[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78262-78263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32243]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-8698]


Notice of Amendment Request and Consideration of Proposed 
Reclamation Plan for the Shootaring Canyon Uranium Project, Ticaboo, 
Utah, and Opportunity to Provide Comments and to Request a Hearing

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by letter 
dated October 24, 2002, a request from Plateau Resources Limited (PRL) 
to (1) amend Source Materials License SUA-1371 for the Shootaring 
Canyon Uranium Project to change its status from ``operational'' to 
``reclamation;'' and (2) review and approve PRL's proposed reclamation 
plan for this facility.
    The uranium mill at Shootaring Canyon operated for only three 
months in 1982, generating a small amount of mill tailings (the 
byproduct material wastes produced by extraction of uranium from ore). 
The mill has been on standby status since that time and PRL has decided 
to permanently cease operational activities at Shootaring Canyon and 
initiate decommissioning and reclamation of the mill site. Consistent 
with this decision, PRL has

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submitted a tailings reclamation and decommissioning plan for the 
Shootaring Canyon Uranium Project.

II. Opportunity To Provide Comments

    The NRC is providing notice to individuals in the vicinity of the 
facility that the NRC is in receipt of this request, and will accept 
comments concerning this action within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register. The comments may be provided to 
the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and 
page number of this Federal Register notice. Written comments may also 
be delivered to Room T-6 D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, from 7:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays.

III. Opportunity to Request a Hearing

    The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an 
application for an amendment of a license falling within the scope of 
subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials 
and Operator Licensing Proceedings'' of NRC's rules and practice for 
domestic licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2. Whether or not a 
person has or intends to provide comments as set out in section II 
above, 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(d). A request for a hearing must be filed 
within 30 days of the publication of this Federal Register notice.
    The request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, either:
    (1) By delivery to the Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff of the 
Office of the Secretary of the Commission 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, Attention: Rulemaking and 
Adjudications Staff. Because of continuing disruptions in the delivery 
of mail to United States government offices, it is requested that 
requests for hearing also be transmitted to the Secretary of the 
Commission either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-1101, 
or by e-mail to [email protected].
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Plateau Resources Limited, 877 North 8th West, 
Riverton, Wyoming 82501, Attention: Fred Craft; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the General Counsel, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail 
addressed to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Because of continuing disruptions in 
the delivery of mail to United States government offices, it is 
requested that requests for hearing also be transmitted to the Office 
of the General Counsel, either by means of facsimile transmission to 
301-415-3725, or by email to [email protected].
    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;
    (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(h);
    (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(d).

IV. Further Information

    The application for the license amendment and proposed 
decommissioning and reclamation plan are available for inspection at 
NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Number ML023090073). Documents may also be 
examined and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, 
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852. Any questions with respect to this action should be referred to 
Rick Weller, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 
Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T8-A33, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-7287, Fax: (301) 415-
5390.

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of December, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-32243 Filed 12-20-02; 8:45 am]
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