Notice of Environmental Assessment Related to the Issuance of a License Amendment to Byproduct Material License No. 21-01443-06, for Unrestricted Release of a Former Facility for Warner-Lambert, LC., Ann Arbor, MI, 75772-75774 [E6-21463]
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[Docket No. 030–04794]
Notice of Environmental Assessment
Related to the Issuance of a License
Amendment to Byproduct Material
License No. 21–01443–06, for
Unrestricted Release of a Former
Facility for Warner-Lambert, LC., Ann
Arbor, MI
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Snell, Senior Health Physicist,
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois
60532; telephone: (630) 829–9871; fax
number: (630) 515–1259; or by e-mail at
wgs@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
is considering the issuance of an
amendment to NRC Byproduct Materials
License No. 21–01443–06, which is held
by Warner-Lambert, LLC (licensee),
which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Pfizer, Inc. The amendment would
authorize the decommissioning and
unrestricted release of the licensee’s
former Traverwood facility located at
2900 Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor,
Michigan (the facility). The NRC has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
in support of this action in accordance
with the requirements of 10 CFR Part
51. Based on the Environmental
Assessment, the NRC has determined
that a Finding of No Significant Impact
is appropriate. The amendment to
Warner-Lambert’s license will be issued
following the publication of this
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact.
I. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve
Warner-Lambert’s request to amend its
license and release the licensee’s facility
for unrestricted use in accordance with
10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E. The
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proposed action is in accordance with
the licensee’s request to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
to amend its license by letter dated
August 31, 2006 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML062440517). Warner-Lambert
was first licensed to use byproduct
materials at its Traverwood facility on
June 27, 2000. The licensee is
authorized to use byproduct materials
for activities involving in-vitro
biochemical research. Hydrogen-3 and
carbon-14 were the only two isotopes
with a half-life greater than 120 days
that were used at the facility in an
unsealed form, and these were limited
to less than 25 millicuries at any one
time in the entire building. On May 17,
2006, Warner-Lambert completed
removal of licensed radioactive material
from the Traverwood facility.
The licensee conducted surveys of the
facility as part of its decommissioning
activities and provided this information
to the NRC to demonstrate that the
radiological condition there is
consistent with radiological criteria for
unrestricted use in 10 CFR Part 20,
Subpart E. No radiological remediation
activities are required to complete the
proposed action.
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Need for the Proposed Action
The licensee is requesting this license
amendment because it has moved out of
the Traverwood facility, and is
conducting licensed activities at another
location. The NRC is fulfilling its
responsibilities under the Atomic
Energy Act to make a decision on the
proposed action for decommissioning
that ensures that residual radioactivity
is reduced to a level that is protective
of the public health and safety and the
environment, and allows the facility to
be released for unrestricted use.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC staff reviewed the
information provided and surveys
performed by the licensee to
demonstrate that the release of the
Traverwood facility is consistent with
the radiological criteria for unrestricted
use specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. Based
on its review, the staff determined that
there were no radiological impacts
associated with the proposed action
because no radiological remediation
activities were required to complete the
proposed action, and that the
radiological criteria for unrestricted use
in § 20.1402 have been met.
Based on its review, the staff
determined that the radiological
environmental impacts from the
proposed action for the Traverwood
facility are bounded by the ‘‘Generic
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Environmental Impact Statement in
Support of Rulemaking on Radiological
Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’ (NUREG–
1496). Additionally, no non-radiological
or cumulative impacts were identified.
Therefore, the NRC has determined that
the proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
The only alternative to the proposed
action is to take no action. Under the
no-action alternative, the licensee’s
facility would remain under an NRC
license and would not be released for
unrestricted use. Denial of the license
amendment request would result in no
change to current conditions at the
Traverwood facility. The no-action
alternative is not acceptable because it
is inconsistent with 10 CFR 30.36,
which requires that decommissioning of
by-product material facilities be
completed and approved by the NRC
after licensed activities cease. This
alternative would impose an
unnecessary regulatory burden in
controlling access to the former
Traverwood facility, and limit potential
benefits from the future use of the
facility.
