ML20212A046

Forwards Two Manual Chapters Re Safety Insp Programs & Two Related Insp Procedures Issued on 970902.Chapters & Procedures Developed Specifically for in-situ Leach Facilities

ML20212A046
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Issue date:	10/03/1997
From:	Joseph Holonich NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Freeman M, Paulson O, Trummel J KENNECOTT CORP., QUIVIRA MINING CO.
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t "r gj October 3, 1997 TO:

URANIUM RECOVERY LICENSEES ON ATTACHED LIST

SUBJECT:

NEW INSPECTION GUIDANCE FOR URANIUM MILLS AND 11e.(2) DISPOSAL SITES AND FOR IN SITU LEACH FACILITIES Ladies and Gentlemen:

On September 2,1997, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued four documents - two safety inspection programs (manual chapters) and two related inspection procedures. The documents are herein provided for your information. The documents are: (1) Manual Chapter 2801 " Uranium Mill and 11e.(2) Byproduct Material Disposal Site and Facility inspection Program"; (2) Inspection Procedure 87654

• Decommissioning Inspection Procedure for Uranium Mill Sites"; (3) Manual Chapter 2641 "in-situ Leach Facilities Inspection Program"; and (4)

Inspection Procedure 89001 "in-situ Leach (ISL) Facilities". The uranium mill /11e.(2) manual chapter (item 1) is a revised document reflecting additional inspection-related observations /needs identified since the originalissuance of the manual chapter on April 15, 1994. The newly-developed inspection procedure (Item 2) accompanies item (1) and provides

~ details specific to the decommissioning of uranium mill sites. This inspection procedure is also applicable to the 11e.(2) byproduct disposal site licensed by the NRC that is not associated with a uranium mill. The ISL manual chapter (Item 3) and inspection procedure (Item 4) are new documents developed specifically for ISL facilities since the inspection of such facilities involves significant differences from the inspection of conventional uranium mills.

This letter requires no specific action or written response on the part of the licensees. If you

' have any questions, plese feel free to contact the Project Manager for your site.

Sincerely, (Original signed by)

Joseph J. Holonich, Chief Uranium Recovery Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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Octobei 2,; 1997 Kennecott Uranium Company

. ATTN: Oscar Paulson -

P.0,1 Box 1500 -

' Rawlins, WY 82301 Fax - (307) 324-4925_

1 Kennecott Energy Company _

" ATTN:' John E. Trummel 505 Gillette Avenue Gillette, _WY 82717-3009 Phone: (307) 637 6003

- Fax:-(307) 687-6058

- Quivira Mining Company:

ATTN: Marvin Freeman, Manager Radiation Safety, Licensing &

Reg,- Affairs 6305 Waterford Blvd., Suite 325 Oklahoma City, OK 73118_-

' Atlantic' Richfield Company ATTN;< Ron S. Ziegler P.O. Box 638 -

Grants, NM : 87020 e

UNC Mining and Milling-ATTN: Juan R. W:squez.

1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Suite 400

. Albuquerque, NM '87110 2

' Hydro Resources, Inc.

ATTN: Mark Pelizza Uranium Resources Inc.

.- 12750 Merit Drive, Suite 1020, LB 12 Dallas, TX 75251 1-8

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.Mr. Caleb Ioring, III Essex Street Associates P.O. Box 5600 _

Beverly Farms, MA 01915-0512 Dave Crouch, Director ~

Environmental Quality :

Sohio Western Mining Company-150 East Socialliall Avenue

- Suite'400 Salt Lake City,- UT 84111.

Ilomestake Mining Company ATTN: Roy R. Cellan

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P.O. Box 98

" Grants, NM 87020 i

i Crow Butte Resources ATrN: Steve Collings 216 Sixteenth St. Mall, Suite 810 Denver, CO 80202 -

Rio Algom Mining Corp.

ATrN: Marvin Freeman, Vice President-j.

