[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26401]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-6622]


Pathfinder Mines Corporation; Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application from Pathfinder Mines 
Corporation to change three site-reclamation milestones in Condition 50 
of Source Material License SUA-442 for the Shirley Basin, Wyoming 
Uranium Mill site.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated September 11, 1997, an 
application from Pathfinder Mines Corporation (PMC) to amend License 
Condition (LC) 50 of its Source Material License No. SUA-442 for the 
Shirley Basin, Wyoming uranium mill site. The license amendment 
application proposes to modify LC 50 to change the completion date for 
three site-reclamation milestones. The new dates proposed by PMC would 
extend completion of placement of the interim cover over tailings pile 
by two years, completion of placement of the final radon barrier by 
three years, and completion of placement of the erosion protection 
cover by three years.

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 portion of LC 50 with the proposed 
changes would read as follows:
    A. (2) Placement of the interim cover to decrease the potential for 
tailings dispersal and erosion-December 31, 1999.
    A. (3) Placement of final radon barrier designed and constructed to 
limit radon emissions to an average flux of no more than 20 pCi/m\2\/s 
above background-December 31, 2002.
    B. (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 40-December 31, 
2003.
    PMC's application to amend LC 50 of Source Material License SUA-
442, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition and 
the reasons 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), and 
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 26th day of September 1997.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-26401 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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