97-31086. Pathfinder Mines Corporation

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63204-63205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31086]


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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 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

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its letter dated September 11, 1997, and the receipt of the request by 
NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on October 6, 1997.
    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 tailings pile by two years, and completion of placement of the 
final radon barrier and placement of the erosion protection cover by 
three 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone [phone].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of November, 1997.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-31086 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]
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