[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63823-63824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28184]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-09472]
Notice of Consideration of Request for License Termination of
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office License and
Release of Its Facility in Wichita, Kansas Amendment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request to terminate
Byproduct Material License No. 15-15618-01.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Peter J. Lee, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, 801
Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351; telephone (630) 829-9870
or by e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of an amendment to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and
Regional Office (VA) Byproduct Material License No. 15-15618-01, to
terminate the license and release its facility located at 5500 East
Kellogg in Wichita, Kansas, for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this licensing action, in accordance with the requirements
of 10 CFR part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is to allow the release of the
licensee's Wichita, Kansas facility for unrestricted use. This license
was approved for in-vitro research utilizing labeled compounds, such as
H-3, C-14, P-32, and others. On June 6, 2003, the VA requested that the
NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. The VA has conducted
surveys of the facility and provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the site meets the license termination criteria in
Subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted release. The staff has
examined VA's request and the information that the licensee has
provided in support of its request, including the surveys performed by
VA to demonstrate compliance with 10 CFR 20.1402, ``Radiological
Criteria for Unrestricted Use,'' to ensure that the NRC's decision
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is protective of the public health and safety and the environment.
Based on its review, the staff has determined that the affected
environment and the environmental impacts associated with the
unrestricted use of the VA's facilities are bounded by the impacts
evaluated by the ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of
Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-
Licensed Nuclear Facilities'' (NUREG-1496). The staff also finds that
the proposed release for unrestricted use of the VA facility is in
compliance with the 10 CFR 20.1402.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of VA's
proposed license amendment to release the Wichita facility for
unrestricted use. On the basis of the EA, the staff has concluded that
the environmental impacts from the proposed action would not be
significant. Accordingly, the staff has determined that a FONSI is
appropriate, and has determined that the preparation of an
environmental impact statement is not warranted.
IV. Further Information
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,''
VA's request, the EA summarized above, and the documents related to
this proposed action are available electronically for public inspection
and copying from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of
NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web
site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. These documents include
VA's letter dated June 6, 2003, with enclosures (Accession No.
ML032960318); and the EA summarized above (Accession No. ML033020066).
Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 28th day of October 2003.
Christopher G. Miller,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
RIII.
[FR Doc. 03-28184 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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