[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3313-3314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1485]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-3453]


Atlas Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a request from Atlas Corporation to revise 
a site-reclamation milestone in License No. SUA-917 for the Moab, Utah 
facility and notice of opportunity for a hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated December 20, 1996, a 
request from Atlas Corporation (Atlas) to amend License Condition (LC) 
55 A.(3) of Source Material License SUA-917 for the Moab, Utah 
facility. The license amendment request proposes to modify LC 55 A.(3) 
to change the completion date for placement of the final radon barrier 
on the pile. The date proposed by Atlas would extend completion of the 
final radon barrier by four years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myron Fliegel, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 
415-6629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of LC 55 A.(3) with the proposed 
change would read as follows:
    A. To ensure timely compliance with target completion dates 
established in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Environmental 
Protection Agency (56 FR 55432, October 25, 1991), the licensee shall 
complete reclamation to control radon emissions as expeditiously as 
practicable, considering technological feasibility, in accordance with 
the following schedule:
    (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--December 31, 2000.
    Atlas' request to amend LC 55 A.(3) of Source Material License SUA-
917, 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

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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, Atlas Corporation, Republic Plaza, 370 
Seventeenth Street, Suite 3050, Denver, Colorado 80202, Attention: 
Richard Blubaugh; 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. 97-1485 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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