Conclusion
The NRC staff 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
The NRC staff has determined that the
proposed action will not affect listed
species or critical habitats. Therefore, no
further consultation is required under
Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act. Likewise, the NRC staff has
determined that the proposed action is
not a type of activity that has potential
to cause effect on historic properties.
Therefore, consultation under Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act is not required.
The NRC consulted with the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ). The Michigan DEQ, Waste and
Hazardous Materials Division,
Radiological Protection and Medical
Waste Section was provided the draft
EA for comment on November 9, 2006.
Mr. Bob Skowronek, Chief, Radioactive
Material and Medical Waste Unit, with
the Michigan DEQ, responded to the
NRC by e-mail on November 13, 2006,
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indicating that the State had no
comments regarding the NRC
Environmental Assessment for the
release of the Warner-Lambert,
Traverwood facility .
II. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA in support of
the proposed license amendment to
release the facility for unrestricted use,
the NRC has determined that the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Thus, the NRC has
not prepared an environmental impact
statement for the proposed action.
III. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for
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. 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.
The documents and ADAMS
accession numbers related to this notice
are:
1. Carol Lentz, Pfizer, Inc., letter to
Patricia Pelke, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, August 31, 2006 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML062440517).
2. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ‘‘Environmental Review
Guidance for Licensing Actions
Associated with NMSS Programs,’’
NUREG–1748, August 2003.
3. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement in Support of
Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for
License Termination of NRC-Licensed
Nuclear Facilities,’’ NUREG–1496,
August 1994.
4. NRC, NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated
NMSS Decommissioning Guidance,’’
Volumes 1–3, September 2003.
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.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
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Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 5th day of
December 2006.
George M. McCann,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region
III.
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Notice of Opportunity To Comment on
Model Safety Evaluation and Model
License Amendment Request on
Technical Specification Improvement
Regarding Adding an Action Statement
for Two Inoperable Control Room Air
Conditioning Subsystems
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Request for comment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has prepared a
model license amendment request
(LAR), model safety evaluation (SE), and
model proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC) determination
related to changes to Standard
Technical Specification (STS) 3.7.5
(STS 3.7.4 for BWR/6), ‘‘Control Room
Air Conditioning (AC) System’’ for
NUREG–1433 and NUREG–1434. The
proposed changes would also revise the
Bases for STS 3.7.5 (STS 3.7.4 for BWR/
6). The General Electric Boiling Water
Reactor Owners Group (BWROG)
participants in the Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
proposed these changes to the STS in
TSTF–477, Revision 3, ‘‘Add an Action
for Two Inoperable Control Room AC
Subsystems.’’
The purpose of these models is to
permit the NRC to efficiently process
amendments to incorporate changes into
plant-specific Technical Specifications
(TS) for General Electric Boiling Water
Reactors (BWR). Licensees of nuclear
power reactors to which the models
apply can request amendments
conforming to the models. In such a
request, a licensee should confirm the
applicability of the model LAR, model
SE and NSHC determination to its plant.
The NRC staff is requesting comments
on the model LAR, model SE and NSHC
determination before announcing their
availability for referencing in license
amendment applications.
DATES: The comment period expires 30
days from the date of this publication.
Comments received after this date will
be considered if it is practical to do so,
but the Commission is able to ensure
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consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted either electronically or via
U.S. mail.
Submit written comments to: Chief,
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: T–6 D59,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Hand
deliver comments to: 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
Submit comments by electronic mail to:
CLIIP@nrc.gov.
Copies of comments received may be
examined at the NRC’s Public Document
Room, One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter C. Hearn, Mail Stop: O–12H2,
Division of Inspection and Regional
Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone (301) 415–1189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
model SE will be finalized, and posted
on the NRC Web page. Each amendment
application made in response to the
notice of availability will be processed
and noticed in accordance with
applicable NRC rules and procedures.
