[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 3955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-115]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-03916]
Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of
Environmental Assessment for Amendment of License No. 08-00408-06,
Department of Justice--Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Dolce Modes, Nuclear Materials
Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610)
337-5251, fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: kad@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to the Department of Justice--Federal
Bureau of Investigation for Materials License No. 08-00480-06, to
authorize release of its facility in Washington, DC for unrestricted
use and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of
this 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 for the release of
the licensee's Washington, DC facility for unrestricted use. The
Department of Justice--Federal Bureau of Investigation was authorized
by NRC from March 25, 1965, to use radioactive materials for research
and development purposes at the site. On September 8, 2003, the
Department of Justice--Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that
NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. The Department of
Justice--Federal Bureau of Investigation has conducted surveys of the
facility and determined that the facility meets the license termination
criteria in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has evaluated the Department of Justice--Federal
Bureau of Investigation's request and the results of the surveys and
has concluded that the completed action complies with the criteria in
subpart E of 10 CFR part 20. The staff has prepared the EA (summarized
above) in support of the proposed license amendment to terminate the
license and release the facility for unrestricted use. The staff has
found that the environmental impacts from the proposed action 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 Facilities'' (NUREG-1496). On the basis of
the EA, the NRC has concluded that the environmental impacts from the
proposed action are expected to be insignificant and has determined not
to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
IV. Further Information
The EA and the documents related to this proposed action, including
the application for the license amendment and supporting documentation,
are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML032540763, ML033000506 and ML040150585). These documents are also
available for inspection and copying for a fee at the Region I Office,
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 20th day of January,
2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. E4-115 Filed 01-26-04; 8:45 am]
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