6305 Waterford Blvd., Suite 325 Oklahoma City, OK~ 73118 Rio Algom Mining Corp.

l Bill Ferdinand, General Manager

. Smith Ranch Project

. P. O. BoxL1390 -

Glenrock, Wyoming 82637 4

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Denver. CO 80202 Plateau Resources Limited

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Lake Powell, UT 84533 2111 i

Bear Creek Uranium j

' ATTN: Gary Chase Radiation Safety Officer P.O. Box 366

= Casper, WY 82602 Umetco Minerals Corporation ATTN: Beit R. Hankins -

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f P.O. Box 151 Riverton, WY 82501 American Nuclear Corporation William C. Salisbury, President P. O. Box 2713 Casper, WY 82602 U.S. Energy Corporation'-

ATTN: Kenneth Webber -

877 North 8th West Riverton, WY 82501 3

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Power Resources, Inc.

A1TN: Crew Schmidt Vice President 1560 Broadway, Suite 1470 Denver, CO 80202 Power Resources, Inc.

Attn: - Paul llildenbrand, Manager Regulatory and Environmental Affairs l

000 Werner Court Suite 230 Casper, Wyoming 82601 l.

Exxon Corporation c/o Exxon Coal and Minerals Company.

ATTN: Dave Range Staff Environmental Engineer P.O. Box 1314 llouston, TX 77251-1314 i

COCEMA Mining, Inc.

Irigaray/Christensen Ranch -

- ISL Operations -

A1TN: Donna Wichers

' P.O. Box 730 Mills, WY 82644 Cogema, Inc.

A1TN: Robert Poyser 7401 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 3416 Pathfinder North Butte ISL Operations ATrN: Donna L. Wichers P.O. Box 730 Mills, WY 82644 4-

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. Pathfinder Mines Corp.

ATrN: lee Nugent, General Manager P. O. Box 730 t

935 Pendell Blvd.

Mills, Wymoning 82644 Petrotomics Company

- A'ITN: Ron Juday, Supervisor P.O. Box 8509 Shirley Basin, WY 82615

. Western Nuclear, Inc..

- ATTN: Stephanie Baker 200 Union Blvd., Suite 300 -

Lakewood, CO - 80228

-Wyoming Mining Association ATTN: Marion loomis Executive Director P.O. Ilox 866 Cheyenne, Wyoming - 82003 Colorado Mining Association

-1600 Broadway, Suite 1130 Denver, CO 80202-4911

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Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 5400 i

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- Grand' Junction Project Office 2597 H 3/4 Road Grand Junction. CO 81501 U.S. Dept. of Energy ATTN: David Mathes EM-451 Cloverleaf Bldg..

11901 Germantown Road i

Germantown, MD 20874 Mr. Byron Bunger Mall Code 6602J U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M. Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20460 Earl E. Iloellen, President

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$23 E. Capitol, Joe Foss Building Pierre, SD 57501 State of Utah ATTN: William J. Sinclair, Director Division of Radiation Control Department of Environmental Quality 168 North 1950 West P.O. Box 144850 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4850 7

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Natural Resources Specialist l-State Planning Coordinator's Office i

lierschler 13uilding,4th Floor East Cheyerme, WY 82002 State of Co;orado ATI'N: Robert M.'iillin, Director Radiation Contro "lvision Department of Ilealth 4300 Cherry Creek Dr., So.

Denver, CO 80222 1530-Texas Department of Ilealth Richard Rattliff, Chief i

Bureau of Radiation Control 1100 West 49th Street Austin, Texas 78756-3189 State of Washington ATTN: John Eri-kson, Director Division of Radiation Protection Department of Ilealth P.O. Box 47827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827 Geomex Minerals, Inc.

Crew Schmidt, President & CEO 1560 3 roadway, Suite 1470 Denver, CO 80202 New Mexico Minhng Association ATfN: Robert L. Rivera Executive Director 1470 St. Francis Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505-4038 8

Anthony Thompson i

Shaw, Pittrnan, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, N. W.

Washington, D.C. 20037-1128 hir. Tom llayslett Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market St.

M.S. IIR6A Chattanooga, TN 37402 National Mining Association Katie Sweeney 113017th St. N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone (202) 463 2627 fax: (202) 857-0135 Joe Klinger Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety 1035 Outer Park Dr.

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1190 St. Francis Drive Santa Fe, New hiexico 87502 1

Yellow Stone Fuels, Inc.

NITN: Frederick R. Craft, Vice President of Operations 877 North 8th West Riverton, Wyoming 82501 10

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