This notice involves adding an action
statement for two inoperable control
room air conditioning subsystems. By
letter dated September 8, 2006, the
BWROG proposed these changes for
incorporation into the STS as TSTF–
477, Revision 3. These changes are
accessible electronically from the
Agency-wide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
(ADAMS Accession No. ML062510321)
at the NRC Web site https://
frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&
log=linklog&to=https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC Public
Document Room Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Background
Regulatory Issue Summary 2000–06,
‘‘Consolidated Line Item Improvement
Process [CLIIP] for Adopting Standard
Technical Specifications Changes for
Power Reactors,’’ was issued on March
20, 2000. The CLIIP is intended to
improve the efficiency and transparency
of NRC licensing processes. This is
accomplished by processing proposed
changes to the STS in a manner that
supports subsequent license amendment
applications. The CLIIP includes an
opportunity for the public to comment
on proposed changes to the STS
following a preliminary assessment by
the NRC staff and finding that the
change will likely be offered for
adoption by licensees. This notice is
soliciting comments on a proposed
change to the STS that adds an action
statement for two inoperable control
room subsystems to the General Electric
BWR STS Revision 3.0 of NUREG–1433
and NUREG–1434. The CLIIP directs the
NRC staff to evaluate any comments
received for a proposed change to the
STS and to either reconsider the change
or proceed with announcing the
availability of the change for proposed
adoption by licensees. Those licensees
opting to apply for the subject change to
TSs are responsible for reviewing the
staff’s evaluation, referencing the
applicable technical justifications, and
providing any necessary plant-specific
information. Following the public
comment period, the model LAR and
Applicability
These proposed changes will revise
Section 3.7.5 (Section 3.7.4 for BWR/6)
for the General Electric plants.
To efficiently process incoming
license amendment applications, the
NRC staff requests that each licensee
applying for the changes addressed by
TSTF–477, Revision 3, using the CLIIP
submit an LAR that adheres to the
following model. Any variations from
the model LAR should be explained in
the licensee’s submittal. Variations from
the approach recommended in this
notice may require additional review by
the NRC staff, and may increase the time
and resources needed for the review.
Significant variations from the
approach, or inclusion of additional
changes to the license, will result in
staff rejection of the submittal. Instead,
licensees desiring significant variations
and/or additional changes should
submit a LAR that does not claim to
adopt TSTF–477.
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Public Notices
This notice requests comments from
interested members of the public within
30 days of the date of this publication.
Following the NRC staff’s evaluation of
comments received as a result of this
notice, the NRC staff may reconsider the
proposed change or may proceed with
announcing the availability of the
change in a subsequent notice (perhaps
with some changes to the model LAR,
model SE or model NSHC determination
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-04794]
Notice of Environmental Assessment Related to the Issuance of a
License Amendment to Byproduct Material License No. 21-01443-06, for
Unrestricted Release of a Former Facility for Warner-Lambert, LC., Ann
Arbor, MI
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: William Snell, Senior Health
Physicist, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region III, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2443
Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532; telephone: (630) 829-9871; fax
number: (630) 515-1259; or by e-mail at wgs@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
is considering the issuance of an amendment to NRC Byproduct Materials
License No. 21-01443-06, which is held by Warner-Lambert, LLC
(licensee), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. The
amendment would authorize the decommissioning and unrestricted release
of the licensee's former Traverwood facility located at 2900 Huron
Parkway, Ann Arbor, Michigan (the facility). The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment in support of this action in accordance with
the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based on the Environmental
Assessment, the NRC has determined that a Finding of No Significant
Impact is appropriate. The amendment to Warner-Lambert's license will
be issued following the publication of this Environmental Assessment
and Finding of No Significant Impact.
I. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve Warner-Lambert's request to amend
its license and release the licensee's facility for unrestricted use in
accordance with 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E. The
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proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's request to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to amend its license by letter
dated August 31, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No. ML062440517). Warner-Lambert
was first licensed to use byproduct materials at its Traverwood
facility on June 27, 2000. The licensee is authorized to use byproduct
materials for activities involving in-vitro biochemical research.
Hydrogen-3 and carbon-14 were the only two isotopes with a half-life
greater than 120 days that were used at the facility in an unsealed
form, and these were limited to less than 25 millicuries at any one
time in the entire building. On May 17, 2006, Warner-Lambert completed
removal of licensed radioactive material from the Traverwood facility.
The licensee conducted surveys of the facility as part of its
decommissioning activities and provided this information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the radiological condition there is consistent with
radiological criteria for unrestricted use in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart
E. No radiological remediation activities are required to complete the
proposed action.
Need for the Proposed Action
The licensee is requesting this license amendment because it has
moved out of the Traverwood facility, and is conducting licensed
activities at another location. The NRC is fulfilling its
responsibilities under the Atomic Energy Act to make a decision on the
proposed action for decommissioning that ensures that residual
radioactivity is reduced to a level that is protective of the public
health and safety and the environment, and allows the facility to be
released for unrestricted use.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC staff reviewed the information provided and surveys
performed by the licensee to demonstrate that the release of the
Traverwood facility is consistent with the radiological criteria for
unrestricted use specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. Based on its review, the
staff determined that there were no radiological impacts associated
with the proposed action because no radiological remediation activities
were required to complete the proposed action, and that the
radiological criteria for unrestricted use in Sec. 20.1402 have been
met.
Based on its review, the staff determined that the radiological
environmental impacts from the proposed action for the Traverwood
facility are bounded 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 or cumulative impacts were identified. Therefore, the
NRC has determined that the proposed action will not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human environment.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
The only alternative to the proposed action is to take no action.
Under the no-action alternative, the licensee's facility would remain
under an NRC license and would not be released for unrestricted use.
Denial of the license amendment request would result in no change to
current conditions at the Traverwood facility. The no-action
alternative is not acceptable because it is inconsistent with 10 CFR
30.36, which requires that decommissioning of by-product material
facilities be completed and approved by the NRC after licensed
activities cease. This alternative would impose an unnecessary
regulatory burden in controlling access to the former Traverwood
facility, and limit potential benefits from the future use of the
facility.
Conclusion
The NRC staff 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
The NRC staff has determined that the proposed action will not
affect listed species or critical habitats. Therefore, no further
consultation is required under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
Likewise, the NRC staff has determined that the proposed action is not
a type of activity that has potential to cause effect on historic
properties. Therefore, consultation under Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act is not required.
The NRC consulted with the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ). The Michigan DEQ, Waste and Hazardous Materials
Division, Radiological Protection and Medical Waste Section was
provided the draft EA for comment on November 9, 2006. Mr. Bob
Skowronek, Chief, Radioactive Material and Medical Waste Unit, with the
Michigan DEQ, responded to the NRC by e-mail on November 13, 2006,
indicating that the State had no comments regarding the NRC
Environmental Assessment for the release of the Warner-Lambert,
Traverwood facility .
II. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA in support of the proposed license amendment
to release the facility for unrestricted use, the NRC has determined
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment. Thus, the NRC has not prepared an
environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
III. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
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. 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.
The documents and ADAMS accession numbers related to this notice
are:
1. Carol Lentz, Pfizer, Inc., letter to Patricia Pelke, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 31, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML062440517).
2. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ``Environmental Review
Guidance for Licensing Actions Associated with NMSS Programs,'' NUREG-
1748, August 2003.
3. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ``Generic Environmental
Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for
License Termination of NRC-Licensed Nuclear Facilities,'' NUREG-1496,
August 1994.
4. NRC, NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance,''
Volumes 1-3, September 2003.
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.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
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Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 5th day of December 2006.
George M. McCann,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region III.
[FR Doc. E6-21463 Filed 12-15-06; 8:45 am]
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