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Notice of Permits Issued Under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
National Science Foundation.
Notice of permits issued under
the Antarctic Conservation of 1978,
Public Law 95–541.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permits issued under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
This is the required notice.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office,
Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
On July 2,
2008, the National Science Foundation
published a notice in the Federal
Register of permit applications received.
A permit was issued on August 5, 2008
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
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Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for
Site Protection Measures From Surface
Water Flow, License Amendment No.
59; Rio Algom Mining, LLC, Ambrosia
Lake, NM—SUA–1473
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas McLaughlin, Project Manager,
Materials Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Waste Management and
Environmental Protection, Office of
Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC, 20555. Telephone:
(301) 415–5869; fax number: (301) 415–
5369; e-mail: tgm@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
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AGENCY:
to: Kristin M. O’Brien, Permit No. 2009–
011.
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By letter dated October 24, 2007, as
supplemented on January 31, 2008, and
March 21, 2008, Rio Algom Mining,
LLC, (Rio Algom, or the Licensee)
submitted an application to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
requesting an amendment to Source
Materials License SUA–1473 for the
Ambrosia Lake Mill Facility, in
Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico. Rio Algom
seeks the approval of its proposed site
erosion protection measures designed to
prevent surface water flow from
damaging its uranium mill tailings site.
The NRC prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) for this proposed
action in accordance with the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based
on the EA, the NRC concluded that a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to
the proposed action. The amendment
would be issued following the
publication of this FONSI and EA in the
Federal Register.
The Licensee has indicated that the
proposed site erosion protection
measures from surface water flow are
the final component of the overall site
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reclamation plan. The Licensee
previously has addressed, and NRC has
approved, the remaining site-wide
reclamation plan elements through
separate licensing actions, including the
original reclamation plan for Tailings
Cells 1, 2, and 3 (approved in September
1990), mill demolition, relocation of
lined evaporation pond sediments, soil
decommissioning plan, and
groundwater remediation. The
expansion of Tailings Cell 2 was
approved by License Amendment No.
58. The current licensing action is to
protect the Tailing Cells from erosion
from surface water by constructing a
channel to divert water flow around
them.
II. Environmental Assessment
1.0 Background
The Ambrosia Lake site is in the
Ambrosia Lake Mining District of New
Mexico, 25 miles north of Grants, New
Mexico. Rio Algom began processing ore
in 1958, and processed approximately
33 million tons of ore through 1985. The
site continued to be an active uranium
production facility through December
2002. Site reclamation activities
commenced in 1989 with some work on
the top surface of the largest tailings
cell. There are three tailings/waste cells
situated adjacent to each other at the Rio
Algom site: The large Tailings Cell 1,
Tailings Cell 2 to the west of Cell 1, and
a small Cell 3 east of Cell 1 that was
used to dispose of contaminated
windblown material. Reclamation of
Cell 1 is complete, and cover
construction of Cells 2 and 3 is still
ongoing and almost complete.
Reclamation activities have at times
included unlined evaporation pond
residue excavation and disposal,
contaminated windblown soil cleanup,
tailings impoundment reclamation,
surface water erosion protection feature
construction, and mill building
demolition.
In meetings and discussions with the
Licensee in 2006 and 2007, the NRC
staff was informed that Rio Algom
intended to leave remaining
contaminants under Ponds 4, 5, and 6
in place in the Arroyo del Puerto
floodplain. Ponds 4, 5, and 6 were
unlined and uranium, radium-226, and
thorium-230, have been found to extend
to 10 feet deep in some areas. The top
4 to 5 feet of contaminated soil in these
Ponds have been removed and the
material placed in Tailings Cell 3, then
the footprint was covered with 1 to 2
feet of clean soil. The staff expressed
concerns that the remaining
contaminates under the Ponds needed
to be protected from erosion due to
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of
1978
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation of
1978, Public Law 95-541.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
This is the required notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office,
Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 2008, the National Science
Foundation published a notice in the Federal Register of permit
applications received. A permit was issued on August 5, 2008 to:
Kristin M. O'Brien, Permit No. 2009-011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
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