a license falling within the scope of 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in Materials 
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules of 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(d). 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:

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    1. By delivery to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, 
between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm, Federal workdays; or
    2. By mail or facsimile addressed to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally, or by mail, to:
    1. The applicant, Molycorp, Inc., 300 Caldwell Avenue, Washington, 
PA 15301, Attention: George Dawes, and,
    2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Room 0-15 D21, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm, 
Federal workdays, or by mail, addressed to the General Counsel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mailstop 0-15 D21, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 
2 of 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 requester should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(h);
    3. The requester's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and,
    4. The circumstance establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(d).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The application for the license 
amendment and supporting documentation are available for inspection at 
NRC's Public Document Room, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville MD, 20055, 
and at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. Any questions with respect to 
this action should be referred to Tom McLaughlin, Decommissioning 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-5869. Fax: (301) 415-5398.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tom McLaughlin,
Project Manager, Facilities Decommissioning Section, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 01-4626 Filed 2-23-01; 8:45 am]
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