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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. 6450-01]

 

Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Granite City 
Site, Granite City, IL, June 1993

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of certification.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed radiological 
surveys of the Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois. The 
property was found to contain residual quantities of radioactive 
material from Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) activities. Cleanup 
activities have occurred at this site sufficient to remediate it to 
Departmental guidelines.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James J. Fiore, Director, Office 
of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Restoration, Mail 
Stop, EM-42, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (301) 
903-8141.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE Office of Environmental Restoration, 
Office of Eastern Area Programs (EM-42), Off-Site/Savannah River 
Program Division, has conducted a remedial action project at the 
Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois (Parcel No. 301-001 filed 
in Deed/Plat Book 19-24-14, Page 22-1 in the records of Madison County, 
Illinois), as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action 
Program (FUSRAP). The objective of the program is to identify and clean 
up or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive contamination 
remains from activities carried out under contract to the Manhattan 
Engineer District (MED) and AEC statutory predecessors to DOE during 
the early years of the nation's atomic energy program. In September 
1992, the Granite City Site was designated for cleanup under FUSRAP.
    In the late 1950's and early 1960's, uranium metal bars (uranium-
238 ingots) were x-rayed for AEC in the Betatron Building to detect 
metallurgical flaws. X-ray services were provided by General Steel 
Castings Corporation (currently Granite City Steel) under purchase 
orders from Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, a prime AEC contractor. 
Purchase orders were issued by Mallinckrodt from 1958 to 1966 on an 
``as required'' basis.
    At DOE's request, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a 
preliminary radiological survey in 1989 to determine whether the site 
met newer, stricter cleanup guidelines. The survey indicated that the 
site contained residual radioactive contamination from AEC activities. 
As a result, on September 25, 1992, the site was designated for 
inclusion in FUSRAP. In June 1993, Bechtel National, Inc., conducted 
remedial action in accordance with DOE Orders, at the Granite City 
Site.
    Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated, and DOE has 
certified, that the subject property is in compliance with DOE residual 
radioactive contamination criteria and standards. The standards are 
established to protect members of the general public and occupants of 
the site and to ensure that future use of the property will result in 
no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines. These findings 
are supported by the DOE Certification Docket for the Remedial Action 
Performed at the Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois, June 
1993. Accordingly, this property is released from FUSRAP.
    The certification docket will be available for review between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays), in 
the DOE Public Reading Room located in Room 1E-190 of the Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. Copies will 
also be available in the DOE Public Document Room, Federal Building, 
200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and will be provided to 
the property owner and to appropriate local officials.
    DOE, through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites 
Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:
Statement of Certification: Granite City Site Former AEC Operations
    The U.S. DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration 
Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained 
following remedial action at the Granite City Site (Parcel No. 301-001 
filed in Deed/Plat Book 19-24-14, Page 22-1 in the records of Madison 
County, Illinois). Based on analysis of all data collected, DOE 
certifies that the following property is in compliance with DOE 
radiological decontamination criteria and standards. For radiological 
exposure resulting from past AEC subcontract activities at the site, 
this certification of compliance provides assurance that future use of 
the property will result in no radiological exposure above applicable 
guidelines established to protect members of the general public or site 
occupants.
    Property owned by National Steel Corporation: Granite City Steel 
Division, 1417 State Street, Granite City, Illinois 62040.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 1994.
John E. Baublitz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 94-14430 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
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