[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 563-564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-209]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-0299]


Amendment to Change a Reclamation Milestone Date in Source 
Material License SUA-648 Held by Umetco Minerals Corporation

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-648 to change a 
reclamation milestone date.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

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Commission has amended Umetco Mineral Corporation's (Umetco's) Source 
Material License SUA-648 to change a reclamation milestone date. This 
amendment was requested by Umetco by letter dated October 11, 1995, and 
its receipt by NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on November 6, 
l995.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 59 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 Heap Leach impoundment by two years. Umetco attributes the delay to 
the following factors: (1) At present there is no approved reclamation 
plan for the Heap Leach impoundment, partly because of delay in seismic 
evaluation of the site by the NRC staff; (2) Radium concentrations in 
the outslopes of the Heap Leach impoundment have been identified that 
may require redesign of this feature to comply with 10 CFR Part 40, 
Appendix A, Criterion 6(b); and (3) Umetco has decided, in a good faith 
effort, to upgrade the final design to provide the necessary and 
reasonable assurance that the longevity goals will be satisfied. Based 
on review of Umetco's submittal, the NRC staff concludes that the delay 
is attributable to factors beyond the control of Umetco, 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: Umetco's license, including an amended 
License Condition 59, and the NRC staff's technical evaluation of the 
amendment request are being made available for public inspection at the 
Commission'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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of December 1995.

Daniel M. Gillen,
Acting Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium, Recovery Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-209 Filed 1-05-96; 8:45 am]
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