[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 10118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4462]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40-6622]


Pathfinder Mines Corporation

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-442 to change three 
reclamation milestone dates.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has amended Pathfinder Mines Corporation's (PMC's) 
Source Material License SUA-442 to change three reclamation milestone 
dates. This amendment was requested by PMC in its letter dated October 
29, 1999, and the receipt of the request by NRC was noticed in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 1999.
    The license amendment modifies License Condition 50 to change 
completion dates for three site-reclamation milestones. The new dates 
approved by the NRC extend completion of placement of the interim cover 
over the tailings pile, completion of placement of the final radon 
barrier, and completion of placement of the erosion protection cover by 
two years. PMC attributes the delays to a substantial volume of water 
still remaining to be evaporated from the tailings system, before an 
interim cover could be placed. Based on the review of PMC's submittal, 
the NRC staff concludes that the delays are attributable to factors 
beyond the control of PMC, the proposed work is scheduled to be 
completed as expeditiously as practicable, and the added risk to the 
public health and safety is not significant.
    An environmental assessment is not required since this action is 
categorically excluded under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), and an environmental 
report from the licensee is not required by 10 CFR 51.60(b)(2).

ADDRESS: PMC's amended license, and the NRC staff's technical 
evaluation of the amendment request are being made available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, 
NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.

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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of February 2000.
Thomas H. Essig,
Chief, Uranium Recovery and Low-Level Waste Branch, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-4462 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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