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application dated December 11, 2008,
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room
(PDR), located at One White Flint North,
Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
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Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
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The ADAMS Accessions number for the
license transfer application is
ML083500374. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS should contact the
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at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or
by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shana Helton,
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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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PPL Bell Bend, LLC; Acceptance for
Docketing of an Application for
Combined License for Bell Bend
Nuclear Power Plant
By letter dated October 10, 2008, as
supplemented by letters dated
November 18, 24, 2008, and December
1, 8, 2008, PPL Bell Bend, LLC
submitted an application to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
for a combined license (COL) for a
single unit of the U.S. Evolutionary
Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) in accordance
with the requirements contained in Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Part 52, ‘‘Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This reactor will
be identified as Bell Bend Nuclear
Power Plant and is to be located on a
site adjacent to the existing
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A notice
of receipt and availability of this
application was previously published in
the Federal Register (73 FR 67214) on
November 13, 2008.
The NRC staff has determined that
PPL Bell Bend, LLC has submitted
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information in accordance with 10 CFR
Part 2, ‘‘Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of
Orders,’’ and 10 CFR Part 52 that is
acceptable for docketing. The Docket
Number established is 52–039.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed
technical review of the application.
Docketing of the application does not
preclude the NRC from requesting
additional information from the
applicant as the review proceeds, nor
does it predict whether the Commission
will grant or deny the application. The
Commission will conduct a hearing in
accordance with Subpart L, ‘‘Informal
Hearing Procedures for NRC
Adjudications,’’ of 10 CFR Part 2 and
will receive a report on the COL
application from the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards in
accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ‘‘Referral
to the Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS).’’ If the Commission
finds that the COL application meets the
applicable standards of the Atomic
Energy Act and the Commission’s
regulations, and that required
notifications to other agencies and
bodies have been made, the Commission
will issue a COL, in the form and
containing conditions and limitations
that the Commission finds appropriate
and necessary.
In accordance with 10 CFR part 51,
the Commission will also prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action. Pursuant to 10 CFR
51.26, and as part of the environmental
scoping process, the staff intends to
hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed
information regarding this meeting will
be included in a future Federal Register
notice.
Finally, the Commission will
announce in a future Federal Register
notice the opportunity to petition for
leave to intervene in the hearing
required for this application by 10 CFR
52.85.
Documents may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland, and will be
accessible electronically through the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room link at the
NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The
application is also available at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/
col.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing documents
located in ADAMS should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone
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at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael A. Canova,
Project Manager, U.S. EPR Projects Branch,
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
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Notice of Consideration of Amendment
Request for Decommissioning of the
Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company’s
Fort Mims Facility, Maryland Heights,
MO and Opportunity To Request a
Hearing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of amendment request
and opportunity to request a hearing.
DATES: A request for a hearing must be
filed by February 27, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George M. McCann, Senior Health
Physicist, Materials Control, ISFSI, and
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois
60532; Telephone: (630) 829–9856; fax
number: (630) 515–1259; or e-mail:
mike.mccann@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is considering issuance of a
license amendment to Byproduct
Material License No. 24–16273–01
issued to the Sigma-Aldrich Chemical
Company (the Licensee) pursuant to 10
CFR Part 30. By application dated
October 22, 2008, the Licensee
requested authorization to
decommission its Fort Mims Facility,
(the Facility) at 11452 Fort Mims Drive,
Maryland Heights, Missouri, under its
proposed Decommissioning Plan (DP)
submitted as part of the application (see
ADAMS ML083010187).
The two-story Facility consists of
approximately 20,000 square feet of
laboratory and office space. The Facility
is located on a 1 acre parcel in a
commercial/light industrial park.
Radioactive materials were used in
specific areas within this Facility since
1975. Actual production activities were
suspended at the facility on September
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30, 2008. Radioactive materials usage at
the site consisted of research and
development activities as defined in 10
CFR 30.4 and storage, processing and
use in the production of labeled
compounds for distribution to
authorized recipients. The radioactive
materials used at the Fort Mims facility
consisted of carbon-14 and hydrogen-3.
An NRC administrative review,
documented in a letter to the SigmaAldrich Chemical Company dated
November 25, 2008, 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. 24–
16273–01. 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. After
the Commission verifies that the release
criteria have been met, the Facility
Operating License No. 24–16273–01
will be terminated.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that
this is a proceeding on an application
for a license amendment regarding the
decommissioning of the Licensee’s Fort
Mims Facility. Any person whose
interest may be affected by this
proceeding, and who desires to
participate as a party, must file a request
for a hearing and a specification of the
contentions which the person seeks to
have litigated in the hearing, in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule,
which the NRC promulgated in August
2007 (72 FR 49139, Aug. 28, 2007). The
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(even in instances in which the
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[Docket No. 52-039]
PPL Bell Bend, LLC; Acceptance for Docketing of an Application
for Combined License for Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant
By letter dated October 10, 2008, as supplemented by letters dated
November 18, 24, 2008, and December 1, 8, 2008, PPL Bell Bend, LLC
submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) for a combined license (COL) for a single unit of the U.S.
Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) in accordance with the
requirements contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear
Power Plants.'' This reactor will be identified as Bell Bend Nuclear
Power Plant and is to be located on a site adjacent to the existing
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A
notice of receipt and availability of this application was previously
published in the Federal Register (73 FR 67214) on November 13, 2008.
The NRC staff has determined that PPL Bell Bend, LLC has submitted
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information in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, ``Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' and 10 CFR
Part 52 that is acceptable for docketing. The Docket Number established
is 52-039.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the
application. Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC
from requesting additional information from the applicant as the review
proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny
the application. The Commission will conduct a hearing in accordance
with Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for NRC Adjudications,''
of 10 CFR Part 2 and will receive a report on the COL application from
the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in accordance with 10 CFR
52.87, ``Referral to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
(ACRS).'' If the Commission finds that the COL application meets the
applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and the Commission's
regulations, and that required notifications to other agencies and
bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a COL, in the form and
containing conditions and limitations that the Commission finds
appropriate and necessary.
In accordance with 10 CFR part 51, the Commission will also prepare
an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register
notice.
Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register
notice the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the
hearing required for this application by 10 CFR 52.85.
Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland, and will be accessible electronically through the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room link at the NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. The application is also available at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/new-reactors/col.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS
or who encounter problems in accessing documents located in ADAMS
should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-
4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael A. Canova,
Project Manager, U.S. EPR Projects Branch, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-30776 Filed 12-24-08; 8:45 am]
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