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Notice of Consideration of Amendment
Request for Approval of the
Decommissioning Plan for the
Whittaker Corporation’s Waste and
Slag Storage Area in Transfer, PA and
Opportunity To Request a Hearing
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of amendment request
and opportunity to request a hearing.
AGENCY:
A request for a hearing must be
filed by May 21, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Kottan, Project Manager,
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
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Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, King
of Prussia, PA 19406. Telephone: (610)
337–5214; fax number: (610) 337–5269;
or e-mail: jjk@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is considering issuance of a
license amendment to Source Material
License No. SMA–1018, issued to the
Whittaker Corporation (the licensee), to
authorize decommissioning of its Waste
and Slag Storage Area in Transfer,
Pennsylvania as described in the
licensee’s Decommissioning Plan (DP).
The Whittaker Waste and Slag Storage
Area is located in the Reynolds
Industrial Park in Transfer,
Pennsylvania. The storage area is
approximately six acres in size and was
built up over time through the repeated
disposal of foundry slag, scrap metal,
building rubble, and debris from metal
extraction operations. The Whittaker
Corporation, as well as prior owners of
the site, used source material containing
licensable quantities of thorium and
uranium for the extraction of rare earth
metals. These operations resulted in slag
by products containing thorium and
uranium. Materials processing took
place at the site from 1966 to 1974.
The licensee has been
decommissioning the Transfer,
Pennsylvania Site in accordance with
the conditions described in License No.
SMA–1018. This has included the
excavation of the waste slag, processing
the excavated material in order to
separate the radioactive material from
the soil, and shipping the radioactive
material to a licensed disposal site. The
licensee has submitted to the NRC a DP
incorporating the dose-based criteria of
10 CFR 20, subpart E, Radiological
Criteria for License Termination, for
release of the site for unrestricted use.
An NRC administrative review,
documented in a letter to the Whittaker
Corporation dated February 14, 2007,
found the DP acceptable to begin a
technical review.
If the NRC approves the DP, the
approval will be documented in an
amendment to NRC License No. SMA–
1018. 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 an
Environmental Assessment and/or an
Environmental Impact Statement. If this
amendment is approved, the license
will be terminated following completion
of decommissioning activities and
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verification by the NRC that the
radiological criteria for license
termination have been met.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that
this is a proceeding on an application
for a license amendment regarding
decommissioning of the Whittaker
Waste and Slag Storage Area located in
Transfer, Pennsylvania. In accordance
with the general requirements in
Subpart C of 10 CFR part 2, as amended
on January 14, 2004 (69 FR 2182), any
person whose interest may be affected
by this proceeding and who desires to
participate as a party must file a written
request for a hearing and a specification
of the contentions which the person
seeks to have litigated in the hearing.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (a),
a request for a hearing must be filed
with the Commission either by:
1. First class mail addressed to: Office
of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings
and Adjudications;
2. Courier, express mail, and
expedited delivery services: Office of the
Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,
Federal workdays;
3. E-mail addressed to the Office of
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or
4. By facsimile transmission
addressed to the Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, at
(301) 415–1101; verification number is
(301) 415–1966.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (b),
all documents offered for filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
parties to the proceeding or their
attorneys of record as required by law or
by rule or order of the Commission,
including:
1. The applicant, Whittaker
Corporation, 1955 N. Surveyor Avenue,
Simi Valley, CA 93063–3386, Attention:
Eric Lardiere, Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, and
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the
Office of the General Counsel, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail
addressed to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Hearing requests should also be
transmitted to the Office of the General
Counsel, either by means of facsimile
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transmission to (301) 415–3725, or by email to ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov.
The formal requirements for
documents contained in 10 CFR 2.304
(b), (c), (d), and (e), must be met. In
accordance with 10 CFR 2.304 (f), a
document filed by electronic mail or
facsimile transmission need not comply
with the formal requirements of 10 CFR
2.304 (b), (c), and (d), as long as an
original and two (2) copies otherwise
complying with all of the requirements
of 10 CFR 2.304 (b), (c), and (d) are
mailed within two (2) days thereafter to
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309 (b),
a request for a hearing must be filed by
May 21, 2007.
In addition to meeting other
applicable requirements of 10 CFR
2.309, the general requirements
involving a request for a hearing filed by
a person other than an applicant must
state:
1. The name, address, and telephone
number of the requester;
2. The nature of the requester’s right
under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding;
3. The nature and extent of the
requester’s property, financial or other
interest in the proceeding;
4. The possible effect of any decision
or order that may be issued in the
proceeding on the requester’s interest;
and
5. The circumstances establishing that
the request for a hearing is timely in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b).
