[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29432]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8681]


International Uranium (USA) Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of License Amendment Application; Notice of 
Opportunity for Hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received an application, by letter dated October 
15, 1998, from International Uranium (USA) Corporation (IUC) to amend 
NRC Source Material License No. SUA-1358. By this submittal, IUC is 
requesting NRC approval to process, at IUC's White Mesa Uranium Mill, 
uranium-bearing material received from the Ashland 1 and Seaway Area D 
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) sites, near 
Tonawanda, New York.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James R. Park, Uranium Recovery 
Branch, Mail Stop TWFN 7-J8, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone 301/415-6699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 1995, NRC published in the 
Federal Register staff guidance entitled, ``Final Position and Guidance 
on the Use of Uranium Mill Feed Material Other Than Natural Ores'' (60 
FR 49296). Under this guidance, NRC-licensed uranium or thorium mills 
may process ``* * * natural or native matter that may be mined and 
treated for the extraction of any of its constituents or any other 
matter from which source material is extracted * * *'' subject to NRC 
approval. By this amendment application, IUC is requesting that it be 
allowed to process, at the White Mesa mill, alternate feed materials 
received from the Ashland 1 and Seaway Area D FUSRAP sites, located 
near Tonawanda, New York.
    The materials in question at the Ashland 1 and Seaway Area D sites, 
which currently are being remediated by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, are associated with uranium ore processing activities 
conducted by the Manhattan Engineering District during the mid-1940s. 
IUC states that the average uranium content of the materials is 
expected to be approximately 0.06 weight percent, and IUC estimates 
that a total of approximately 25,000 to 30,000 cubic yards of material 
would be shipped, over a three-to four-month period, to the White Mesa 
mill, near Blanding, Utah.
    Activities at the White Mesa mill are authorized under NRC Source 
Material License No. SUA-1358. IUC's application to amend SUA-1358, 
which describes the proposed change and the reasons for the request, is 
available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document 
Room, in the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

    The Commission hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on 
an application for a licensing action falling within the scope of 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials 
and Operators Licensing Proceedings,'' of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders in 
10 CFR Part 2 (54 FR 8269). 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 a 
hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Federal Register notice. The request for a hearing 
must be filed with the Office of the Secretary either:
    (1) By delivery to the Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff 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: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    Each request for a hearing also must be served, by delivering it 
personally or by mail to:
    (1) The applicant, International Uranium (USA) Corporation, 
Independence Plaza, Suite 950, 1050 Seventeenth Street, Denver, CO 
80265;
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director of 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852, or
    (3) 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 Commission'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).
    Any hearing that is requested and granted will be held in 
accordance with the Commission's ``Informal Hearing Procedures for 
Adjudications in Materials and Operator Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 
CFR Part 2, Subpart L.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of October 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-29432 Filed 11-2-98; 8:45 am]
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