[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68802-68803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33110]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8084]


Rio Algom Mining Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a request from Rio Algom Mining 
Corporation to revise a site-reclamation milestone in License No. SUA-
1119 for the Lisbon, 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 October 23, 1998, a 
request from Rio Algom Mining Corporation (Rio Algom) to amend License 
Condition (LC) 55 A.(3) of Source Material License SUA-1119 for the 
Lisbon, 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 Rio Algom would 
extend completion of the final radon barrier by 18 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,

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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/m\2\ 
sec above background--December 31, 1999 for areas not covered by the 
evaporation ponds and by December 31, 2014 for the area under the 
avaporation ponds.
    Rio Algom's request to amend LC 55 A.(3) of Source Material License 
SUA-1119, 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 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, Rio Algom Corporation, 6305 Waterford Blvd., 
Suite 325, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118, Attention: William Paul 
Goranson; 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 4th day of December 1998.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
N. King Stablein,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-33110 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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