Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 29-10211-01, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Fisher Scientific Company's Facilities in Fair Lawn, NJ and Somerville, NJ, 48954-48955 [E6-13837]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030–05379]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment to Byproduct Materials
License No. 29–10211–01, for
Termination of the License and
Unrestricted Release of the Fisher
Scientific Company’s Facilities in Fair
Lawn, NJ and Somerville, NJ
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Hammann, Health Physicist,
Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I,
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania; telephone (610) 337–
5399; fax number (610) 337–5269: or by
e-mail: sth2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Byproduct Materials License No. 29–
10211–01. This license is held by Fisher
Scientific Company (the Licensee), for
its facilities located at 1 Reagent Lane in
Fair Lawn, New Jersey and 755 State
Highway 202 in Somerville, New Jersey
(the Facilities). Issuance of the
amendment would authorize release of
the Facilities for unrestricted use and
termination of the NRC license. The
Licensee requested this action in a letter
dated December 5, 2005. The NRC has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) in support of this proposed action
in accordance with the requirements of
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based
on the EA, the NRC has concluded that
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to
the proposed action. The NRC plans to
take the proposed action following the
publication of this FONSI and EA in the
Federal Register.
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II. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve
the Licensee’s December 5, 2005, license
amendment request, resulting in release
of the Facilities for unrestricted use and
the termination of its NRC materials
license. License No. 29–10211–01 was
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issued on August 4, 1964, pursuant to
10 CFR Part 30, and has been amended
periodically since that time. This
license authorized the Licensee to use
sealed and unsealed byproduct material
for purposes of conducting research and
development, instrument calibration,
and sample analysis activities on
laboratory bench tops and in hoods.
The Facilities occupy a total of
133,800 square feet (80,800 square feet
in Fair Lawn, New Jersey and 53,000
square feet in Somerville, New Jersey)
and both consist of office space,
laboratories, and storage space. The Fair
Lawn, New Jersey location is in an
industrial zone and the Somerville, New
Jersey location is in a mixed residential/
commercial area.
In 2005, the Licensee ceased licensed
activities and initiated a survey and
decontamination of the Facilities. Based
on the Licensee’s historical knowledge
of the site and the conditions of the
Facilities, the Licensee determined that
only routine decontamination activities,
in accordance with their NRC-approved,
operating radiation safety procedures,
were required. The Licensee was not
required to submit a decommissioning
plan to the NRC because worker cleanup
activities and procedures are consistent
with those approved for routine
operations. The Licensee conducted
surveys of the Facilities and provided
information to the NRC to demonstrate
that it meets the criteria in Subpart E of
10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted release
and for license termination.
Need for the Proposed Action
The Licensee has ceased conducting
licensed activities at the Facilities, and
seeks the unrestricted use of its
Facilities and the termination of its NRC
materials license. Termination of its
license would end the Licensee’s
obligation to pay annual license fees to
the NRC.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The historical review of licensed
activities conducted at the Facilities
show that such activities involved use
of the following radionuclides with halflives greater than 120 days: hydrogen-3,
carbon-14, nickel-63, and cesium-137.
Prior to performing the final status
survey, the Licensee conducted
decontamination activities, as
necessary, in the areas of the Facilities
affected by these radionuclides.
The Licensee conducted a final status
survey on June 19, 2006. The final status
survey report was submitted in support
of the Licensee’s amendment request
dated December 5, 2005. The Licensee
elected to demonstrate compliance with
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the radiological criteria for unrestricted
release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402
by using the screening approach
described in NUREG–1757,
‘‘Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning
Guidance,’’ Volume 2. The Licensee
used the radionuclide-specific derived
concentration guideline levels (DCGLs),
developed there by the NRC, which
comply with the dose criterion in 10
CFR 20.1402. These DCGLs define the
maximum amount of residual
radioactivity on building surfaces,
equipment, and materials, and in soils,
that will satisfy the NRC requirements
in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for
unrestricted release. The Licensee’s
final status survey results were below
these DCGLs and are in compliance
with the As Low As Reasonably
Achievable (ALARA) requirement of 10
CFR 20.1402. The NRC thus finds that
the Licensee’s final status survey results
are acceptable.
