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PUBLIC NOTICE
Renewal of 11e.(2) By Product License No. UT1900479
And
Renewal of the Groundwater Quality Discharge Permit No. UGW370004 Energy Fuels Resources Inc. White Mesa Uranium Mill
San Juan County, Utah
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) is requesting public comment regarding a proposed Licensing Action to renew the
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. (Licensee) 11e.(2) Byproduct Radioactive Material License (RML
UT1900479) and the Groundwater Quality Discharge Permit (Permit UGW370004) for the White Mesa
Uranium Mill site near Blanding, San Juan County, Utah.
Licensee Information:
NAME: Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc.
MAILING ADDRESS: 225 Union Boulevard, Suite 600
Lakewood, Colorado 80228
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [phone]
FACILITY LOCATION: Five Miles South of Blanding, San Juan County, Utah along U.S.
Highway 191
The License Amendment / Permit Modification proposes to:
1)Renew the RML for the Licensee. The Licensee submitted an application to the DWMRC to
renew RML No. UT1900479, with a cover letter dated February 28, 2007.
2) Add License Condition 10.8 which will authorize the Licensee to accept an additional alternate
feed from Sequoyah Fuel, Oklahoma. The License is requesting that the uranium material beauthorized for receipt and processing at the White Mesa Mill as alternate feed material based on
its uranium content. Byproduct (residuals) from the extraction of source material would be
disposed within the Mill’s active lined uranium tailings management/disposal cells.
3)Renew the Ground Water Discharge Permit No. UGW370004 for the Licensee.
4) Approve Reclamation Plan 5.1
A draft License along with a Technical Review and Environmental Assessment Report describing the
RML changes are available for review and/or copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, at the address listed below. In addition, the draft License, draft Permit and all other documents associated with this licensing/permitting action are available on the DWMRC website at:
https://deq.utah.gov/NewsNotices/notices/waste/index.htm
Public Comment Information:
•A sixty day public comment period for the proposed Licensing/Permitting Action.
•Begins on May 1, 2017 by publication of this notice on the DWMRC’s webpage and the notice
will also be published in the Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News, and the San Juan Recorder.
•Ends at the close of business on June 30, 2017. (*) See note on Page 2.
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Written comments should be directed either by correspondence to the DWMRC mailing address at P.O.
Box 144880, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4850, street address at 195 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, UT
84116, or by email to [e-mail]. Comments sent via email should be identified by putting
the following in the subject line: Public Comment on White Mesa RML Renewal. All comments received within the comment period will be considered for inclusion in the final modified RML and
Permit.
Public Hearing Information:
•The hearing will be held on Thursday June 8, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
•The purpose of the public hearing is to take comments from the Public and includes an
opportunity for questions and answers relating to the renewal of the RML and Permit of the
Licensee’s White Mesa Uranium Mill site.
•A Hearing Officer will manage the hearing, and the hearing will be recorded and transcribed.
•The purpose of this hearing is to meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 2021(o)(3)(A)(i)(ii).
•Interested persons must submit their questions to the Director at least 10 calendar days before the
hearing (May 29, 2017).
•If a question that an interested person would like to ask relies on information that is not in the
record, that information should also be provided with the question. Those who submitted
questions will be allowed to follow up with additional questions based on the response provided.
All questions submitted will be considered part of the record.
•The public hearing will be held in the DEQ Computer Training Room, Room 2125, at the Utah
Department of Environmental Quality, 195 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City Utah. If the June 8,
2017 Utah Waste Management and Radiation Control Board meeting is canceled, the public
hearing will be held in the DEQ Board Room, Room 1015. All comments received within thecomment period will be considered for inclusion in the final Licensing Action.
Public Meeting Information:
•The purpose of this public meeting is to receive oral comments regarding the proposedlicensing/permitting action.
•This public meeting will held Wednesday June 15, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
•The meet will be held in the Blanding Arts and Events Center.
•The address of the Blanding Arts and Events Center is 715 West 200 South Blanding, Utah.
Under Utah Code Ann. Section 19-1-301.5, a person who wishes to challenge a Licensing Action
(permit/license amendment approval) must do so in an adjudicatory proceeding and may only raise an
issue or argument that he or she has previously raised during the public comment period. Further, the issue or argument must be one that is supported by sufficient information or documentation to enable the Director to fully consider the substance and significance of the issue.
After (i) the completion of the 60-day public comment period, (ii) the holding of the public hearing and
the public meeting, and (iii) a DWMRC analysis of the information received from the public during the comment period, the DWMRC will finalize its review of the proposed License Amendment.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with special needs (including
auxiliary communicative aids and services) should contact Sharyn Dobson, Office of Human Resources,
at [phone], TDD [phone] or by email at [e-mail].
(*)It has been requested by a member of the public for an extension of the public comment period. Therefore
the Director of the DWMRC has granted a 31 day extension and the last day of the public comment period will
be July 31, 2017. No changes will be made to the public hearing or the public meeting.