[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5704-5705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2523]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No. 40-8084


Rio Algom Mining Corporation; Request to Revise a Site-
Reclamation Milestone

AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of receipt of a request from Rio Algom Mining 
Corporation to revise a site-reclamation milestone in License No. SUA-
1119 for the Lisbon, Utah, facility and notice of opportunity for a 
hearing.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated October 23, 1998 and 
subsequent telephone conversation, a request from Rio Algom Mining 
Corporation (Rio Algom) to amend License Condition (LC) 55 A.(3) of 
Source Material License SUA-1119 for the Lisbon, Utah, facility. The 
license amendment request proposes to modify LC 55 A.(3) to change the 
completion date for placement of the final radon barrier on the pile to 
December 31, 2000 for the area not covered by the evaporation pond. Due 
to continuing use of the evaporation pond, the final radon barrier at 
the pond location will be completed by 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jill Caverly, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 
415-6699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The portion of LC 55 A.(3) with the 
proposed change would read as follows:
    A. To ensure timely compliance with target completion dates 
established in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Environmental 
Protection Agency (56 FR 55432, October 25, 1991), the licensee shall 
complete reclamation to control radon emissions as expeditiously as 
practicable, considering technological feasibility, in accordance with 
the following schedule:
    (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\ 
sec above background--December 31, 2000 for areas not covered by the 
evaporation ponds and by December 31, 2014 for the area under the 
evaporation ponds.
    Rio Algom's request to amend LC 55 A.(3) of Source Material License 
SUA-1119, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition 
and the reason 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

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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, Rio Algom Corporation, 6305 Waterford Blvd., 
Suite 325, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118, Attention: William Paul 
Goranson; 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.
    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 January 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.
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