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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 04008989]

 

Envirocare of Utah, Inc.; Receipt of Application From Envirocare 
of Utah, Inc., To Amend Byproduct Material License No. SMC-1559

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has received, by letter dated March 1, 1994, an 
application from Envirocare of Utah, Inc. to amend byproduct material 
license No. SMC-1559. The license amendment application proposes:
    1. to modify license condition 11.1 to allow the licensee 72 hours, 
excluding weekends or holidays, to take both confirmatory sample and 
the third sample from the Point of Compliance (POC) wells. The current 
license condition requires the licensee to take the confirmatory 
samples within 24 hours and the third sample within 48 hours.
    2. to modify license conditions 9.6(e), 10.2(b), 10.7, and 10.8 
based on revisions to the radiation safety program and supporting 
analysis to allow more flexibility in day-to-day operations. The 
specific modifications are as follows:
    a. Envirocare proposes a modification to license condition 9.6(e) 
which deletes that portion which currently requires ``* * * quality 
controls for waste * * * classification as higher or lower specific 
activity waste.'' Envirocare states the amendment application provides 
sufficient information to demonstrate that the need to identify 
``higher or lower specific activity waste'' is eliminated by the 
application of the sensitivity analysis. This sensitivity analysis 
considers all aspects of waste concentration and volume for each 
radionuclide and the associated handling procedures.
    b. Envirocare proposes the deletion of license condition 10.2(b), 
which currently requires the licensee to analyze and characterize 
specified key radon attenuation model parameter values during placement 
to verify that the values used in the licensee's radon attenuation 
model have been achieved. Envirocare indicates that the amendment 
application provides sufficient data to demonstrate that the purpose 
behind this condition is eliminated because the sensitivity analysis 
uses the default parameters contained in Regulatory Guide 3.64, 
``Calculation of Radon Flux Attenuation by Earthen Mill Tailings 
Covers,'' for the key radon attenuation model parameter values.
    c. Envirocare proposes to re-word license condition 10.7 
eliminating all reference to ``higher'' and ``lower'' activity waste. 
Specifically, Envirocare proposes the condition be reworded to state 
``The licensee shall, upon arrival of the waste, perform external 
exposure rate measurements of the waste conveyances. Any shipment with 
exposure rates greater than 5 mrem per hour at a distance of 30 cm from 
any surface, and which cannot be disposed of within 24 hours, shall be 
posted as a Radiation Area in compliance with 10 CFR 20.1902(a) until 
disposed.'' The licensee justification for the change is that the 
reworded condition provides a greater assurance of proper radiation 
safety which does not depend on the shippers manifest for 
determination.
    d. Envirocare proposes to delete condition 10.8(c), the limit on 
the total embankment capacity; 10.8(g), the restriction on the annual 
bulk concentration; and 10.8(h), the restriction on the yearly average 
concentration. Envirocare states that amendment application provides 
sufficient information to demonstrate that these conditions are ``* * * 
satisfied by the application of the results of the sensitivity analysis 
on the model * * *''
    In addition, Envirocare proposes to add a new condition, which 
would become condition 10.8(f), that requires the licensee to manage 
waste receipt, storage, and disposal operations in such a manner as to 
assure compliance with the effluent concentration limits of Table 2, 
appendix B to 10 CFR 20.1001-20.2401 and population dose limits of 10 
CFR 20.1301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Wastler, Uranium Recovery 
Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, (301) 504-
2582.

Notice of Availability of License Amendment Application by Envirocare 
of Utah, Inc.

    Envirocare of Utah, Inc.'s application to amend byproduct material 
license SMC-1559, which describes the proposed modifications to the 
11e.(2) byproduct material disposal facility operation and design, is 
being made available for public inspection at the Commission's Public 
Document room at 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing on License Amendment Request by 
Envirocare of Utah, Inc.

    The licensee and any person whose interest may be affected by the 
issuance of this license amendment may file a request for hearing. A 
request for hearing must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register; be 
served on the NRC staff (Executive Director for Operations, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852); be served on 
the licensee (Envirocare of Utah, Inc., American Towers Commercial, 46 
W. Broadway, suite 240, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101); and must comply 
with the requirements set forth in the Commission's regulations, 10 CFR 
2.105 and 2.714. The request for hearing must set forth with 
particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and how 
that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding, 
including the reasons why the request should be granted, with 
particular reference to the following factors:
    1. The nature of the petitioner's right, under the Atomic Energy 
Act, to be made a party to the proceeding;
    2. The nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial or 
other interest in the proceeding; and
    3. The possible effect, on the petitioner's interest, of any order 
which may be entered in the proceeding.
    The request must also set forth the specific aspect or aspects of 
the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes a 
hearing.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23d day of March 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste 
Management and Decommissioning, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-7505 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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