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309
(f)(1), a request for hearing or petitions
for leave to intervene must set forth
with particularity the contentions
sought to be raised. For each contention,
the request or petition must:
1. Provide a specific statement of the
issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted;
2. Provide a brief explanation of the
basis for the contention;
3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in
the contention is within the scope of the
proceeding;
4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in
the contention is material to the
findings that the NRC must make to
support the action that is involved in
the proceeding;
5. Provide a concise statement of the
alleged facts or expert opinions which
support the requester’s/petitioner’s
position on the issue and on which the
requester/petitioner intends to rely to
support its position on the issue; and
6. Provide sufficient information to
show that a genuine dispute exists with
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the applicant on a material issue of law
or fact. This information must include
references to specific portions of the
application (including the applicant’s
environmental report and safety report)
that the requester/petitioner disputes
and the supporting reasons for each
dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner
believes the application fails to contain
information on a relevant matter as
required by law, the identification of
each failure and the supporting reasons
for the requester’s/petitioner’s belief.
In addition, in accordance with 10
CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions must be
based on documents or other
information available at the time the
petition is to be filed, such as the
application, supporting safety analysis
report, environmental report or other
supporting document filed by an
applicant or licensee, or otherwise
available to the petitioner. On issues
arising under the National
Environmental Policy Act, the
requester/petitioner shall file
contentions based on the applicant’s
environmental report. The requester/
petitioner may amend those contentions
or file new contentions if there are data
or conclusions in the NRC draft, or final
environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or any
supplements relating thereto, that differ
significantly from the data or
conclusions in the applicant’s
documents. Otherwise, contentions may
be amended or new contentions filed
after the initial filing only with leave of
the presiding officer.
Each contention shall be given a
separate numeric or alpha designation
within one of the following groups:
1. Technical—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Safety Evaluation
Report for the proposed action.
2. Environmental—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Environmental Report
for the proposed action.
3. Emergency Planning—primarily
concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the
Emergency Plan as it relates to the
proposed action.
4. Physical Security—primarily
concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Physical
Security Plan as it relates to the
proposed action.
5. Miscellaneous—does not fall into
one of the categories outlined above.
If the requester/petitioner believes a
contention raises issues that cannot be
classified as primarily falling into one of
these categories, the requester/petitioner
must set forth the contention and
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each category into which the requester/
petitioner asserts the contention belongs
with a separate designation for that
category.
Requesters/petitioners should, when
possible, consult with each other in
preparing contentions and combine
similar subject matter concerns into a
joint contention, for which one of the
co-sponsoring requesters/petitioners is
designated the lead representative.
Further, in accordance with 10 CFR
2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that
wishes to adopt a contention proposed
by another requester/petitioner must do
so in writing within ten days of the date
the contention is filed, and designate a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the requester/
petitioner.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g),
a request for hearing and/or petition for
leave to intervene may also address the
selection of the hearing procedures,
taking into account the provisions of 10
CFR 2.310.
III. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRCs Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this notice are:
Decommissioning Plan .........
Inspection Report 040–
07455/2006–001 ...............
Annual Site Groundwater
Monitoring Report for 2006
DP Acceptance Letter ..........
ML070120462
ML062640473
ML070470152
ML070510307
If you do not have access to ADAMS
or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this
14th day of March, 2007.
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Samuel Hansell,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of
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Notice of Consideration of Amendment Request for Approval of the
Decommissioning Plan for the Whittaker Corporation's Waste and Slag
Storage Area in Transfer, PA and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of amendment request and opportunity to request a
hearing.
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DATES: A request for a hearing must be filed by May 21, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kottan, Project Manager,
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
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Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
King of Prussia, PA 19406. Telephone: (610) 337-5214; fax number: (610)
337-5269; or e-mail: jjk@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of
a license amendment to Source Material License No. SMA-1018, issued to
the Whittaker Corporation (the licensee), to authorize decommissioning
of its Waste and Slag Storage Area in Transfer, Pennsylvania as
described in the licensee's Decommissioning Plan (DP).
The Whittaker Waste and Slag Storage Area is located in the
Reynolds Industrial Park in Transfer, Pennsylvania. The storage area is
approximately six acres in size and was built up over time through the
repeated disposal of foundry slag, scrap metal, building rubble, and
debris from metal extraction operations. The Whittaker Corporation, as
well as prior owners of the site, used source material containing
licensable quantities of thorium and uranium for the extraction of rare
earth metals. These operations resulted in slag by products containing
thorium and uranium. Materials processing took place at the site from
1966 to 1974.
The licensee has been decommissioning the Transfer, Pennsylvania
Site in accordance with the conditions described in License No. SMA-
1018. This has included the excavation of the waste slag, processing
the excavated material in order to separate the radioactive material
from the soil, and shipping the radioactive material to a licensed
disposal site. The licensee has submitted to the NRC a DP incorporating
the dose-based criteria of 10 CFR 20, subpart E, Radiological Criteria
for License Termination, for release of the site for unrestricted use.
An NRC administrative review, documented in a letter to the Whittaker
Corporation dated February 14, 2007, found the DP acceptable to begin a
technical review.