Based on its review, the staff has
determined that the affected
environment and any environmental
impacts associated with 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 NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’ (NUREG–
1496) Volumes 1–3 (ML042310492,
ML042320379, and ML042330385). The
staff finds there were no significant
environmental impacts from the use of
radioactive material at the Facilities.
The NRC staff reviewed the docket file
records and the final status survey
report to identify any non-radiological
hazards that may have impacted the
environment surrounding the Facilities.
No such hazards or impacts to the
environment were identified. The NRC
has identified no other radiological or
non-radiological activities in the areas
surrounding the Facilities that could
result in cumulative environmental
impacts.
The NRC staff finds that the proposed
release of the Facilities for unrestricted
use and the termination of the NRC
materials license is in compliance with
10 CFR 20.1402. Based on its review,
the staff considered the impact of the
residual radioactivity at the Facilities
and concluded that the proposed action
will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Due to the largely administrative
nature of the proposed action, its
environmental impacts are small.
Therefore, the only alternative the staff
considered is the no-action alternative,
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under which the staff would leave
things as they are by simply denying the
amendment request. This no-action
alternative is not feasible because it
conflicts with 10 CFR 30.36(d),
requiring that decommissioning of
byproduct material facilities be
completed and approved by the NRC
after licensed activities cease. The
NRC’s analysis of the Licensee’s final
status survey data confirmed that the
Facilities meet the requirements of 10
CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted release and
for license termination. Additionally,
denying the amendment request would
result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the no-action alternative are
therefore similar, and the no-action
alternative is accordingly not further
considered.
Conclusion
The NRC staff has concluded that the
proposed action is consistent with the
NRC’s unrestricted release criteria
specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. Because
the proposed action will not
significantly impact the quality of the
human environment, the NRC staff
concludes that the proposed action is
the preferred alternative.
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Agencies and Persons Consulted
NRC provided a draft of this
Environmental Assessment to the New
Jersey Bureau of Environmental
Radiation for review on July 13, 2006.
On July 20, 2006, New Jersey Bureau of
Environmental Radiation responded by
letter. The State agreed with the
conclusions of the EA, and otherwise
had no comments.
The NRC staff has determined that the
proposed action is of a procedural
nature, and will not affect listed species
or critical habitat. Therefore, no further
consultation is required under Section 7
of the Endangered Species Act. The
NRC staff has also determined that the
proposed action is not the type of
activity that has the potential to cause
effects on historic properties. Therefore,
no further consultation is required
under Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared this EA in
support of the proposed action. On the
basis of this EA, the NRC finds that
there are no significant environmental
impacts from the proposed action, and
that preparation of an environmental
impact statement is not warranted.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined
that a Finding of No Significant Impact
is appropriate.
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IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The documents related to
this action are listed below, along with
their ADAMS accession numbers.
1. Amendment request dated
December 5, 2005 (ML053500284);
2. Request for Additional Information
dated January 5, 2006 (ML060090118);
3. Response dated January 25, 2006
(ML060340478);
4. Final Status Survey Report dated
March 9, 2006 (ML060800678);
5. Request For Additional Information
dated April 12, 2006 (ML061070606);
6. Final Status Survey Report dated
June 15, 2006 (ML061740168);
7. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated
NMSS Decommissioning Guidance’’;
8. Title 10 Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E,
‘‘Radiological Criteria for License
Termination’’;
9. Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 51, ‘‘Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions’’;
10. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement in
Support of Rulemaking on Radiological
Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’.
