Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0013 - Uranium Recovery › Chapter 4 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE AND BYPRODUCT MATERIAL › Section 4-9 - Specific Requirements for Issuance of Specific Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A specific
				license for source material involved in the extraction and concentration of
				uranium or thorium at uranium or thorium facilities and for the management and
				disposal of byproduct material will be issued if the applicant submits to the
				Department a complete and accurate application that clearly demonstrates how
				the requirements and objectives of this Chapter are met.
(b) An application for a license, including
				applications for the amendment or renewal of an existing license, to receive,
				possess and use licensed material shall contain all information required under
				these rules and such material as the Department may deem necessary. The
				application shall, at a minimum, contain the following information:
(i) A description of the proposed project or
				action;
(ii) For new licenses,
				environmental data that includes the results of a one-year preoperational
				monitoring program;
(iii) For
				renewal of licenses, environmental data containing results of the operational
				monitoring program or monitoring required to be conducted if the facility was
				not in operation but in standby mode;
(iv) Site characteristics, including regional
				and site specific geology, topography, hydrology, and meteorology;
(v) Radiological and non-radiological impacts
				of the proposed project or action including waterway and groundwater
				impacts;
(vi) An assessment of the
				radiological and non-radiological impacts to the public health and the
				environment;
(vii) Consideration of
				the long-term impacts of the licensed activities;
(viii) A representative presentation of the
				physical, chemical, and radiological properties of the type of licensed
				material to be received, stored, processed, or disposed of;
(ix) An evaluation of the short-term and
				long-term environmental impacts of such receipt, storage, processing, or
				disposal;
(x) An analysis of the
				environmental, economic, social, technical, and other benefits of the proposed
				activities against environmental costs and social effects;
(xi) Environmental effects of
				accidents;
(xii) Byproduct material
				disposal, decommissioning, decontamination, reclamation, and impacts of these
				activities;
(xiii) A closure plan
				to be included in the reclamation plan for decontamination, decommissioning,
				restoration, and reclamation of buildings of the licensed area to levels that
				would allow where applicable unrestricted use and for reclamation of the
				byproduct material disposal areas in accordance with technical requirements of
				10 C.F.R. Part 40, Appendix A;
(xiv) Proposal of an acceptable form and
				amount of financial assurance in accordance with 10 C.F.R. Part 40, Criterion 9
				of Appendix A; and the Department's rules;
(xv) Specifications for the emissions control
				and disposition of byproduct material; and
(xvi) Emergency response protocol.