[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19933]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 40-6659]
Federal Register Notice of Amendment To Change Reclamation
Milestone Date in source material license SUA-551 Held by Petrotomics
Company for its Shirley Basin, Wyoming Uranium Mill
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Amendment of Source Material License SUA-551 to change a
reclamation milestone date.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission has amended Petrotomics Company's (Petrotomics') Source
Material License SUA-551 for Shirley Basin Wyoming to change a
reclamation milestone date. This amendment was requested by Petrotomics
by letter dated May 22, 1996, and its receipt by NRC was noticed in the
Federal Register on June 28, l996.
The license amendment modifies License Condition 50 to change the
completion date for a site-reclamation milestone. The new date approved
by the NRC extends completion of placement of final radon barrier on a
9-acre portion of the tailings pile by four years, and two months.
Petrotomics justifies the delays for (1) maintaining, throughout the
course of reclamation of the site, an area that can be utilized to
place contaminated material that may be encountered in accomplishing
this work; (2) disposal of the evaporation pond dike material; and (3)
allowing continued pumping and maintenance of well 12-DC, located in
the southern part of the area, if necessary. Based on the review of
Petrotomics' submittal, which indicates the proposed work is scheduled
to be completed as expeditiously as practicable, and the fact that the
added risk to the public health and safety is not significant, the NRC
staff considers Petrotomics' request acceptable.
An environmental assessment is not required since this action is
categorically excluded under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), and an environmental
report from the licensee is not required by 10 CFR 51.60(b)(2).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petrotomics' license, including an amended
License Condition 50, and the NRC staff's technical evaluation of the
amendment request are being made available for public inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level),
Washington, DC 20555.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad W. Haque, Uranium Recovery
Branch, Division of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 415-6640.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of July 1996.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-19933 Filed 8-5-96; 8:45 am]
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