[Federal Register: January 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 7)] [Notices] [Page 1830] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr12ja99-101] [[Page 1830]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No.: 040-06563] Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Decommissioning the Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. Facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and an Opportunity for a Hearing The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a license amendment to Possession Only License No. STB-401 (STB-401), issued to Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. (the licensee), to authorize decommissioning of its former Columbium-Tantalum (C-T) processing facility in St. Louis, Missouri. On November 20, 1997, the licensee submitted Phase I of the C-T facility decommissioning plan (DP) to NRC for review. The Phase I DP summarized the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the C-T process equipment and buildings, and support buildings at the St. Louis, Missouri facility. Radioactive contamination in the C-T processing facility consists of building rubble and equipment contaminated with U-238, U-235, U-234 (and their progeny Th-230 and Ra-226 and others) and Th-232 (and its progeny Ra- 228 and Th-228 and others) resulting from licensed operation that occurred from 1961 to 1985. The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the C-T processing 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 DP, 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 and an Environmental Assessment. Approval of the DP will be documented in an amendment to STB-401. 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 Material Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and 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(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 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 requestor's area 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 Sec. 2.1205(c). In accordance with Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to: 1. The applicant, Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc., Mallinckrodt & Second Streets, P.O Box 5439, St Louis, Missouri Attention: Mr. Robert F. Boland 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 Phase I DP is available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20555. Dated at Rockville, MD, this 5th day of January, 1999. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John W. N. Hickey, Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety And Safeguards. [FR Doc. 99-659 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P