Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-348, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army's Facility in Adelphi, MD, 53801-53803 [E7-18587]
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fingerprint card (Form FD–258,
ORIMDNRCOOOZ) or, where
practicable, other fingerprint records for
each individual seeking access to SGI, to
the Director of the Division of Facilities
and Security, marked for the attention of
the Division’s Criminal History Check
Section. Copies of these forms may be
obtained by writing the Office of
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by calling (301) 415–
5877, or by e-mail to forms@nrc.gov.
Practicable alternative formats are set
forth in 10 CFR 73.4. The licensee shall
establish procedures to ensure that the
quality of the fingerprints taken results
in minimizing the rejection rate of
fingerprint cards due to illegible or
incomplete cards.
The NRC will review submitted
fingerprint cards for completeness. Any
Form FD–258 fingerprint record
containing omissions or evident errors
will be returned to the licensee for
corrections. The fee for processing
fingerprint checks includes one resubmission if the initial submission is
returned by the FBI because the
fingerprint impressions cannot be
classified. The one free re-submission
must have the FBI Transaction Control
Number reflected on the re-submission.
If additional submissions are necessary,
they will be treated as initial submittals
and will require a second payment of
the processing fee.
Fees for processing fingerprint checks
are due upon application. Licensees
shall submit payment with the
application for processing fingerprints
by corporate check, certified check,
cashier’s check, money order, or
electronic payment, made payable to
‘‘U.S. NRC.’’ [For guidance on making
electronic payments, contact the
Facilities Security Branch, Division of
Facilities and Security, at (301) 415–
7404]. Combined payment for multiple
applications is acceptable. The
application fee (currently $27) is the
sum of the user fee charged by the FBI
for each fingerprint card or other
fingerprint record submitted by the NRC
on behalf of a licensee, and an NRC
processing fee, which covers
administrative costs associated with
NRC handling of licensee fingerprint
submissions. The Commission will
directly notify licensees who are subject
to this regulation of any fee changes.
The Commission will forward to the
submitting licensee all data received
from the FBI as a result of the licensee’s
application(s) for criminal history
records checks, including the FBI
fingerprint record.
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Right To Correct and Complete
Information
Prior to any final adverse
determination, the licensee shall make
available to the individual the contents
of any criminal records obtained from
the FBI for the purpose of assuring
correct and complete information.
Written confirmation by the individual
of receipt of this notification must be
maintained by the licensee for a period
of one (1) year from the date of the
notification.
If, after reviewing the record, an
individual believes that it is incorrect or
incomplete in any respect and wishes to
change, correct, or update the alleged
deficiency, or to explain any matter in
the record, the individual may initiate
challenge procedures. These procedures
include either direct application by the
individual challenging the record to the
agency (i.e., law enforcement agency)
that contributed the questioned
information, or direct challenge as to the
accuracy or completeness of any entry
on the criminal history record to the
Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Identification Division,
Washington, DC 20537–9700 (as set
forth in 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34). In
the latter case, the FBI forwards the
challenge to the agency that submitted
the data and requests that agency to
verify or correct the challenged entry.
Upon receipt of an official
communication directly from the agency
that contributed the original
information, the FBI Identification
Division makes any changes necessary
in accordance with the information
supplied by that agency. The licensee
must provide at least ten (10) days for
an individual to initiate an action
challenging the results of an FBI
criminal history records check after the
record is made available for his/her
review. The licensee may make a final
SGI access determination based upon
the criminal history record only upon
receipt of the FBI’s ultimate
confirmation or correction of the record.
Upon a final adverse determination on
access to SGI, the licensee shall provide
the individual its documented basis for
denial. Access to SGI shall not be
granted to an individual during the
review process.
Protection of Information
1. Each licensee who obtains a
criminal history record on an individual
pursuant to this Order shall establish
and maintain a system of files and
procedures for protecting the record and
the personal information from
unauthorized disclosure.
