[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2919-2920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1076]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-3453]


Atlas Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a request from Atlas Corporation to revise 
a site-reclamation milestone in License No. SUA-917 for the Moab, 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 December 22, 1998, a 
request from Atlas Corporation (Atlas) to amend License Condition (LC) 
55 B.(2) of Source Material License SUA-917 for the Moab, Utah, 
facility. The license amendment request proposes to modify LC 55 B.(2) 
to change the completion date for ground-water corrective actions to 
meet performance objectives specified in the ground-water corrective 
action plan. Atlas proposes to revise the date pursuant to the 
reasonable and prudent alternative and mitigative measures stipulated 
in the Biological Opinion issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
on July 31, 1998. The reasonable and prudent alternative states that 
ground water should be cleaned up to relevant standards within 7 years 
from Atlas' receipt of NRC approval of a revised ground-water 
corrective action plan.

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 B.(2) with the proposed 
change would read as follows:
    B. Reclamation, to ensure required longevity of the covered 
tailings and ground-water protection, shall be completed as 
expeditiously as is reasonably achievable, in accordance with the 
following target dates for completion.
    (2) Projected completion of ground-water corrective actions to meet 
performance objectives specified in the ground-water corrective action 
plan--July 31, 2006.
    Atlas' request to amend LC 55 B.(2) of Source Material License SUA-
917, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition and 
the reason for the request, is being made available for public 
inspection at NRC's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower 
Level), Washington, DC 20555.
    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 
a 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

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served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Atlas Corporation, Republic Plaza, 370 
Seventeenth Street, Suite 3050, Denver, Colorado 80202, Attention: 
Richard Blubaugh; 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 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 12th day of January 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
N. King Stablein,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-1076 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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