If the NRC approves the DP, the approval will be documented in an
amendment to NRC License No. SMA-1018. 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 an
Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement. If
this amendment is approved, the license will be terminated following
completion of decommissioning activities and verification by the NRC
that the radiological criteria for license termination have been met.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an
application for a license amendment regarding decommissioning of the
Whittaker Waste and Slag Storage Area located in Transfer,
Pennsylvania. In accordance with the general requirements in Subpart C
of 10 CFR part 2, as amended on January 14, 2004 (69 FR 2182), any
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who
desires to participate as a party must file a written request for a
hearing and a specification of the contentions which the person seeks
to have litigated in the hearing.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (a), a request for a hearing must
be filed with the Commission either by:
1. First class mail addressed to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications;
2. Courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: Office
of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays;
3. E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or
4. By facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC,
Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, at (301) 415-1101;
verification number is (301) 415-1966.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (b), all documents offered for
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all parties to the
proceeding or their attorneys of record as required by law or by rule
or order of the Commission, including:
1. The applicant, Whittaker Corporation, 1955 N. Surveyor Avenue,
Simi Valley, CA 93063-3386, Attention: Eric Lardiere, Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary, and
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Office of the General Counsel,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by
mail addressed to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hearing requests
should also be transmitted to the Office of the General Counsel, either
by means of facsimile transmission to (301) 415-3725, or by e-mail to
ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov.
The formal requirements for documents contained in 10 CFR 2.304
(b), (c), (d), and (e), must be met. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.304
(f), a document filed by electronic mail or facsimile transmission need
not comply with the formal requirements of 10 CFR 2.304 (b), (c), and
(d), as long as an original and two (2) copies otherwise complying with
all of the requirements of 10 CFR 2.304 (b), (c), and (d) are mailed
within two (2) days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309 (b), a request for a hearing must
be filed by May 21, 2007.
In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR
2.309, the general requirements involving a request for a hearing filed
by a person other than an applicant must state:
1. The name, address, and telephone number of the requester;
2. The nature of the requester's right under the Act to be made a
party to the proceeding;
3. The nature and extent of the requester's property, financial or
other interest in the proceeding;
4. The possible effect of any decision or order that may be issued
in the proceeding on the requester's interest; and
5. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is
timely in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b).
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309 (f)(1), a request for hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must set forth with particularity the
contentions sought to be raised. For each contention, the request or
petition must:
1. Provide a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be
raised or controverted;
2. Provide a brief explanation of the basis for the contention;
3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is within
the scope of the proceeding;
4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is material
to the findings that the NRC must make to support the action that is
involved in the proceeding;
5. Provide a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinions which support the requester's/petitioner's position on the
issue and on which the requester/petitioner intends to rely to support
its position on the issue; and
6. Provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute
exists with
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the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. This information must
include references to specific portions of the application (including
the applicant's environmental report and safety report) that the
requester/petitioner disputes and the supporting reasons for each
dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner believes the application fails
to contain information on a relevant matter as required by law, the
identification of each failure and the supporting reasons for the
requester's/petitioner's belief.
In addition, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions
must be based on documents or other information available at the time
the petition is to be filed, such as the application, supporting safety
analysis report, environmental report or other supporting document
filed by an applicant or licensee, or otherwise available to the
petitioner. On issues arising under the National Environmental Policy
Act, the requester/petitioner shall file contentions based on the
applicant's environmental report. The requester/petitioner may amend
those contentions or file new contentions if there are data or
conclusions in the NRC draft, or final environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or any supplements relating thereto, that
differ significantly from the data or conclusions in the applicant's
documents. Otherwise, contentions may be amended or new contentions
filed after the initial filing only with leave of the presiding
officer.
Each contention shall be given a separate numeric or alpha
designation within one of the following groups:
1. Technical--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Safety Evaluation Report for the
proposed action.
2. Environmental--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Environmental Report for the proposed
action.
3. Emergency Planning--primarily concerns issues relating to
matters discussed or referenced in the Emergency Plan as it relates to
the proposed action.
4. Physical Security--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Physical Security Plan as it relates to
the proposed action.
5. Miscellaneous--does not fall into one of the categories outlined
above.
If the requester/petitioner believes a contention raises issues
that cannot be classified as primarily falling into one of these
categories, the requester/petitioner must set forth the contention and
supporting bases, in full, separately for each category into which the
requester/petitioner asserts the contention belongs with a separate
designation for that category.
Requesters/petitioners should, when possible, consult with each
other in preparing contentions and combine similar subject matter
concerns into a joint contention, for which one of the co-sponsoring
requesters/petitioners is designated the lead representative. Further,
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that
wishes to adopt a contention proposed by another requester/petitioner
must do so in writing within ten days of the date the contention is
filed, and designate a representative who shall have the authority to
act for the requester/petitioner.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g), a request for hearing and/or
petition for leave to intervene may also address the selection of the
hearing procedures, taking into account the provisions of 10 CFR 2.310.
III. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
amendment and supporting documentation, are available electronically at
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRCs Agencywide Document
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image
files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the
documents related to this notice are:
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Decommissioning Plan.................................... ML070120462
Inspection Report 040-07455/2006-001.................... ML062640473
Annual Site Groundwater Monitoring Report for 2006...... ML070470152
DP Acceptance Letter.................................... ML070510307
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If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1
F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 14th day of March,
2007.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel Hansell,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I.
[FR Doc. E7-5149 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]
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