If you do not have access to ADAMS,
or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
Dated at 475 Allendale Road, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania this 15th day of
August 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030–01183]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment to Byproduct Materials
License No. 52–01986–04, for the
Unrestricted Release of a Tree at the
University of Puerto Rico’s El Verde
Research Station, Puerto Rico
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betsy Ullrich, Senior Health Physicist,
Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 1,
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania 19406; telephone (610)–
337–5040; fax number (610)–337–5269;
or by e-mail: exu@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Byproduct Materials License No. 52–
01896–04. This license is held by the
University of Puerto Rico, College of
Natural Sciences (the Licensee), for its
University of Puerto Rico Rio Pedras
Campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a
tree at the El Verde Research Station,
located in the Luquillo Forest of the
Caribbean National Forest. Issuance of
the amendment would authorize release
of the tree at the El Verde Research
Station from any further license
requirements. The Licensee requested
this action in a letter dated November
16, 2005. The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this proposed action in
accordance with the requirements of
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based
on the EA, the NRC has concluded that
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to
the proposed action. The NRC plans to
take the proposed action following the
publication of this FONSI and EA in the
Federal Register.
II. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve
the Licensee’s November 16, 2005,
license amendment request and would
release the tree at the El Verde Research
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-05379]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials
License No. 29-10211-01, for Termination of the License and
Unrestricted Release of the Fisher Scientific Company's Facilities in
Fair Lawn, NJ and Somerville, NJ
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License Amendment.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hammann, Health Physicist,
Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region
I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; telephone (610)
337-5399; fax number (610) 337-5269: or by e-mail: sth2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 29-
10211-01. This license is held by Fisher Scientific Company (the
Licensee), for its facilities located at 1 Reagent Lane in Fair Lawn,
New Jersey and 755 State Highway 202 in Somerville, New Jersey (the
Facilities). Issuance of the amendment would authorize release of the
Facilities for unrestricted use and termination of the NRC license. The
Licensee requested this action in a letter dated December 5, 2005. The
NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this
proposed action in accordance with the requirements of Title 10, Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based on the
EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to the proposed action. The NRC
plans to take the proposed action following the publication of this
FONSI and EA in the Federal Register.
II. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve the Licensee's December 5, 2005,
license amendment request, resulting in release of the Facilities for
unrestricted use and the termination of its NRC materials license.
License No. 29-10211-01 was issued on August 4, 1964, pursuant to 10
CFR Part 30, and has been amended periodically since that time. This
license authorized the Licensee to use sealed and unsealed byproduct
material for purposes of conducting research and development,
instrument calibration, and sample analysis activities on laboratory
bench tops and in hoods.
The Facilities occupy a total of 133,800 square feet (80,800 square
feet in Fair Lawn, New Jersey and 53,000 square feet in Somerville, New
Jersey) and both consist of office space, laboratories, and storage
space. The Fair Lawn, New Jersey location is in an industrial zone and
the Somerville, New Jersey location is in a mixed residential/
commercial area.
In 2005, the Licensee ceased licensed activities and initiated a
survey and decontamination of the Facilities. Based on the Licensee's
historical knowledge of the site and the conditions of the Facilities,
the Licensee determined that only routine decontamination activities,
in accordance with their NRC-approved, operating radiation safety
procedures, were required. The Licensee was not required to submit a
decommissioning plan to the NRC because worker cleanup activities and
procedures are consistent with those approved for routine operations.
The Licensee conducted surveys of the Facilities and provided
information to the NRC to demonstrate that it meets the criteria in
Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted release and for license
termination.
Need for the Proposed Action
The Licensee has ceased conducting licensed activities at the
Facilities, and seeks the unrestricted use of its Facilities and the
termination of its NRC materials license. Termination of its license
would end the Licensee's obligation to pay annual license fees to the
NRC.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The historical review of licensed activities conducted at the
Facilities show that such activities involved use of the following
radionuclides with half-lives greater than 120 days: hydrogen-3,
carbon-14, nickel-63, and cesium-137. Prior to performing the final
status survey, the Licensee conducted decontamination activities, as
necessary, in the areas of the Facilities affected by these
radionuclides.
