[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56070-56071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27413]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-0299]


UMETCO Minerals Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application from Umetco Minerals 
Corporation to change a site-reclamation milestone in Condition 59 of 
Source Material License SUA-648 for the Gas Hills, Wyoming Uranium Mill 
site Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated October 11, 1995, an 
application from Umetco Minerals Corporation (Umetco) to amend License 
Condition (LC) 59 A.(3) of Source Material License No. SUA-648 for the 
Gas Hills Wyoming uranium mill site. The license amendment application 
proposes to modify LC 59 A.(3) to change the completion date for a 
site-reclamation milestone. The new date proposed by Umetco would 
extend completion of placement of final radon barrier on the Heap Leach 
Impoundment by two years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad W. Haque, High-Level Waste 
and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone 
(301) 415-6640.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of LC 59 A.(3) with the proposed 
change would read as follows:
    A. (3) Placement of final radon barrier designed and constructed to 
limit radon emissions to an average flux of no more than 20 pCi/m\2\/s 
above background:
    For the Heap Leach Impoundment--December 31, 1997.
    Umetco's application to amend LC 59 A.(3) of Source Material 
License SUA-648, which describes the proposed change to the license 
condition and the 

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reason for the request is being made available for public inspection at 
the NRC's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC 20555.
    The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on 
the license amendment under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, 
``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials and 
Operator Licensing Proceedings.'' Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing. In accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c), a request for 
hearing must be filed within 30 days of the publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. The request for a hearing must be filed with 
the Office of the Secretary, either:
    (1) By delivery to the Docketing and Service Branch of the Office 
of the Secretary at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852; or
    (2) By mail or telegram addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and 
Service Branch.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Umetco Minerals Corporation, P.O. Box 1029, 
Grand Junction, Colorado 81502, Attention: Pat Lyons; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852 or by mail addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 
2 of the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person 
other than an applicant must describe in detail:
    (1) The interest of the requestor in the proceeding;
    (2) How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor
should be permitted a hearing, with particular reference to the factors 
set out in Sec. 2.1205(g);
    (3) The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c).
    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 30th day of October 1995.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division 
of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-27413 Filed 11-3-95; 8:45 am]
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