[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33776-33777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16557]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40-6659]


Petrotomics Company; Receipt of Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application from Petrotomics Company to 
change a site-reclamation milestone in License Condition 50 of Source 
Material License SUA-551 for the Shirley Basin, Wyoming Uranium Mill 
site; 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 May 22, 1996, an 
application from Petrotomics Company (Petrotomics) to amend License 
Condition (LC) 50 of Source Material License No. SUA-551 for the 
Shirley Basin Wyoming uranium mill site. The license amendment 
application proposes to modify LC 50 to change the

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completion date for a site-reclamation milestone. The new date proposed 
by Petrotomics would extend completion of placement of final radon 
barrier on a 9-acres portion of the tailings pile by four years, and 
two months.

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 50 with the proposed 
change would read as follows:
    A. (3) Placement of final barrier designed and constructed to limit 
radon emissions to an average flux of no more than 20 pCi/m\2\/s above 
background for:
    a. Area of tailings pile not covered by evaporation ponds, except a 
9-acres area in the north adjacent to the Stage I Evaporation Pond--
October 31, 1997; and
    b. 9-acres area in the north adjacent to the Stage I Evaporation 
Pond--December 31, 2001.
    Petrotomics' application to amend LC 50 of Source Material License 
SUA-551, which describes the proposed change 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 20555-0001, 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, Petrotomics Company, P.O., Box 8509, Shirley 
Basin, Wyoming 82615, Attention: Ron Juday; 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 21th day of June 1996.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-16557 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]
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