[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 10275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5027]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-2259]


Notice of Amendment Request for Pathfinder Mining Company To 
Revise a Site-Reclamation Milestone in License No. SUA-672 for the 
Lucky Mc Site Gas Hills, Wyoming, and Opportunity To Provide Comments 
and To Request a Hearing

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by 
letter dated December 5, 2002, as supplemented by an e-mail received 
February 3, 2003, a request from Pathfinder Mining Company to amend 
License Condition (LC) 61A(3) and 61B(1) of Source Material License 
SUA-672 for the Lucky Mc Site. The license amendment request proposes 
to modify LC 61A(3) to change the completion date for radon barrier 
placement to December 31, 2004, a delay of two years, and to modify LC 
61B(1) to change the target completion date for the erosion protection 
placement to December 31, 2004, a delay of two years.

II. Opportunity To Provide Comments

    The NRC is providing notice to individuals in the vicinity of the 
facility that the NRC is in receipt of this request, and will accept 
comments concerning this action within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to 
the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and 
page number of this Federal Register notice. Written comments may also 
be delivered to Room T-6 D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, from 7:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays.

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on 
the license amendment under the provision of 10 CFR part 2, subpart L, 
``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications of Materials and 
Operator Licensing Proceedings,'' of NRC's rules and practice for 
domestic licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. 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 a hearing must be filed within 30 days of the publication 
of this Federal Register notice.
    The request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, either:
    (1) By delivery to the Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff of the 
Office of the Secretary of the Commission 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 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking 
and Adjudications Staff. Because of continuing disruptions in the 
delivery of mail to United States Government offices, it is requested 
that requests for hearing also be transmitted to the Secretary of the 
Commission either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-1101, 
or by email to [email protected].
    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, Pathfinder Mining Company, 935 Pendell Boulevard 
PO Box 730 Mills, Wyoming 82664, Attention: Tom Hardgrove; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail 
addressed to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Because of continuing 
disruptions in the delivery of mail to United States Government 
offices, it is requested that requests for hearing also be transmitted 
to the Office of the General Counsel, either by means of facsimile 
transmission to (301)-415-3725, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    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;
    (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).

IV. Other Information

    Pathfinder's request to amend LC 61A(3) and 61B(1) of Source 
Material License SUA-672, 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 Electronic Reading Room 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Numbers: 
ML023440222 and ML030410500). Documents may also be examined and/or 
copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Any 
questions with respect to this action should be referred to Michael 
Raddatz, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 
and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T8-A33, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6334; Fax: (301) 415-5390.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of February, 2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-5027 Filed 3-3-03; 8:45 am]
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