[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 90 (Monday, May 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25933-25934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10515]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 030-04783]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment For the Dow Chemical
Company, Midland, MI
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: William Snell, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, 2443
Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532; telephone (630) 829-9871; or
by e-mail at wgs@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of an amendment to Material License No. 21-00265-06 issued to
Dow Chemical Company (the licensee), to remove the 703 Incinerator from
its license at its Midland, Michigan facilities, and release the
incinerator for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) to
support 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. The amendment will be
issued following the publication of this Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is to remove the 703 Incinerator
from Byproduct Material License No. 21-00265-06, issued to the Dow
Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, and release the licensee's 703
Incinerator for unrestricted use. The 703 Incinerator had been used
since 1959 to incinerate hazardous wastes and had been used since 1966
to incinerate materials containing small quantities of hydrogen-3 (H-3)
and carbon-14 (C-14). On January 9, 2004, Dow Chemical Company
submitted a request to remove the 703 Incinerator from its license at
its Midland, Michigan facilities, and release the incinerator for
unrestricted use. Dow Chemical Company provided survey results which
demonstrated that the 703 Incinerator was in compliance with Title 10,
Code of Federal Regulations, 10 CFR 20.1402, ``Radiological Criteria
for Unrestricted Use.'' No radiological remediation activities are
required to complete the proposed action. The NRC staff has reviewed
the information provided and surveys performed by Dow Chemical Company
to demonstrate compliance with the license termination criteria in
Subpart E of 10 CFR 20.1402, ``Radiological Criteria for Unrestricted
Use,'' to ensure the NRC's decision is protective of public health and
safety and the environment.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of Dow
Chemical Company's proposed license amendment to terminate its license
and release the 703 Incinerator for unrestricted use. Based on its
review, the staff has determined that the affected environment and the
environmental impacts associated with the decommissioning of Dow
Chemical Company'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). Additionally, no non-radiological
impacts were identified. The staff also finds that the proposed release
for unrestricted use of the Dow Chemical Company's facilities is in
compliance with 10 CFR 20.1402, and finds no other activities in the
area that could result in cumulative impacts. 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 2.390 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,''
Dow Chemical Company'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/adams.html.
These documents include Dow Chemical Company's letter dated January 9,
2004, with enclosures (Accession No. ML041200347); and the EA
summarized above (Accession No. ML041210129). These documents may also
be viewed electronically on the public computers
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located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in 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 at Lisle, Illinois, this 30th day of April 2004.
George M. McCann,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, RIII.
[FR Doc. 04-10515 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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