[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8447]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-6622]


Pathfinder Mines Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application from Pathfinder Mines 
Corporation to include site-reclamation milestones in its Source 
Material License SUA-442 for the Shirley Basin, Wyoming Uranium Mill 
site. Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated March 26, 1996, an 
application from Pathfinder Mines Corporation (PMC) to amend its Source 
Material License No. SUA-442 for the Shirley Basin, Wyoming uranium 
mill site. The license amendment application proposes to include a 
schedule for completion dates for site reclamation milestones.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed schedule of reclamation 
milestones is as follows:
    (1) Windblown tailings retrieval and placement on the tailings 
pile--December 31, 1997.
    (2) Placement of an interim cover over tailings--December 31, 1997.
    (3) Placement of final radon barrier--December 31, 1999.
    (4) Placement of erosion protection--December 31, 2000.
    (5) Completion of groundwater corrective actions--December 31, 
2005.
    PMC's application to amend Source Material License SUA-442 to 
include the proposed schedule of reclamation milestones 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, Pathfinder Mines Corporation, 935 Pendell 
Boulevard, P.O. Box 730, Mills, Wyoming 82644, Attention: Tom 
Hardgrove; 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 29th day of March 1996.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-8447 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P