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2. The licensee may not disclose the
record or personal information collected
and maintained to persons other than
the subject individual, his/her
representative, or to those who have a
need to access the information in
performing assigned duties in the
process of determining access to
Safeguards Information. No individual
authorized to have access to the
information may re-disseminate the
information to any other individual who
does not have a need-to-know.
3. The personal information obtained
on an individual from a criminal history
record check may be transferred to
another licensee if the licensee holding
the criminal history record check
receives the individual’s written request
to re-disseminate the information
contained in his/her file, and the
current licensee verifies information
such as the individual’s name, date of
birth, social security number, sex, and
other applicable physical characteristics
for identification purposes.
4. The licensee shall make criminal
history records, obtained under this
section, available for examination by an
authorized representative of the NRC to
determine compliance with the
regulations and laws.
5. The licensee shall retain all
fingerprint and criminal history records
received from the FBI, or a copy if the
individual’s file has been transferred,
for three (3) years after termination of
employment or determination of access
to SGI (whether access was approved or
denied). After the required three (3) year
period, these documents shall be
destroyed by a method that will prevent
reconstruction of the information in
whole or in part.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 070–00348]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment to Special Nuclear
Materials License No. SNM–348, for
Termination of the License and
Unrestricted Release of the
Department of the Army’s Facility in
Adelphi, MD
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Hammann, Health Physicist,
Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406;
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
Special Nuclear Materials License No.
SNM–348. This license is held by
Department of the Army, U.S. Army
Research Center, Adelphi Laboratory
Center (the Licensee), for its Harry
Diamond Laboratories (the Facility),
located at 2800 Powder Mill Road in
Adelphi, Maryland. Issuance of the
amendment would authorize release of
the Facility for unrestricted use and
termination of the NRC license. The
Licensee requested this action in a letter
dated February 20, 2007. 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 amendment
will be issued to the Licensee 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 February 20, 2007 license
amendment request, resulting in release
of the Facility for unrestricted use and
the termination of its NRC materials
license. License No. SNM–348 was
issued on February 3, 1960, pursuant to
10 CFR Part 70, and has been amended
periodically since that time. The
licensee moved from its original
location into the Facility in 1977. This
license authorized the Licensee to use
special nuclear material for purposes of
storage only.
The Facility is situated on
approximately 160 acres of land. The
building is 6000 square feet and consists
of office space and laboratories. The
Facility is located in a mixed
residential/commercial area. Within the
Facility, use of licensed materials was
confined to a 310 square foot radiation
storage area and a 40 square foot
attached decontamination shower.
On January 27, 2005, the Licensee
ceased licensed activities and initiated a
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survey and decontamination of the
Facility. Based on the Licensee’s
historical knowledge of the site and the
conditions of the Facility, 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 Facility 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 Facility, and
seeks the unrestricted use of its Facility
and the termination of its NRC materials
license.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The historical review of licensed
activities conducted at the Facility
shows that such activities involved use
of various radionuclides with half-lives
greater than 120 days. Prior to
performing the final status survey, the
Licensee conducted decontamination
activities, as necessary, in the areas of
the Facility affected by these
radionuclides.
The Licensee completed a final status
survey on February 26, 2007. This
survey covered the radiation storage
area/decontamination shower and the
four thousand gallon underground
storage tank. The final status survey
report was attached to the Licensee’s
amendment request dated February 20,
2007. 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
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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 Facility. 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 Facility.
No such hazards or impacts to the
environment were identified. The NRC
has identified no other radiological or
non-radiological activities in the area
that could result in cumulative
environmental impacts.
The NRC staff finds that the proposed
release of the Facility 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 Facility 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,
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 70.38(d),
requiring that decommissioning of
special nuclear 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
Facility meets 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
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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
Maryland Department of Environmental
Protection for review on June 12, 2007.
On June 13, 2007, Maryland Department
of the Environment responded by email. 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.
‘‘Radiological Criteria for License
Termination;’’
3. Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 51, ‘‘Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions;’’
4. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement in
Support of Rulemaking on Radiological
Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities;’’
5. Notification Letter dated February
28, 2005 [ML051080172];
6. Termination Request and Final
Status Survey [ML070660139].
