[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46629-46630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22183]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-820]


Release of United Nuclear Corporation, Wood River Junction Site 
For Unrestricted Use and Removal From the Site Decommissioning 
Management Plan--Finding of No Significant Impact and Opportunity for a 
Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) related to the release of the United 
Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Wood River Junction Site and the termination 
of Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-777, Docket No. 70-820.
    On the basis of this EA, the NRC has concluded that the 
environmental impacts that could be caused by the proposed action would 
not be significant and do not warrant the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement. Accordingly, it has been determined 
that a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate.
    The UNC site was listed in the NRC's Site Decommissioning 
Management Plan, but has now been removed.
    Results of the radiological surveys and analyses performed indicate 
that, after remedial actions, residual radioactive material in building 
surfaces and in soils at the site is less than the criteria found in 
the NRC's ``Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment 
Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for 
Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material,'' August 1967. However, 
non-radiological onsite groundwater contamination will be monitored on 
a continuing basis by the State of Rhode Island Department of 
Environmental Management and UNC. NRC concludes that further remedial 
action is not required, and that the site is suitable for unrestricted 
use with regard to any radiological hazards regulated by NRC under the 
authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
    As noted in the Action Plan (57 FR 13389), this is the final action 
of the NRC on the UNC site. NRC will not require any additional 
decommissioning in response to future NRC criteria or standards, except 
in the event that additional contamination, or non-compliance with the 
decommissioning plans approved by NRC is found, indicating a 
significant threat to public health and safety. Non-compliance would 
occur if the licensee had not complied with an approved decommissioning 
plan, or had provided false information.
    The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on 
the termination of the license under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2, 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials 
and Operator Licensing Proceedings.'' Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any 
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a 
request for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c). A request for 
a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of this Federal Register notice.
    In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 
2 of the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person 
other than an applicant must describe in detail:
    (1) The interest of the requestor in the proceeding;
    (2) How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted 
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in 
Sec. 2.1205(g);
    (3) The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c).
    In accordance with 10 CFR Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a 
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, 
to:
    (1) The licensee, United Nuclear Corporation, Inc., 67 Sandy Desert 
Road, Uncasville, CT 06382; and
    (2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for 
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852 or by mail addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Any hearing that is requested and granted will be held in 
accordance with the NRC's ``Informal Hearing Procedures for 
Adjudications in Material Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR Part 2, 
Subpart L.

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    For further details with respect to this action, see the EA and 
other documents related to this proposed action which are available for 
public inspection and copying at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555. For additional information, contact 
Jack Parrott, NRC Project Manager for the UNC site at (301) 415-6700 or 
Mail Stop T-8F37, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 9th day of August, 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. 95-22183 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am]
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