The Licensee conducted a final status survey on June 19, 2006. The
final status survey report was submitted in support of the Licensee's
amendment request dated December 5, 2005. The Licensee elected to
demonstrate compliance with the radiological criteria for unrestricted
release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402 by using the screening approach
described in NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning
Guidance,'' Volume 2. The Licensee used the radionuclide-specific
derived concentration guideline levels (DCGLs), developed there by the
NRC, which comply with the dose criterion in 10 CFR 20.1402. These
DCGLs define the maximum amount of residual radioactivity on building
surfaces, equipment, and materials, and in soils, that will satisfy the
NRC requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted
release. The Licensee's final status survey results were below these
DCGLs and are in compliance with the As Low As Reasonably Achievable
(ALARA) requirement of 10 CFR 20.1402. The NRC thus finds that the
Licensee's final status survey results are acceptable.
Based on its review, the staff has determined that the affected
environment and any environmental impacts associated with 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 Nuclear Facilities''
(NUREG-1496) Volumes 1-3 (ML042310492, ML042320379, and ML042330385).
The staff finds there were no significant environmental impacts from
the use of radioactive material at the Facilities. The NRC staff
reviewed the docket file records and the final status survey report to
identify any non-radiological hazards that may have impacted the
environment surrounding the Facilities. No such hazards or impacts to
the environment were identified. The NRC has identified no other
radiological or non-radiological activities in the areas surrounding
the Facilities that could result in cumulative environmental impacts.
The NRC staff finds that the proposed release of the Facilities for
unrestricted use and the termination of the NRC materials license is in
compliance with 10 CFR 20.1402. Based on its review, the staff
considered the impact of the residual radioactivity at the Facilities
and concluded that the proposed action will not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human environment.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Due to the largely administrative nature of the proposed action,
its environmental impacts are small. Therefore, the only alternative
the staff considered is the no-action alternative,
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under which the staff would leave things as they are by simply denying
the amendment request. This no-action alternative is not feasible
because it conflicts with 10 CFR 30.36(d), requiring that
decommissioning of byproduct material facilities be completed and
approved by the NRC after licensed activities cease. The NRC's analysis
of the Licensee's final status survey data confirmed that the
Facilities meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted
release and for license termination. Additionally, denying the
amendment request would result in no change in current environmental
impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the no-
action alternative are therefore similar, and the no-action alternative
is accordingly not further considered.
Conclusion
The NRC staff has concluded that the proposed action is consistent
with the NRC's unrestricted release criteria specified in 10 CFR
20.1402. Because the proposed action will not significantly impact the
quality of the human environment, the NRC staff concludes that the
proposed action is the preferred alternative.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
NRC provided a draft of this Environmental Assessment to the New
Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation for review on July 13, 2006.
On July 20, 2006, New Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation
responded by letter. The State agreed with the conclusions of the EA,
and otherwise had no comments.
The NRC staff has determined that the proposed action is of a
procedural nature, and will not affect listed species or critical
habitat. Therefore, no further consultation is required under Section 7
of the Endangered Species Act. The NRC staff has also determined that
the proposed action is not the type of activity that has the potential
to cause effects on historic properties. Therefore, no further
consultation is required under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared this EA in support of the proposed
action. On the basis of this EA, the NRC finds that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that
preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined that a Finding of No Significant
Impact is appropriate.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
license amendment and supporting documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The documents
related to this action are listed below, along with their ADAMS
accession numbers.
1. Amendment request dated December 5, 2005 (ML053500284);
2. Request for Additional Information dated January 5, 2006
(ML060090118);
3. Response dated January 25, 2006 (ML060340478);
4. Final Status Survey Report dated March 9, 2006 (ML060800678);
5. Request For Additional Information dated April 12, 2006
(ML061070606);
6. Final Status Survey Report dated June 15, 2006 (ML061740168);
7. NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance'';
8. Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E,
``Radiological Criteria for License Termination'';
9. Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, ``Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions'';
10. NUREG-1496, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support
of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-
Licensed Nuclear Facilities''.
If you do not have access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1
F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this
15th day of August 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I.
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