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Department of
Environmental Quality
Alan Matheson Executive Director DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION CONTROL Scott T. Anderson Director

State of Utah

GARY R. HERBERT Governor SPENCER J. COX
Lieutenant Governor
April 19, 2017

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State of Utah
GARY R. HERBERT Governor SPENCER J. COX
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality
Alan Matheson Executive Director
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION CONTROL Scott T. Anderson Director

April 19, 2017

San Juan Record
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Please send invoice and affidavit of publication to:

Scott T. Anderson, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
P.O. Box 144880 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4880
Attachment: Public Notice (DRC-2017-002541)

c: David Cunningham, RN, MSN, Health Officer, Southeastern Utah District Health Dept. Brady C. Bradford, MSPH, REHS, Env. Health Director, Southeastern Utah District Health Dept. Scott Hacking, P.E., DEQ District Engineer
Kirk Benge, Health Officer/Environmental Health Director, San Juan County Health Department
Rick Meyer, Environmental Health Director, San Juan County Health Department
Scott Hacking, P.E., DEQ District Engineer Donna Spangler (Email), Carlee Christoffersen (Email), Phil Goble (Email) Facility File, Public Participation File, Alisa Westenskow

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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 Director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control is requesting public comment on 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 Director to
renew RML No. UT1900479 under 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 Licensee is requesting that the uranium material be
authorized 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 Division’s 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 Division’s webpage. The notice will also be published in the
Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News and the San Juan Recorder. The public comment period ends at
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the close of business on June 30, 2017.

Written comments should be directed either by correspondence to the Division mailing address at P.O.
Box 144880, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84114-4880, street address at 195 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, 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:

• A public 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 (2nd Floor), at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, 195 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City Utah. If
the June 8, 2017 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
the comment 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 proposed
licensing/permitting action.
• This public meeting will held Wednesday June 15, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• The meeting 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 completion of the 60-day public comment period, the public hearing and the public meeting, the
Division will analyze the information received from the public during the comment period and 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 Larene Wyss, Office of Human Resources at
[phone], TDD [phone] or by email at [e-mail]
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