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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 04008989]
Envirocare of Utah, Inc.; Receipt of Application From Envirocare
of Utah, Inc., To Amend Byproduct Material License No. SMC-1559
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(the Commission) has received, by letter dated March 1, 1994, an
application from Envirocare of Utah, Inc. to amend byproduct material
license No. SMC-1559. The license amendment application proposes:
1. to modify license condition 11.1 to allow the licensee 72 hours,
excluding weekends or holidays, to take both confirmatory sample and
the third sample from the Point of Compliance (POC) wells. The current
license condition requires the licensee to take the confirmatory
samples within 24 hours and the third sample within 48 hours.
2. to modify license conditions 9.6(e), 10.2(b), 10.7, and 10.8
based on revisions to the radiation safety program and supporting
analysis to allow more flexibility in day-to-day operations. The
specific modifications are as follows:
a. Envirocare proposes a modification to license condition 9.6(e)
which deletes that portion which currently requires ``* * * quality
controls for waste * * * classification as higher or lower specific
activity waste.'' Envirocare states the amendment application provides
sufficient information to demonstrate that the need to identify
``higher or lower specific activity waste'' is eliminated by the
application of the sensitivity analysis. This sensitivity analysis
considers all aspects of waste concentration and volume for each
radionuclide and the associated handling procedures.
b. Envirocare proposes the deletion of license condition 10.2(b),
which currently requires the licensee to analyze and characterize
specified key radon attenuation model parameter values during placement
to verify that the values used in the licensee's radon attenuation
model have been achieved. Envirocare indicates that the amendment
application provides sufficient data to demonstrate that the purpose
behind this condition is eliminated because the sensitivity analysis
uses the default parameters contained in Regulatory Guide 3.64,
``Calculation of Radon Flux Attenuation by Earthen Mill Tailings
Covers,'' for the key radon attenuation model parameter values.
c. Envirocare proposes to re-word license condition 10.7
eliminating all reference to ``higher'' and ``lower'' activity waste.
Specifically, Envirocare proposes the condition be reworded to state
``The licensee shall, upon arrival of the waste, perform external
exposure rate measurements of the waste conveyances. Any shipment with
exposure rates greater than 5 mrem per hour at a distance of 30 cm from
any surface, and which cannot be disposed of within 24 hours, shall be
posted as a Radiation Area in compliance with 10 CFR 20.1902(a) until
disposed.'' The licensee justification for the change is that the
reworded condition provides a greater assurance of proper radiation
safety which does not depend on the shippers manifest for
determination.
d. Envirocare proposes to delete condition 10.8(c), the limit on
the total embankment capacity; 10.8(g), the restriction on the annual
bulk concentration; and 10.8(h), the restriction on the yearly average
concentration. Envirocare states that amendment application provides
sufficient information to demonstrate that these conditions are ``* * *
satisfied by the application of the results of the sensitivity analysis
on the model * * *''
In addition, Envirocare proposes to add a new condition, which
would become condition 10.8(f), that requires the licensee to manage
waste receipt, storage, and disposal operations in such a manner as to
assure compliance with the effluent concentration limits of Table 2,
appendix B to 10 CFR 20.1001-20.2401 and population dose limits of 10
CFR 20.1301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Wastler, Uranium Recovery
Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, (301) 504-
2582.
Notice of Availability of License Amendment Application by Envirocare
of Utah, Inc.
Envirocare of Utah, Inc.'s application to amend byproduct material
license SMC-1559, which describes the proposed modifications to the
11e.(2) byproduct material disposal facility operation and design, is
being made available for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document room at 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing on License Amendment Request by
Envirocare of Utah, Inc.
The licensee and any person whose interest may be affected by the
issuance of this license amendment may file a request for hearing. A
request for hearing must be filed with the Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, within 30
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register; be
served on the NRC staff (Executive Director for Operations, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852); be served on
the licensee (Envirocare of Utah, Inc., American Towers Commercial, 46
W. Broadway, suite 240, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101); and must comply
with the requirements set forth in the Commission's regulations, 10 CFR
2.105 and 2.714. The request for hearing must set forth with
particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and how
that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding,
including the reasons why the request should be granted, with
particular reference to the following factors:
1. The nature of the petitioner's right, under the Atomic Energy
Act, to be made a party to the proceeding;
2. The nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial or
other interest in the proceeding; and
3. The possible effect, on the petitioner's interest, of any order
which may be entered in the proceeding.
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 23d day of March 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Acting Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste
Management and Decommissioning, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-7505 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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