94-14916. Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8681 UMETCO Minerals License No. SUA-1358]

 

Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated May 2, 1994, the 
Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of the State of Utah, and the 
Utah Legislature (Petitioners) requested that the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission take action regarding Umetco Minerals, licensee 
of the White Mesa uranium mill facility near Blanding, Utah. 
Petitioners request that the NRC modify the Umetco Minerals license to 
reflect the licensee's original request for authority to receive 5,000 
cubic yards of in-situ waste at the White Mesa facility, rather than 
the 10,000 cubic yards authorized by a license amendment granted by the 
NRC on August 2, 1993. Petitioners also request that the NRC confer 
with the State of Utah prior to future license amendments and receive 
the concurrence of the Utah Legislature and Governor before approving 
future license amendments involving mill tailing disposal in Utah.
    Petitioners assert as the basis for this request that the NRC has 
in effect created the equivalent of a commercial waste disposal 
facility for in-situ mining waste unlicensed by Utah, while ignoring 
Utah's waste policy and laws.
    The Petition has been referred to the Director of the Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards pursuant to 10 CFR Sec. 2.206. 
As provided by Sec. 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on the 
specific issues raised by the Petition in a reasonable time.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of June 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert M. Bernero,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-14916 Filed 6-17-94; 8:45 am]
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