[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57459-57460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28156]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-6659]


Federal Register Notice of Amendment To Change Reclamation 
Milestone Date in Source Material License SUA-551 Held by Petrotomics 
Company for Its Shirley Basin, Wyoming Uranium Mill

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-551 to change a 
reclamation milestone date.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has amended Petrotomics Company's (Petrotomics') Source 
Material License SUA-551 for Shirley Basin Wyoming to change a 
reclamation milestone date. This amendment was requested by Petrotomics 
by letter dated September 5, 1995, and its receipt by NRC was noticed 
in the Federal Register on September 27, 1995.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 50 to change the 
completion date for a site-reclamation milestone. The new date approved 
by the NRC extends completion of placement of final radon barrier on 
the tailings pile by one year, and ten months. Petrotomics attributes 
the delays to (1) NRC's re-examination of cover design for performance 
with current standards and practices, and (2) short construction season 
at the Shirley Basin site. Based on review of Petrotomics' submittal, 
the NRC staff concludes that the delays are attributable to factors 
beyond the control of Petrotomics, the proposed work is scheduled to be 
completed as expeditiously as practicable, and the added risk to the 
public health and safety is not significant.
    An environmental assessment is not required since this action is 
categorically excluded under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), and an environmental 
report from the licensee is not required by 10 CFR 51.60(b)(2).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petrotomics' license, including an amended 
License Condition 50, and the NRC staff's technical evaluation of the 
amendment request are being made available for public inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC 20555.

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.

 
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of November 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. 95-28156 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]
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