[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16614-16615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7011]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-05222]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for E.R. Squibb & Sons,
Inc.'s Facility in New Brunswick, NJ
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: Donna M. Janda, Nuclear Materials
Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610)
337-5371, fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: dmj@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. for
Materials License No. 29-00139-02, to authorize release of Buildings
122 and 124 and associated outdoor areas at its facility in New
Brunswick, New Jersey 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. The amendment will be issued following the publication of
this Notice.
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II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is to allow for the release of
Buildings 122 and 124 and associated outdoor areas at the licensee's
New Brunswick, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. E.R. Squibb &
Sons, Inc. was authorized by NRC from 1964 to use radioactive materials
for research and development and manufacturing and distribution
purposes at the site. On October 16, 2003, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
requested that NRC release Buildings 122 and 124 and associated outdoor
areas at the New Brunswick facility for unrestricted use. E.R. Squibb &
Sons, Inc. has conducted surveys of the buildings and associated
outdoor areas and determined that the buildings and outdoor areas meet
the license termination criteria in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20. The
NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of the proposed license
amendment.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of the
proposed license amendment to release the buildings for unrestricted
use. The NRC staff has evaluated E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.'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 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 No.
ML040830086). 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 (800) 397-
4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 23rd day of March,
2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 04-7011 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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