Federal Register Notice of Amendment To Change Reclamation Milestone Date in source material license SUA-551 Held by Petrotomics Company for its Shirley Basin, Wyoming Uranium Mill

摘要

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended Petrotomics Company's (Petrotomics') Source Material License SUA-551 for Shirley Basin Wyoming to change a reclamation milestone date. This amendment was requested by Petrotomics by letter dated May 22, 1996, and its receipt by NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on June 28, l996. The license amendment modifies License Condition 50 to change the completion date for a site-reclamation milestone. The new date approved by the NRC extends completion of placement of final radon barrier on a 9-acre portion of the tailings pile by four years, and two months. Petrotomics justifies the delays for (1) maintaining, throughout the course of reclamation of the site, an area that can be utilized to place contaminated material that may be encountered in accomplishing this work; (2) disposal of the evaporation pond dike material; and (3) allowing continued pumping and maintenance of well 12-DC, located in the southern part of the area, if necessary. Based on the review of Petrotomics' submittal, which indicates the proposed work is scheduled to be completed as expeditiously as practicable, and the fact that the adde