[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26401]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-6622]
Pathfinder Mines Corporation; Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing
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.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated September 11, 1997, 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
by two years, completion of placement of the final radon barrier by
three years, and completion of placement of the erosion protection
cover by three years.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad W. Haque, Uranium Recovery
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, 1999.
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, 2002.
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,
2003.
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), and
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, 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.
Dated: at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of September 1997.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-26401 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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