[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30963-30964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12213]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-03754]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for ABB Prospects, Inc.'s
Facility in Windsor, CT
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: Randolph C. Ragland, Jr., Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I,
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406; telephone
(610) 337-5083; by facsimile transmission to (610) 337-5269; or by e-
mail to rcr1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a license
amendment to Material License No. 06-00217-06 issued to ABB Prospects,
Inc., to authorize the decommissioning of its CE Windsor facility in
Windsor, CT. NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of these actions 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
decontamination and decommissioning of the ABB Prospects, Inc.'s CE
Windsor, CT site to permit release for unrestricted use and termination
of NRC License No. 06-00217-06. From the mid-1950s, the Combustion
Engineering (CE) Site in Windsor, CT has been involved in research,
development, engineering, production, and servicing of nuclear fuel
systems, and services. On October 15, 2003, ABB Prospects, Inc.
submitted
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a site-wide Decommissioning Plan (DP) for the CE Windsor, CT facility,
and requested NRC to amend NRC License No. 06-00217-06 to incorporate
the DP into the license. ABB Prospects, Inc.'s proposed action was
previously noticed in the Federal Register on February 6, 2004 (FR
Volume 69, Number 25, Pages 5879-5880], along with a notice of an
opportunity to request a hearing.
At the completion of remediation, ABB Prospects, Inc. plans to
conduct radiological surveys sufficient to demonstrate that the site
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. NRC evaluated the proposed action, alternatives to the
proposed action, the affected environment, radiological impacts to
workers and the public from planned decommissioning activities, and
planned actions to minimize the impact to the environment.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, NRC has concluded that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed action and has
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.
IV. Further Information
The EA and the documents related to this proposed action, including
the application for the license amendment, the DP, 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. ML040300149. 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 21st day of May,
2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marie T. Miller,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
RI.
[FR Doc. 04-12213 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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