[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25592]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Certification of the Radiological Condition of the 
Baker and Williams Warehouses Site, New York, NY, 1991-1993

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of certification.

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SUMMARY: The Department has completed remedial action to decontaminate 
warehouses (Buildings 513-519, 521-527, and 529-535 West 20th Street) 
in New York, New York, and the certification docket is available. Two 
of the three warehouses were found to contain radioactive surface 
contamination from short-term storage of uranium concentrates for the 
Manhattan Engineer District (MED). Radiological surveys show that the 
site now meets applicable requirements for unrestricted use.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Wagoner II, Director, Off-
Site/Savannah River Program Division, Office of Eastern Area Programs, 
Office of Environmental Management (EM-421), U.S. Department of Energy, 
Washington, DC 20585, (301) 903-2531 Fax: (301) 903-2461.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's Office of Environmental 
Management has implemented a remedial action project at the former 
Baker and Williams Warehouses Site, 513-535 West 20th Street, New York, 
New York, 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 the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) during 
the early years of the Nation's atomic energy program. In June 1990, 
the Baker and Williams Warehouses Site was designated for cleanup under 
an expedited protocol.
    During the early 1940s, the former Baker and Williams Warehouses 
Site was a delivery point for uranium for subsequent distribution to 
U.S. Government facilities. Since the 1940s, the warehouses have been 
leased by several businesses.
    At DOE's request, in 1989 and 1991, representatives of the 
Environmental Survey and Site Assessment Program of Oak Ridge 
Associated Universities (now known as the Oak Ridge Institute for 
Science and Education (ORISE)) conducted designation surveys of the 
property. The surveys indicated that the site contained residual 
radioactive contamination from MED/AEC activities. In 1991, ORISE 
conducted characterization surveys of Buildings 521-527 and 529-535 and 
accessible surfaces in Building 513-519. Surface scans of Building 529-
535 did not identify any residual contamination. Remedial actions at 
Buildings 521-527 and 513-519 were conducted by Bechtel National, Inc., 
from April 1 through April 26, 1991, and from May through July 1993, 
respectively.
    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, which 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 to the general public 
or the site occupants. These findings are supported by the DOE 
Certification Docket for the Remedial Action Performed at the Baker and 
Williams Site in New York, New York, 1991-1993. Accordingly, this 
property is 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 U.S. Department of Energy Public Reading Room located in Room 1E-
190 of the Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 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.
    The Department through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former 
Sites Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:

Statement of Certification: Baker and Williams Warehouses Site 
Former MED Operations

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Operations Office, 
Former Sites Restoration Division, has reviewed and analyzed the 
radiological data obtained following remedial action at the Baker and 
Williams Warehouses site, (Block 692; Lots 15, 19, and 23; New York 
County. Based on analysis of all data collected, DOE certifies that the 
following property is in compliance with DOE radiological 
decontamination criteria and standards. 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 Mr. Rouhollah Kalimian: Baker and Williams 
Warehouses, 513-535 West 20th Street, New York, New York 10011.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 5, 1995.
James Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 95-25592 Filed 10-13-95; 8:45 am]
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