Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Notices 53839

has been appointed to assist the

Presiding Officer in taking evidence and

in preparing a suitable record for

review.

All correspondence, documents and

other materials shall be filed with Judge

Bloch and Judge Kelber in accordance

with 10 CFR 2.701. Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Peter B. Bloch,

Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555

Dr. Charles N. Kelber, Special Assistant,

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of October 1997.

B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

[FR Doc. 97–27423 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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[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.

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 § 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(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 § 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 § 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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Evaluation of Agreement State

Radiation Control Programs

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Implementation of the

Integrated Materials Performance

Evaluation Program and rescission of a

final general statement of policy.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is implementing the

Integrated Materials Performance

Evaluation Program (IMPEP) for the

evaluation of Agreement State programs.

NRC is rescinding the May 28, 1992,

General Statement of Policy ‘‘Guidelines

for NRC Review of Agreement State

Radiation Control Programs, 1992,’’

since it is now superseded.

The NRC has issued the final policy

statements: ‘‘Statement of Principles

and Policy for the Agreement State

Program’’ and ‘‘Policy Statement on the

Adequacy and Compatibility of

Agreement State Programs,’’ (See 62 FR

46517; September 3, 1997). Conforming

revisions to IMPEP in connection with

these two policy statements have been

completed and are reflected in the

implementing procedure, Management

Directive 5.6, Integrated Materials

Performance Evaluation Program.