[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 90 (Monday, May 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10516]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 030-01672]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Fort Wayne State
Developmental Center, Fort Wayne, IN
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. 13-13530-01 issued to
Fort Wayne State Developmental Center (the licensee), to terminate its
license and release the licensee's Fort Wayne, Indiana facilities 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 terminate the Fort Wayne
State Developmental Center's license and release the licensee's
facilities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for unrestricted use. The NRC
licensed Fort Wayne State Developmental Center for in-vitro studies and
tracer experiments in laboratory animals using hydrogen-3 (H-3),
carbon-14 (C-14), phosphorus (P-32), and any byproduct material listed
in Section 31.11(a) of 10 CFR Part 31. On October 9, 2003, Fort Wayne
State Developmental Center submitted a request to terminate its license
at its Fort Wayne, Indiana facilities, and release the facilities for
unrestricted use. Fort Wayne State Developmental Center provided survey
results which demonstrated that the facilities were 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 Fort Wayne
State Developmental Center 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 Fort
Wayne State Developmental Center's proposed license amendment to
terminate its license and release the Fort Wayne, Indiana facilities
for unrestricted use. Based on its review, the staff has determined
that the affected environment and the environmental impacts associated
with the decommissioning of Fort Wayne State Developmental Center'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 Fort Wayne State Developmental Center'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,''
Fort Wayne State Developmental Center'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 Fort Wayne State
Developmental Center's letter dated October 9, 2003, with enclosures
(Accession No. ML040620687); and the EA summarized above (Accession No.
ML041190657). These documents may also be viewed electronically on the
public computers 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. 04-10516 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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