Federal Register Notice of Amendment to Change Reclamation Milestone Dates in Source Material License SUA-648 Held by UMETCO Minerals Corporation for the Gas Hills, Wyoming Site

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended Umetco Mineral Corporation's (Umetco's) Source Material License SUA-648 to change the reclamation milestone dates. This amendment was requested by Umetco by letters dated November 27, 1995, and January 4, 1996, and the receipt by NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on January 22, 1996. The license amendment modifies License Condition 59 to change the completion dates for three site-reclamation milestones. The new dates approved by the NRC extend completion of (1) Placement of final radon barrier on the A-9 impoundment by three years, (2) placement of erosion protection on the A-9 impoundment by three years, and (3) projected completion of groundwater corrective actions by four years. Umetco attributes the delays to the following factors: (1) Umetco's management has ordered a complete site reassessment in order to assure that the longevity goals will be satisfied. There are materials on site that had not previously been addressed that may require stabilization in the A-9 impoundment prior to completion of the radon barrier. (2) Umetco has discovered some off-site areas that may require some remediatio