[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-754]

 
Consideration of License Renewal Request for the General Electric 
Vallecitos Nuclear Center and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering renewal of 
Materials License SNM-960 which was issued to the General Electric 
Vallecitos Nuclear Center on February 8, 1994. The Materials License is 
for the operation of their Laboratory and General Services Operations 
facility in Sunol, California. The renewal application requests 
authorization to receive and possess special nuclear material and to 
use special nuclear material in research and development activities 
involving chemical and physical analysis. The license renewal 
application is dated January 21, 1999, and is available for public 
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 
L Street NW, Washington, DC 20555.
    Prior to approving the renewal application, 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. The renewal of the licensee will be documented in 
the issuance of a renewed SNM-960 license.
    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for renewal of a license falling within the scope of 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedure for Adjudication in Materials 
Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and practice for domestic 
licensing processing in 10 CFR Part 2. Pursuant to Section 2.1205(a), 
any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing in accordance with Section 2.1205(d). A request 
for a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of the Federal Register notice.
    The request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of 
Secretary either:
    1. By delivery to the Rulemakings and Adjudications 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: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Branch.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements to 10 CFR Part 
2 of the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person 
other than the 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 Section 
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 circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is 
timely in accordance with Section 2.1205(d).
    In accordance with 10 CFR Section 2.1205(f), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail to:
    1. The applicant, General Electric Company, Vallecitos Nuclear 
Center, 6705 Vallecitos Road, (State Route 84) Sunol, California 94586; 
Attention Mr. Ben Murray; and
    2. The NRC staff, by delivering 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, D.C. 20555.
    Any hearing that is requested and granted will be held in 
accordance with the NRC's Informal Hearing Procedures for 
Adjustications in Material Licensing Proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2, 
Subpart L.
    For further details with respect to this action see the application 
for renewal dated January 21, 1999. This document is available for 
public inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street 
N.W., Washington, DC 20555. Questions should be referred to the NRC's 
project manager for the General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center, 
Andrew D. Rayland, at (301) 415-8102.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of August 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore S. Sherr,
Chief, Licensing and International Safeguards Branch, Division of Fuel 
Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-21530 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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