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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-3453]

 

Atlas Corp.; Receipt of Application To Amend Source Material 
License No. SUA-917 by Atlas Corp.

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
has received, is reviewing and is offering an opportunity for a hearing 
on an application from Atlas Corporation to amend Source Material 
License No. SUA-917.
    In general, the submittals referenced below propose to modify 
License Condition 41 by providing a revision of the 1982 approved 
reclamation plan for the mill tailings. As in the original reclamation 
plan, the proposed plan calls for reclamation of the tailings 
impoundment in place, covering the tailings with a soil cover to reduce 
radon emanation, and flattening the embankment side slopes to 10 
horizontal to 3 vertical (10H:3V) or less. In addition, the license 
amendment application proposes the following modifications of the 
previous plan:

    1. As means of promoting surface water drainage, the original 
domed top configuration would be changed to a system of channels. 
Three collection ditches would merge to form a larger drainage 
channel which would convey flood runoff from the reclaimed tailings 
surface into Moab Wash.
    2. The soil cover thickness for radon attenuation purposes would 
be reduced based on an increase in the allowable radon emanation 
rate.
    3. The erosion protection cover design would be modified. The 
top of the tailings impoundment would be covered with a layer of 
compacted rock and soil, and the embankment side slopes would be 
covered with rock native to the region.
    4. Moab Wash would be reconfigured and designed to contain the 
Probable Maximum Flood, and convey flood flows into the Colorado 
River east of the tailings pile. On the southwest side of the 
tailings embankment, another drainage channel would divert runoff 
from the natural sandstone bluffs southwest of the channel.

    The licensee's proposal, currently under review, was first proposed 
to the NRC by a letter dated August 2, 1988, and has been modified by 
submittals dated January 17, 1989, June 4, 1992, April 14, 1993, and 
April 23, 1993. Additional information has been requested from the 
licensee by NRC letters dated October 8, 1993, November 29, 1993, and 
January 3, 1994. Responses to these letters may result in futher 
modifications to the reclamation plan.
    For Further Information Contact: Allan T. Mullins, Uranium Recovery 
Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, (301) 504-
2578.

Availability of Application

    Atlas Corporation's application would revise source material 
license SUA-917, The application, with the revisions thereto, describes 
the proposed modifications to the reclamation plan, and is being made 
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document 
room at 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.

Opportunity for Hearing

    The licensee and any person whose interest may be affected by the 
issuance of a license amendment covering the proposal 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; must be served on the NRC staff (Executive 
Director for Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852); must be served on the licensee (Atlas 
Corporation, 370 Seventeenth Street, suite 3150, Denver, Colorado 
80202); 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 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 31st 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, NRC.
[FR Doc. 94-8315 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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