96-17108. Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Placing the Edgemont, South Dakota, Uranium Mill Tailings Disposal Site in the Custody and Long- Term Care of the U.S. Department of Energy Under the General Licensing Provisions of 10 CFR Part 40.28

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17108]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-1341]


Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Placing the Edgemont, South 
Dakota, Uranium Mill Tailings Disposal Site in the Custody and Long-
Term Care of the U.S. Department of Energy Under the General Licensing 
Provisions of 10 CFR Part 40.28

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has accepted the Long-Term Surveillance Plan (LTSP) 
submitted by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), by letter dated June 24, 
1996, for the Edgemont, South Dakota uranium mill tailings disposal 
site. The LTSP was developed by DOE as the long-term custodian of the 
Edgemont site. By accepting the LTSP, the Edgemont site will be 
regulated by NRC under the general licensing provisions of 10 CFR 
40.28, and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Source Material License 
SUA-816 for the Edgemont uranium mill site has been terminated. These 
actions complete all requirements for closure of the Edgemont site 
under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
1978, as amended.

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 27th day of June 1996.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-17108 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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