[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7966]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8905]


Quivira Mining Company

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a request from Quivira Mining Company to 
revise a site-reclamation milestone in License No. SUA-1473 for the 
Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, 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 30,1999, a 
request from Quivira Mining Company to amend License Condition (LC) 40 
B(1) of Source Material License SUA-1473 for the Ambrosia Lake, New 
Mexico, facility. The license amendment request proposes to modify LC 
40 B.(1) to change the completion date for placement of the erosion 
protection to December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Caverly, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 
415-6699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of LC 40 B.(1) with the proposed 
change would read as follows:
    B: Reclamation, to ensure required longevity of the covered tailing 
and groundwater protection, shall be completed as expeditiously as is 
reasonably achievable, in accordance with the following target dates 
for completion:
    (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 40--

For impoundment No. 1--December 31, 2001
For impoundment No. 2, excluding portions used for approved byproduct 
material disposal--December 31, 2001

    Quivira's request to amend LC 40 B.(1) of Source Material License 
SUA-1473, 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, Quivira Mining Company, 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.
    In addition, members of the public may provide comments on the 
subject application within 30 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 DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of March 2000.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Essig,
Chief, Uranium Recovery, and Low-Level Waste Branch, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-7966 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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