[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48135-48136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23353]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Certification of the Radiological Condition of the C.H. Schnoor 
Site, Springdale, Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of certification.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed remedial action 
to decontaminate the C.H. Schnoor site in Springdale, Pennsylvania. 
Formerly, the property was found to contain quantities of residual 
radioactive material resulting from activities conducted at the site by 
the owner under contract to DOE's predecessors. Radiological surveys 
show that the property now meets applicable requirements for use 
without radiological restrictions.

ADDRESSES: The certification docket is available at the following 
locations:

Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585
Public Document Room, Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Springdale 
Free Public Library, 331 School Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Lehr, Acting Director, Office 
of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, (301) 903-2328 Fax: (301) 
903-2385.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office 
of Environmental Management, has conducted remedial action at the C.H. 
Schnoor site in Springdale, Pennsylvania, 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/Atomic Energy 
Commission, during the early years of the nation's atomic energy

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program. In 1992, the C.H. Schnoor site was designated for remediation 
as part of FUSRAP.
    During the 1940s, the property was owned by C.H. Schnoor and 
Company and was used to machine extruded uranium for the Hanford Pile 
Project, a project with the objective of producing an alternate charge 
for the Hanford Reactor in the State of Washington. The uranium 
operation may have continued until the spring of 1951, when the 
building was sold to a manufacturer of toys and coat hangers. In 1967, 
the property was acquired by the Unity Railway Supply Company, which 
founded the Premier Manufacturing Company and used the site to 
manufacture journal lubricators for railroad cars. The current 
occupant, Conviber, Inc., uses the site for the fabrication of 
industrial drive and conveyor belts. In October 1980, a radiological 
scanning survey was conducted by DOE and Argonne National Laboratory. 
Because much of the floor was inaccessible for surveying and because of 
the lack of definitive records documenting the use of the site, DOE 
directed that an additional more comprehensive survey be performed. 
This survey was conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1989 and 
1990. From October through December 1993, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
and Bechtel National Inc. performed additional radiological surveys of 
the interior of the concrete building to thoroughly characterize the 
building before remediation efforts began. Most of the contamination 
was in the soil beneath the concrete slab, and isolated areas of 
surface contamination were detected on a portion of the concrete 
floors. Based on these characterization data, DOE conducted remedial 
action at the C.H. Schnoor site from August to October 1994.
    Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated and DOE has 
certified that radiological conditions at the subject property comply 
with DOE radiological decontamination criteria and standards. The 
standards are established to protect members of the public and 
occupants of the property and to ensure that future use of the property 
will result in no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines. 
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 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 Springdale Free Public 
Library, 331 School Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.
    The Department, through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former 
Sites Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:
Statement of Certification: C.H. Schnoor Site in Springdale, 
Pennsylvania
    DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration 
Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained 
following remedial action at the C.H. Schnoor Site, 644 Garfield Street 
[Parcel 733-A-182, filed in Deed/Plat Book (Colfax Plan 117), Page 281 
in the records of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]. Based on analysis of 
all data collected, including post-remedial action surveys, DOE 
certifies that any residual contamination which remains onsite falls 
within current guidelines for use without radiological restrictions. 
This certification of compliance provides assurance that reasonably 
foreseeable future use of the property will result in no radiological 
exposure above current radiological guidelines established to protect 
members of the general public as well as occupants of the site.
    Property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pucciarelli, 644 Garfield 
Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 1996.
James M. Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 96-23353 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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