[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29760-29761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11756]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 050-00135 (Retired) and 030-01317]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendement for Department of the
Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center 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: Laurie Peluso, Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5323, fax
(610) 337-5269; or by email: LAP@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance
of a license amendment to Department of Army, Walter Reed Medical
Center for Materials License No. 08-01738-02, to authorize release of
Building 40 of the Washington, DC site for unrestricted use. NRC 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.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of
the licensee's Building 40 of the Washington, DC facility for
unrestricted use. WRAMC was authorized by the U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) from February 18, 1959 to use radioactive
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materials for medical research, diagnosis, and therapy purposes and on
August 17, 1962 to operate a research reactor in Building 40 at the
site. On March 9, 2004, WRAMC requested that NRC release the facility
for unrestricted use. WRAMC has conducted surveys of the facility and
determined that the facility meets 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 Building 40 in its entirety of
the WRAMC facility at 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW., Washington, DC for
unrestricted use. The NRC staff has evaluated WRAMC's request and the
results of the surveys, performed independent measurements to confirm
the results, 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.
ML041380084). 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 at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 18th day of May,
2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ronald R. Bellamy,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I.
[FR Doc. 04-11756 Filed 5-24-04; 8:45 am]
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