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[FR Doc No: 94-8315]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-3453]
Atlas Corp.; Receipt of Application To Amend Source Material
License No. SUA-917 by Atlas Corp.
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has received, is reviewing and is offering an opportunity for a hearing
on an application from Atlas Corporation to amend Source Material
License No. SUA-917.
In general, the submittals referenced below propose to modify
License Condition 41 by providing a revision of the 1982 approved
reclamation plan for the mill tailings. As in the original reclamation
plan, the proposed plan calls for reclamation of the tailings
impoundment in place, covering the tailings with a soil cover to reduce
radon emanation, and flattening the embankment side slopes to 10
horizontal to 3 vertical (10H:3V) or less. In addition, the license
amendment application proposes the following modifications of the
previous plan:
1. As means of promoting surface water drainage, the original
domed top configuration would be changed to a system of channels.
Three collection ditches would merge to form a larger drainage
channel which would convey flood runoff from the reclaimed tailings
surface into Moab Wash.
2. The soil cover thickness for radon attenuation purposes would
be reduced based on an increase in the allowable radon emanation
rate.
3. The erosion protection cover design would be modified. The
top of the tailings impoundment would be covered with a layer of
compacted rock and soil, and the embankment side slopes would be
covered with rock native to the region.
4. Moab Wash would be reconfigured and designed to contain the
Probable Maximum Flood, and convey flood flows into the Colorado
River east of the tailings pile. On the southwest side of the
tailings embankment, another drainage channel would divert runoff
from the natural sandstone bluffs southwest of the channel.
The licensee's proposal, currently under review, was first proposed
to the NRC by a letter dated August 2, 1988, and has been modified by
submittals dated January 17, 1989, June 4, 1992, April 14, 1993, and
April 23, 1993. Additional information has been requested from the
licensee by NRC letters dated October 8, 1993, November 29, 1993, and
January 3, 1994. Responses to these letters may result in futher
modifications to the reclamation plan.
For Further Information Contact: Allan T. Mullins, Uranium Recovery
Branch, Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, (301) 504-
2578.
Availability of Application
Atlas Corporation's application would revise source material
license SUA-917, The application, with the revisions thereto, describes
the proposed modifications to the reclamation plan, and is being made
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
room at 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.
Opportunity for Hearing
The licensee and any person whose interest may be affected by the
issuance of a license amendment covering the proposal 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; must be served on the NRC staff (Executive
Director for Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852); must be served on the licensee (Atlas
Corporation, 370 Seventeenth Street, suite 3150, Denver, Colorado
80202); 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 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 31st 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, NRC.
[FR Doc. 94-8315 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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