[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6382]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40-1162]


Federal Register Notice of Amendment To Change Reclamation 
Milestone Dates in Source Material License SUA-56 Held by Western 
Nuclear, Inc., for the Split Rock, Wyoming Site

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-56 to change 
reclamation milestone dates.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has amended Western Nuclear, Inc.'s (WNI's) Source Material 
License SUA-56 to change the reclamation milestone dates. This 
amendment was requested by WNI by letter dated October 18, 1995, and 
its receipt by NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on January 22, 
1996.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 75 to change the 
completion dates for several site-reclamation milestones. The new dates 
approved by the NRC extend completion of (1) placement of final radon 
barrier on portions of the disposal cells by up to three years, (2) 
placement of erosion protection by up to three years, and (3) projected 
completion of groundwater corrective actions by two years. WNI 
attributes the delays to the following factors: (1) Continued 
settlement in the tailings area containing extensive slime profiles, 
thus lengthening the time for pre-cover consolidation; (2) inclement 
weather creating a limited construction period having warmer weather 
conditions conducive to placement of the radon barrier within density 
and moisture specifications; (3) materials handling issues, i.e., 
difficulty in obtaining specified soil moisture and density for clay 
placement during summer 1995 construction, resulting in construction 
delays; and (4) continued operations of the groundwater corrective 
action program.
    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: WNI's license, including an amended License 
Condition 75, 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 8th day of March 1996.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-6382 Filed 3-15-96; 8:45 am]
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