[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27076-27077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12874]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8903]


Homestake Mining Company

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-1471 to change 
reclamation milestone dates.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has amended Homestake Mining Company's (HMC's) Source 
Material License for the Grants Mill site in New Mexico to change 
reclamation milestone dates. This amendment was requested by HMC letter 
dated December 18, 1996, and its receipt by NRC was noticed in the 
Federal Register on January 22, 1997.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 36 to change the 
completion dates for site reclamation milestones. The new dates 
approved by the NRC extend completion of placement of final radon 
barrier and placement of the final erosion protection on the Large 
Tailings Pile (LTP) and the Small Tailings Pile (STP). HMC justifies 
the delays due to incomplete (less than 90%) settlement of the LTP and 
the existence of groundwater corrective action evaporation ponds on the 
STP. Based on the review of HMC's submittal, which indicates 
reclamation will be completed as expeditiously as practicable, and the 
fact that the added risk to the public health and safety is not 
significant, the NRC staff considers HMC's request acceptable.

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    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: HMC's license, including an amended License 
Condition 36, and the NRC staff's technical evaluation of the amendment 
request, are being made available for public inspection at the NRC's 
Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC 
20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Hooks, Uranium Recovery 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephone (301) 415-7777.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of May 1997.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-12874 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]
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