[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70293-70294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32639]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40-6622]


Pathfinder Mines Corp.

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; 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 29, 1999, 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, 
completion of placement of the final radon barrier, and completion of 
placement of the erosion protection cover by two years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad W. Haque, Uranium Recovery 
and Low-Level Waste 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, 2001.
    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, 2004.
    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, 
2005.
    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), any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a

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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 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.
    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.
    In addition, members of the public may provide comments on the 
subject application within 45 days of the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to David L. Meyer, 
Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of 
Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 1999.
Dan Gillen,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery and Low-Level Waste Branch, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-32639 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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