[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18809]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Intent To Remove the United Technologies Pratt & Whitney 
Middletown, Conn. Site from the NRC Site Decommissioning Management 
Plan

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to remove the United Technologies Pratt & 
Whitney Middletown, Connecticut site from the NRC Site Decommissioning 
Management Plan.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission is considering removing the United Technologies 
Pratt & Whitney Middletown, Connecticut site from the NRC Site 
Decommissioning Management Plan (SDMP). The NRC expects to determine 
that remediation of residual radioactive contamination in a building on 
the site has successfully been completed and the facility meets the 
current NRC criteria for release for unrestricted use.

DATES: The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity to comment on 
the proposed NRC action. Comments must be submitted within thirty (30) 
days of the date of publication of this Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to USNRC, Region I, Attn: 
Mark Roberts, Senior Health Physicist, 475 Allendale Road, King of 
Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406. Hand deliver comments to 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on 
Federal workdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Roberts, Division of Radiation 
Safety and Safeguards, USNRC, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of 
Prussia, PA 19406, Telephone: (610) 337-5094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United Technologies Pratt & Whitney site 
in Middletown, Connecticut was identified in 1992 by the NRC as a site 
where residual radioactive contamination might be present above NRC 
criteria as a result of past operations. Radioactive contamination was 
identified by Pratt & Whitney in one of the buildings on the site. In 
order to ensure that remediation of the building was accomplished in a 
timely manner, the NRC added this site to its SDMP. Pratt & Whitney has 
remediated residual contamination in the building, performed 
radiological surveys in that building and other buildings where 
radioactive materials may have been used, and requested by letter dated 
April 27, 1995, that the NRC remove the Middletown, Connecticut site 
from the SDMP. The request before the NRC at this time is to concur 
with the view of Pratt & Whitney that the site meets the current 
criteria for release for unrestricted use and thus can be released for 
unrestricted use and removed from the SDMP.
    The staff of the NRC's Region I Division of Radiation Safety and 
Safeguards has reviewed and approved various remediation activities 
since 1992. The staff has also reviewed various records of past 
activities at the site and the radiological surveys performed by Pratt 
& Whitney's contractor and conducted confirmatory radiological 
measurements at the site. The NRC staff has not yet completed all of 
these reviews, but, based on information available at this time, 
expects to determine that the facility meets the requirements for 
release for unrestricted use and to remove the site from the SDMP in 
1995.
    For further details with respect to this action, documents are 
available for inspection at the NRC's Region I offices located at 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Persons desiring to review 
documents at the Region I Office should call Ms. Cheryl Buracker at 
(610) 337-5093 several days in advance to assure that the documents 
will be readily available for review.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 26th day of July, 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael F. Weber,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-18809 Filed 7-31-95; 8:45 am]
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