Rules and Regulations. License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Action: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant
Citation: FR Doc. 2016-06283 · Docket No. 040-8838; NRC-2014-0097

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the withdrawal of a license amendment application from the U.S. Department of the Army (the licensee) for its Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) site located in Madison, Indiana, to decommission the site under restricted release conditions as defined in the NRC's regulations.

Dates

The license amendment application was withdrawn by the licensee on November 25, 2015.

Supplementary Information

On August 28, 2013, the licensee submitted to the NRC an application to amend Source Materials License SUB-1435 for its JPG site located in Madison, Indiana, to decommission the site under restricted release conditions as defined in the NRC's regulations 10 CFR 20.1403 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13247A552). The NRC published a notice of opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and to petition for leave to intervene in the license amendment proceeding in the Federal Register on April 28, 2014 (79 FR 23384). On November 3, 2014, the NRC published in the Federal Register a request for comment on its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct a scoping process (79 FR 65256). By letter dated November 25, 2015, the licensee withdrew its license amendment application (ADAMS Accession No. ML16005A100). The licensee will continue activities at the Jefferson Proving Ground in compliance with Source Materials License SUB-1435. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Michael A. Norato, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2016-06283 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]