[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56070-56071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27413]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-0299]
UMETCO Minerals Corporation
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application from Umetco Minerals
Corporation to change a site-reclamation milestone in Condition 59 of
Source Material License SUA-648 for the Gas Hills, Wyoming Uranium Mill
site 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 October 11, 1995, an
application from Umetco Minerals Corporation (Umetco) to amend License
Condition (LC) 59 A.(3) of Source Material License No. SUA-648 for the
Gas Hills Wyoming uranium mill site. The license amendment application
proposes to modify LC 59 A.(3) to change the completion date for a
site-reclamation milestone. The new date proposed by Umetco would
extend completion of placement of final radon barrier on the Heap Leach
Impoundment by two years.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad W. Haque, High-Level Waste
and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division of Waste Management,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone
(301) 415-6640.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of LC 59 A.(3) with the proposed
change would read as follows:
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:
For the Heap Leach Impoundment--December 31, 1997.
Umetco's application to amend LC 59 A.(3) of Source Material
License SUA-648, which describes the proposed change to the license
condition and the
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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, Umetco Minerals Corporation, P.O. Box 1029,
Grand Junction, Colorado 81502, Attention: Pat Lyons; 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 30th day of October 1995.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division
of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-27413 Filed 11-3-95; 8:45 am]
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