[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1652-1653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-699]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-0299]


Umetco Minerals Corporation; Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letters dated November 27, 1995, and 
January 4, 1996, an application from Umetco Minerals Corporation 
(Umetco) to amend License Condition (LC) 59 of Source Material License 
No. SUA-648 for the Gas Hills Wyoming uranium mill site.
    The license amendment application proposes to modify LC 59 to 
change the completion dates for three site reclamation milestones. The 
new dates proposed by Umetco would extend completion of (1) placement 
of final radon barrier on the A-9 impoundment by three years, (2) 
placement of erosion protection on the A-9 impoundment by three years, 
and (3) projected completion of groundwater corrective actions by four 
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 portions of LC 59 with the proposed 
changes 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/m2/s 
above background:

For the A-9 Impoundment--December 31, 1999.

    B. (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 40:

For the A-9 Impoundment--December 31, 2000.

    (2) Projected completion of ground-water corrective actions to meet 
performance objectives specified in the ground-water corrective action 
plan--December 31, 2000.
    Umetco's application to amend LC 59 of Source Material License SUA-
648, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition and 
the 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 5th day of January 1996.
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. 96-699 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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