[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15136]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-0299]


Receipt of Application From Umetco Minerals Corporation To Amend 
License Condition 59 of Source Material License SUA-648

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of licensee request to amend source material license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (the Commission) has received, by letter dated April 21, 
1995, an application from Umetco Minerals Corporation (Umetco) to amend 
License Condition (LC) 59 of Source Material License No. SUA-648.
    The license amendment application proposes to modify LC 59 to 
change the completion dates for four site-reclamation milestones. The 
new dates proposed by Umetco would extend completion of (1) placement 
of final radon barrier on the A-9 Impoundment by one year, and (2) 
placement of erosion protection on the Inactive Impoundment, the A-9 
Impoundment, and the Heap Leach Impoundment by one year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mohammad W. Haque, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 415-6640.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portions 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 A-9 Impoundment--December 31, 1996.
    B. (1) Placement of erosion protection as part of reclamation to 
comply with Criterion 6 of 10 CFR Part 40:

For the Inactive Impoundment--December 31, 1997.
For the A-9 Impoundment--December 31, 1997.
For the Heap Leach Impoundment--December 31, 1997.

    Umetco's application to amend LC 59 of Source Material License SUA-
648, which describes the proposed changes to the license condition and 
the reason for the request is being made available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, 
NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555. The licensee and any person 
whose interest may be affected by the issuance of this license 
amendment may file a request for hearing. A request for hearing must be 
filed with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register; be served on the NRC staff 
(Executive Director for Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852); be served on the licensee (Umetco 
Minerals Corporation, P.O. Box 1029, Grand Junction, Colorado 81502); 
and must comply with the requirements set forth in the Commission's 
regulations, 10 CFR 2.105 and 2.714. The request for hearing must set 
forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the 
proceedings and how that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceedings, including the reasons why the request should be granted, 
with particular reference to the following factors:
    1. The nature of the petitioner's right under the Atomic Energy 
Act, to be made a party to the proceedings;
    2. The nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial or 
other interest in the proceedings; and
    3. The possible effect on the petitioner's interest, of any order 
which may be entered in the proceedings.
    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 14th day of June 1995.
John O. Thoma,
Acting Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-15136 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]
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