[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20490-20491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9466]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-3453]


MOAB Mill Reclamation Trust

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a request from Moab Mill Reclamation Trust 
to revise site-reclamation milestones 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 March 31, 2000, a 
request from Moab Mill Reclamation Trust to amend License Condition 
(LC) 55 A and B of Source Material License SUA-917 for the Moab, Utah, 
facility. The license amendment request proposes to modify LC 55 A.(1) 
to change the completion date for placement of the windblown tailings 
on the pile to December 31, 2001; LC 55 A.(3) to change the completion 
date for placement of the final radon barrier on the pile to December 
31, 2002; LC 55 B.(1) to change the completion date for placement of 
the erosion protection on the pile to June 30, 2003; and LC 55 B.(2) to 
change the completion date for ground-water corrective actions to July 
31, 2008.

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 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 U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (56 FR 55432, October 25, 1991), the 
Licensee shall complete reclamation to control radon emissions

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as expeditiously as practicable, considering technological feasibility, 
in accordance with the following schedule:
    (1) Windblown tailings retrieval and placement on the pile--
December 31, 2001.
    (2) Placement of the interim cover--Complete.
    (3) Placement of the final radon barrier designed and constructed 
to limit radon emissions to an average flux of no more than 20 pCi/
m2/s above background--December 31, 2002.
    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:
    (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 40--June 30, 2003.
    (2) Projected completion of ground-water corrective actions to meet 
performance objectives specified in the ground-water corrective action 
plan--July 31, 2008.
    Moab Mill Reclamation Trust's request to amend LC 55 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 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(d), 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(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Moab Mill Reclamation Trust, c/o William B. 
Abington, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1201 Louisiana, Suite 2900, 
Houston, Texas 77002; 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(h);
    (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(d).
    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 10th day of April 2000.

    For the 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. 00-9466 Filed 4-14-00; 8:45 am]
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