Decommissioning plans; sites: Safety Light Corp. Site, Bloomsburg, PA,

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Federal Register: March 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 54)NoticesPage 13825-13826From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No.: 030-05980Consideration of License Amendment for Decommissioning the Safety Light Corporation Site in Bloomsburg, PA, and Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: Notice of consideration of license amendment for decommissioning the Safety Light Corporation Site in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and Opportunity for a Hearing.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering issuance of a license amendment to Nuclear Materials License No. 37-00030-02, issued to Safety Light Corporation, to authorize decommissioning of facilities, equipment, and land at the Bloomsburg site which were utilized for previous operations involving radioactive material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kottan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415, telephone 610- 337-5214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5,1998, the licensee submitted a site decommissioning plan (SDP) to NRC for review that summarized the decommissioning activities that will be undertaken to remediate the buildings, soil, and underground silos contaminated with radioactive material from past operations. The NRC staff is reviewing the SDP and is considering approval of task-specific amendments to the license which would authorize conduct of limited site decommissioning and decontamination to achieve a systematic reduction of the radioactive source term. Safety Light Corporation has two licenses for the Bloomsburg site. Licensee No. 37-00030-02 authorizes possession and use of byproduct material for site characterization and decommissioning of facilities, equipment, and land from past operations. License No. 37- 00030-08 authorizes manufacture of certain devices containing tritium as well as research and development activities. Because the licensee is currently conducting operations at the site under License No. 37-00030- 08, SLC is not requesting license termination nor release of the site for unrestricted use.

The NRC will require the licensee to remediate the Bloomsburg 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 license amendments to implement the SDP, 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. Approval of the SDP will be documented in an amendment to License No. 37-00030-02.

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 Materials Licensing Proceedings'', of NRC's rules and practices 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 filedwithin thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this Federal Register notice.

The request for a hearing must be filedwith 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 the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filedby 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 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(d).

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, Safety Light Corporation, 4150-A Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Attention: Mr. Larry Harmon; and

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 SDP is available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20555, or at NRC's Region I offices located at 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA. Persons desiring to review documents at the Region I Office should call Ms. Sheryl Villar at (610) 337-5239 several days in advance to assure that the documents will be readily available for review.

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 10th day of March 1999.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. George Pangburn, Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.

FR Doc. 99-6908Filed3-19-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 7590-01-P

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