[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27418]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40-0299]


Umetco Minerals Corporation; Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application from Umetco Minerals 
Corporation to change six site-reclamation milestones in Condition 59 
of Source Material License SUA-648 for the Gas Hills, Wyoming Uranium 
Mill.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated October 3, 1997, an 
application from Umetco Minerals Corporation (Umetco) to amend License 
Condition (LC) 59 of its Source Material License No. SUA-648 for the 
Gas Hills, Wyoming uranium mill. The license amendment application 
proposes to modify LC 59 to extend the completion dates for placement 
of the final radon barrier and the erosion protection cover for the 
Inactive, the A-9, and the Heap Leach impoundments.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of LC 59 with the proposed 
changes would read as follows:
    A. (3) Placement of final radon barrier designed and constructed to 
limit radon emissions to an average flux of no more than 20 pCi/m.\2\/s 
above background:

for the Inactive impoundment (enhanced barrier)--December 31, 1999;
for the A-9 impoundment--December 31, 2003;
for the Heap Leach impoundment--December 31, 1998.

    B. (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 40:

for the Inactive impoundment--December 31, 2002;
for the A-9 impoundment--December 31, 2004;
for the Heap Leach impoundment--December 31, 2001.

    Umetco's application to amend LC 59 of Source Material License SUA-
648, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition and 
the reasons for the request is being made available for public 
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW 
(Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555.
    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 Sec. 2.1205(a), any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing. In accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c), 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(e), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Umetco Minerals Corporation, 2754 Compass Drive, 
Suite 280, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-8741, Attention: John S. 
Hamrick; 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 
Sec. 2.1205(g);
    (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 Sec. 2.1205(c).
    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 8th day of October 1997.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-27418 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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