[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15515]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8905-MLA; ASLBP No. 97-728-04-MLA]


Quivira Mining Company; Designation of Presiding Officer

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28710 (1972), and Sections 
2.105, 2.700, 2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717 and 2.1207 of the 
Commission's Regulations, a single member of the Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel is hereby designated to rule on petitions for 
leave to intervene and/or requests for hearing and, if necessary, to 
serve as the Presiding Officer to conduct an informal adjudicatory 
hearing in the following proceeding.

Quivira Mining Company

(License Amendment)

    The hearing, if granted, will be conducted pursuant to 10 CFR 
Subpart L of the Commission's Regulations, ``Informal Hearing 
Procedures for Adjudications in Materials and Operator Licensing 
Proceedings.'' This proceeding concerns a request for hearing submitted 
by Envirocare of Utah, Inc. on the amendment to the Source Material 
License SUA-1473 of Quivira Mining Company. The license amendment would 
allow Quivira Mining to accept 11e.(2) material for disposal at its 
Ambrosia Lake uranium mill and tailings site located near Grants, New 
Mexico.
    The Presiding Officer in this proceeding is Administrative Judge 
Charles Bechhoefer. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.722, 
Administrative Judge Peter S. Lam has been appointed to assist the 
Presiding Officer in taking evidence and in preparing a suitable record 
for review.
    All correspondence, documents and other materials shall be filed 
with Judge Bechhoefer and Judge Lam in accordance with 10 CFR 2.701. 
Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer, Presiding Officer, Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555
Dr. Peter S. Lam, Special Assistant, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 
Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of June 1997.
B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 97-15515 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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