[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1484]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8903]


Homestake Mining Company; Notice

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of licensee request to amend source material license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (the Commission) has received, by letter dated December 18, 
1996, an application from Homestake Mining Company (HMC) to amend 
License Condition (LC) 36 of Source Material License No. SUA-1471 to 
change certain reclamation milestone dates.
    The license amendment application proposes to modify LC 36 to 
change the completion dates for two site reclamation milestones. The 
new dates proposed by HMC would extend completion of (1) placement of 
final radon barrier on the Large Tailings Pile (LTP) by seven years, 
(2) placement of erosion protection on the LTP by five years, (3) 
placement of final radon barrier on the Small Tailings Pile (STP) by 
eleven years, and (4) shorten completion of placement of erosion 
protection on the STP by one year. The application cites technical 
infeasibility as precluding completion in accordance with the present 
license dates due to incomplete settlement of the LTP and evaporation 
ponds associated with the groundwater corrective action program located 
on the STP.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth R. Hooks, Uranium Recovery 
Branch, Mail Stop TWFN 7-J9, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephone 301/415-7777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HMC's application to amend Condition 36 of 
Source Material License SUA-1471, which describes the proposed changes 
to the license condition and the reason for the request is being made 
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document 
Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
    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, Homestake Mining Company, P.O. Box 98, Grants, 
New Mexico 87020; 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 14th day of January 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Assistant Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-1484 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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