[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9505-9506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5497]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-0299]


Federal Register Notice of Amendment to Change Reclamation 
Milestone Dates in Source Material License SUA-648 Held by UMETCO 
Minerals Corporation for the Gas Hills, Wyoming Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has amended Umetco Mineral Corporation's (Umetco's) Source 
Material License SUA-648 to change the reclamation milestone dates. 
This amendment was requested by Umetco by letters dated November 27, 
1995, and January 4, 1996, and the receipt by NRC was noticed in the 
Federal Register on January 22, 1996.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 59 to change the 
completion dates for three site-reclamation milestones. The new dates 
approved by the NRC 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. Umetco 
attributes the delays to the following factors: (1) Umetco's management 
has ordered a complete site reassessment in order to assure that the 
longevity goals will be satisfied. There are materials on site that had 
not previously been addressed that may require stabilization in the A-9 
impoundment prior to completion of the radon barrier. (2) Umetco has 

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discovered some off-site areas that may require some remediation. 
Umetco will need to characterize those areas to determine volumes of 
materials affected and where necessary to generate a plan for their 
disposal. If the current A-9 design capacity is exceeded, a design 
change may be required. Based on review of Umetco's submittal, the NRC 
staff concludes that the delays are 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, Uranium Recovery 
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 February 1996.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-5497 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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