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 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this
13th day of September.
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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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. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated
NMSS Decommissioning Guidance;’’
2. Title 10 Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
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hereby given that as a result of the
President’s major disaster declaration on
09/13/2007, applications for disaster
loans may be filed at the address listed
above or other locally announced
locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties (Physical Damage and
Economic Injury Loans): Grand
Forks.
Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury
Loans Only): North Dakota.
Nelson, Steele, Traill, Walsh.
Minnesota.
Marshall, POLK.
The Interest Rates are:
For Physical Disasters:
Percent
Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere .........................
Homeowners
Without
Credit
Available Elsewhere ..................
Businesses With Credit Available
Elsewhere .................................
Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available
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North Dakota Disaster #ND–00009
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
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Businesses & Small Agricultural
Cooperatives Without Credit Available
Elsewhere: 4.000.
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 11035B and for
economic injury is 110360.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 070-00348]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Special Nuclear
Materials License No. SNM-348, for Termination of the License and
Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army's Facility in
Adelphi, MD
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, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406; 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 Special Nuclear Materials License
No. SNM-348. This license is held by Department of the Army, U.S. Army
Research Center, Adelphi Laboratory Center (the Licensee), for its
Harry Diamond Laboratories (the Facility), located at 2800 Powder Mill
Road in Adelphi, Maryland. Issuance of the amendment would authorize
release of the Facility for unrestricted use and termination of the NRC
license. The Licensee requested this action in a letter dated February
20, 2007. 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
amendment will be issued to the Licensee 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 February 20, 2007
license amendment request, resulting in release of the Facility for
unrestricted use and the termination of its NRC materials license.
License No. SNM-348 was issued on February 3, 1960, pursuant to 10 CFR
Part 70, and has been amended periodically since that time. The
licensee moved from its original location into the Facility in 1977.
This license authorized the Licensee to use special nuclear material
for purposes of storage only.
The Facility is situated on approximately 160 acres of land. The
building is 6000 square feet and consists of office space and
laboratories. The Facility is located in a mixed residential/commercial
area. Within the Facility, use of licensed materials was confined to a
310 square foot radiation storage area and a 40 square foot attached
decontamination shower.
On January 27, 2005, the Licensee ceased licensed activities and
initiated a survey and decontamination of the Facility. Based on the
Licensee's historical knowledge of the site and the conditions of the
Facility, 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 Facility 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
Facility, and seeks the unrestricted use of its Facility and the
termination of its NRC materials license.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The historical review of licensed activities conducted at the
Facility shows that such activities involved use of various
radionuclides with half-lives greater than 120 days. Prior to
performing the final status survey, the Licensee conducted
decontamination activities, as necessary, in the areas of the Facility
affected by these radionuclides.
The Licensee completed a final status survey on February 26, 2007.
This survey covered the radiation storage area/decontamination shower
and the four thousand gallon underground storage tank. The final status
survey report was attached to the Licensee's amendment request dated
February 20, 2007. 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 Facility. 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 Facility. No such hazards or impacts to the environment
were identified. The NRC has identified no other radiological or non-
radiological activities in the area that could result in cumulative
environmental impacts.
The NRC staff finds that the proposed release of the Facility 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 Facility 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, 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 70.38(d), requiring that decommissioning of
special nuclear 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 Facility meets
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
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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
Maryland Department of Environmental Protection for review on June 12,
2007. On June 13, 2007, Maryland Department of the Environment
responded by e-mail. 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. NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance;''
2. Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E,
``Radiological Criteria for License Termination;''
3. Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, ``Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions;''
4. NUREG-1496, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support
of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-
Licensed Nuclear Facilities;''
5. Notification Letter dated February 28, 2005 [ML051080172];
6. Termination Request and Final Status Survey [ML070660139].
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 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 13th day of
September.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I.
[FR Doc. E7-18587 Filed 9-19-07; 8:45 am]
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