[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49590-49591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23833]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Wayne Site 
Vicinity Properties in Wayne, NJ, 1993

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Certification.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed remedial action 
to decontaminate eight vicinity properties and portions of the Peck 
Avenue right-of-way at the Wayne Site in Wayne, New Jersey. These 
properties were found to contain quantities of radioactive material 
from activities conducted at the former W. R. Grace and Company 
facility in Wayne. Radiological surveys show that the properties now 
meet applicable requirements for unrestricted use. The docket relating 
to the remedial action is available for inspection and copying at the 
following addresses.

ADDRESSES: Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585
Public Document Room, Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
DOE Wayne Information Center, 868 Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne, New 
Jersey 07470

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Wagoner II, Director, Off-
Site/Savannah River Program Division, Office of Eastern Area Programs, 
Office of Environmental Restoration (EM-421), 

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U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, (301) 903-2531 Fax: 
(301) 903-2461.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE, Office of Environmental Management, 
has conducted remedial action at eight vicinity properties and portions 
of the Peck Avenue right-of-way at the Wayne Site in Wayne, New Jersey, 
as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 
(FUSRAP). The objective of the program is to identify and remediate or 
otherwise control sites where residual radioactive contamination 
remains from activities carried out under contract to the Manhattan 
Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission during the early years of 
the nation's atomic energy program or from commercial operations. 
Congress assigned responsibility for the Wayne site to DOE in 1984 
under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 1984, 
Public Law Number 98-50; the site was then assigned to FUSRAP.
    From 1948 to 1971, the former W. R. Grace facility, located at 868 
Black Oak Ridge Road, received and processed monazite sands, an ore 
rich in radioactive material, from several sources throughout the 
world. U.S. Department of Commerce records indicate that substantial 
quantities of the sands were received and processed at the site.
    The now-abandoned Pompton Plains railroad spur of the New York, 
Susquehanna, and Western Railroad was used to convey the monazite sands 
to the W. R. Grace facility. The railroad spur, located approximately 1 
mile west of the facility, was the point where the source material 
(i.e., the monazite sands) was transferred from rail cars to trucks for 
delivery to the W. R. Grace processing plant. The bags of monazite sand 
were placed on pallets on the trucks, which were then driven west down 
Peck Avenue to the Pompton Turnpike, south to the Pompton Plains Cross 
Road, and east to the W. R. Grace facility. The portion of the property 
where Peck Avenue abuts the railroad spur became radioactively 
contaminated by spills of unprocessed monazite sands that occurred 
during transfer of the material from rail cars to trucks.
    The radioactive contamination and associated metals contamination 
were confined primarily to the area used for unloading monazite sands. 
However, radiological surveys of nearby residential properties along 
Peck Avenue indicate that some of this material either migrated 
westward on Peck Avenue during floods or was physically relocated for 
use as backfill or landscape material. Radiological surveys also 
indicated that the residential property adjacent to the former W. R. 
Grace facility contained radioactive contamination above cleanup 
guidelines. This property is suspected to have become contaminated 
either by surface water runoff during operations at the former 
processing facility, or by physical relocation of the material from the 
processing plant.
    Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated, and DOE has 
certified, that the subject properties are in compliance with DOE 
radiological decontamination criteria and standards established under 
DOE Order 5400.5 to protect members of the general public and occupants 
of the properties, and to ensure that future use by the general public 
or site occupants of the properties will result in no radiological 
exposure above applicable radiological guidelines.
    These findings are supported by the DOE Certification Docket for 
the Remedial Action Performed at the Wayne Site Vicinity Properties in 
Wayne, New Jersey, 1993. Accordingly, these properties are released 
from FUSRAP.
    The certification docket will be available for review between 9:00 
a.m. and 4:00 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585. 
Copies of the certification docket will also be available in the DOE 
Public Document Room, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations 
Office, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 and at the DOE Wayne Information 
Center, 868 Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470.
    DOE, through its Oak Ridge Operations Office, has issued the 
following statement:
    Statement of Certification: Wayne Site Vicinity Properties in 
Wayne, New Jersey
    DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration Division, 
has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained following 
remedial action at the Wayne site vicinity properties. Based on 
analysis of all data collected, DOE certifies that the following 
properties are in compliance with DOE radiological decontamination 
criteria and standards. This certification of compliance provides 
assurance that future use of the properties will result in no 
radiological exposure above applicable guidelines established to 
protect members of the general public and occupants of the properties.

Property owned by Township of Pequannock, Peck Avenue Right of Way (no 
deed reference), Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Ms. Bertha Barrett, Parcel 238/23, Deed/Plat Book 
3749, Page 313, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Mr. Frederick M. Vicine, Parcel 22-238, Deed/Plat 
Book G67, Page 392, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Mr. Michael Galiano, Parcel 21/238, Deed/Plat Book 
045, Page 447, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Ms. Linda S. Perry, Parcel 6-237, Deed/Plat Book 
2915, Page 707, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Mr. Charles A. Lundy, Parcel 20-238, Deed/Plat Book 
3441, Page 310, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by Mr. John Rotchford, Parcel 19-238, Deed/Plat Book 
3610, Page 055, Passaic County, New Jersey
Property owned by New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway Corp., 
Parcel 200/4, Deed/Plat Book EB3493, Page 305, Passaic County, New 
Jersey
Property owned by Mrs. Jean Konecny, 898 Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne 
(Morris County), New Jersey

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 1995.
James M. Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 95-23833 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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