Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 88 / Friday, May 5, 2000 / Notices 26243

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

The NRC hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR part 2, Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ Pursuant to § 2.1205(a),

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding may file a

request for a hearing. In accordance

with § 2.1205(d), a request for hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

(1) By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, International

Uranium (USA) Corporation,

Independence Plaza, Suite 950, 1050

Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado

80265; Attention: Michelle Rehmann;

and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR part

2 of the NRC’s regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

an applicant must describe in detail:

(1) The interest of the requestor in the

proceeding;

(2) How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(h);

(3) The requestor’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

(4) The circumstances establishing

that the request for a hearing is timely

in accordance with § 2.1205(d).

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.

In addition, members of the public

may provide comments on the subject

application within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The comments may be

provided to David L. Meyer, Chief,

Rules Review and Directives Branch,

Division of Freedom of Information and

Publications Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington DC 20555.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of April 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thomas H. Essig,

Chief, Uranium Recovery and Low-Level

Waste Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–11242 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40–8681]

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation; Notice of Opportunity for

Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Request

from International Uranium Corporation

to Amend Source Material License

SUA–1358 to Receive and Process

Alternate Feed Materials, Notice of

Opportunity for Hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is herby given that the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has received, by letter dated April 12,

2000, a request from International

Uranium (USA) Corporation (IUC) to

amend its NRC Source Material License

SUA–1358, to allow their White Mesa

Uranium Mill near Blanding, Utah, to

receive and process up to 140,000 cubic

yards of alternate feed material from the

W.R. Grace Site located in Chattanooga,

Tennessee. The W.R. Grace material is

being remediated under the authority of

the State of Tennessee and is licensed

by the Division of Radiological Health

under Source Material License S–3306–

E9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William von Till, Uranium Recovery

and Low-Level Waste Branch, Division

of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail

Stop T7–J8, Washington, DC 20555.

Telephone (301) 415–6251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By its

submittal dated April 12, 2000, IUC

requested that the NRC amend Materials

License SUA–1358 to allow the receipt

and processing of material other than

natural uranium ore (i.e., alternate feed

material) at its White Mesa uranium

mill located near Blanding, Utah. These

materials would be used as an ‘‘alternate

feed material’’ (i.e., matter that is

processed in the mill to remove the

uranium but which is different from

natural uranium ores, the normal feed

material).

IUC proposes to receive contaminated

materials from the W.R. Grace Site for

processing at its uranium mill. This

material consists primarily of moist

soils containing byproducts (i.e.

‘‘tailings’’) as a result of thorium and

rare earth mineral extraction. The W.R.

Grace Site is being remediated under the

regulatory authority of the State of

Tennessee and the material is licensed

by Tennessee as source material under

Source Material License S–3306–E9.

IUC estimates the amount of material for

this amendment request to be up to

140,000 yd.3 The primary radioactive

contaminants in the soils are Uranium238 (U-238), Radium-226 (Ra-226),

Radium-228 (Ra-228), Thorium-230 (Th230), Thorium 232 (Th-232), Potassium40 (K-40) and their respective decay

products. IUC, based on a review of

material, states that the weighted

average grade of uranium for the W.R.

Grace Site is estimated to range from 0.5

to approximately 1.1 weight percent, or

greater, with an overall average grade of

0.74 percent uranium (0.87 percent

U3O8). IUC estimates the amount of

material for this amendment request to

be 93,000 to 140,000 yds.3 Actual

amounts removed would be determined

based on sampling at the time of

excavation. W.R. Grace and IUC have

determined that no listed hazardous

wastes numerated in the U.S. Code of

Federal Regulations, Title 40 part 261,

Subpart D, as amended by the U.S.

Federal Register August 6, 1998, are

contained within this material.

The material will be shipped by rail

in intermodal containers and then

transferred to truck for the part of the

trip to the mill. Material would be

loaded onto railcars and transported

cross-country to the final rail

destination, where they will be

transferred to truck for the final leg of

the trip to the mill (expected to be either

near Grand Junction, Colorado; Cisco,

Utah; Green River, Utah; or East Carbon,

Utah). The material will be shipped as

radioactive low specific activity (LSA)

Hazard Class 7 Hazardous Material as

defined by Department of

Transportation regulations.

This application will be reviewed

using NRC formal guidance, ‘‘Final

Position and Guidance on the Use of

Uranium Mill Feed Material Other Than

Natural Ores’’ and the guidance

26244 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 88 / Friday, May 5, 2000 / Notices

contained in the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission’s Memorandum and Order,

International Uranium (USA) Corp.,

CLI–00–01, (February 10, 2000). The

NRC has approved similar amendment

requests in the past for separate

alternate feed material under this and

other licenses.

The amendment application is

available for public inspection and

copying at the NRC Public Document

Room, in the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20555.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

The NRC hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR part 2, subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ Pursuant to § 2.1205(a),

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding may file a

request for a hearing. In accordance

with § 2.1205(d), a request for hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

(1) By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, International

Uranium (USA) Corporation,

Independence Plaza, Suite 950, 1050

Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado

80265; Attention: Michelle Rehmann;

and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR part

2 of the NRC’s regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

an applicant must describe in detail:

(1) The interest of the requestor in the

proceeding;

(2) How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(h);

(3) The requestor’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

(4) The circumstances establishing

that the request for a hearing is timely

in accordance with § 2.1205(d).

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.

In addition, members of the public

may provide comments on the subject

application within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The comments may be

provided to David L. Meyer, Chief,

Rules Review and Directives Branch,

Division of Freedom of Information and

Publications Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington DC 20555.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day

of April 2000.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

Thomas H. Essig,

Chief, Uranium Recovery and Low Level

Waste Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–11243 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Management and Budget

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 27, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before June 5, 2000 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0108.

Form Number: IRS Form 1096.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Annual Summary and

Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns.

Description: Federal 1096 is used to

transmit information returns (Forms

1099, 1098, 5498, and W–2G) to the IRS

Service Centers. Under Internal Revenue

Code (IRC) section 6041 and related

sections, a separate Form 1096 is U.S.C.

for each type of return sent to the

service centers by the taxpayer. It is

used by IRS to summarize and

categorize the transmitted forms.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit,

Not-for-profit institutions, Farms,

Federal Government, State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

4,023,036.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

751,556 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1241.

Regulation Project Number: PS–92–90

Final.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Special Valuation Rules.

Description: Section 2701 of the

Internal Revenue Code allows various

elections by family members who make

gifts of common stock or partnership

interests and retain senior interests. The

elections affect the value of the gifted

interests and the retained interests.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,200.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 25 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other (onetime election).

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

496 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1254.

Regulation Project Number: FI–34–91

Final.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Conclusive Presumption of

Worthlessness of Debts held by Banks.

Description: Paragraph (d)(3) of

section 1.166–2 of the regulations

allows banks and thrifts to elect to

conform their tax accounting for bad

debts with their regulatory accounting.

An election, or revocation thereof, is a

change in method of accounting. The

collection of information required in

section 1.166–2(d)(3) is necessary to

monitor the elections.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 50

hours.