[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55981-55982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27801]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Aliquippa 
Forge Site in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1995

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 Aliquippa Forge site (hereinafter ``site'') in 
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. This site was found to contain quantities of 
radioactive material from Atomic Energy Commission activities conducted 
at the former Aliquippa Forge facility, which records indicate operated 
from 1948 to 1950. Radiological surveys show that the site meets 
applicable requirements for use without radiological restrictions, and 
the docket related to cleanup activities is now available.

ADDRESSES:
Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
B. F. Jones Memorial Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, 
Pennsylvania 15001.
Public Document Room, Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Lehr, Acting Director, Office 
of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Restoration (EM-42), 
U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, Maryland 20874, (301) 903-2328 
Fax: (301) 903-2385.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management,

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Office of Eastern Area Programs, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 
Action Program (FUSRAP) Team, has conducted remedial action at the 
Aliquippa Forge site in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, as part of 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 (MED/AEC) during the early years of 
the nation's atomic energy program or from commercial operations 
causing conditions that Congress has authorized DOE to remedy. In 
August 1983, the Aliquippa Forge site was designated for cleanup under 
FUSRAP.
    The Aliquippa Forge facility was originally owned by the Universal 
Cyclops Specialty Steel Division of the Cyclops Corporation and is 
currently owned by the Beaver County Corporation for Economic 
Development. From July 1948 to late 1949, the Vulcan Crucible Steel 
Company operated a uranium-rolling process for AEC in Building 3 of the 
facility. Uranium billets were sent to the Vulcan facility where they 
were formed into rods; finished rods were boxed and shipped to other 
AEC facilities. The site was decontaminated to then-applicable 
guidelines in 1950 following completion of AEC operations.
    In 1978, a radiological survey performed in and around Building 3 
identified radioactive contamination exceeding current DOE guidelines 
for release of the property for use without radiological restrictions. 
DOE conducted an interim remedial action at the Aliquippa Forge site in 
1988 to allow restricted use of the facility. Final remedial action was 
conducted at the site from June 1993 to September 1994.
    Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated, and DOE has 
certified, that the site is in compliance with DOE radiological 
decontamination criteria and standards. The standards are established 
to protect members of the general public and occupants of the property 
and to ensure that reasonably foreseeable future use of the site will 
result in no radiological exposure above current radiological 
guidelines. Accordingly, this site is released from the FUSRAP program.
    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 B. F. Jones Memorial 
Library, 663 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001.
    DOE, through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites 
Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:

Statement of Certification: Aliquippa Forge Site in Aliquippa, 
Pennsylvania

    DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration 
Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained 
following remedial action at the Aliquippa Forge site (described as 
parcels 08, 001, and 0100 in the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, assessor's 
office). Based on analysis of all data collected, including post-
remedial action surveys, DOE certifies that any residual contamination 
at the site falls within current guidelines for use without 
radiological restrictions. This certification of compliance provides 
assurance that reasonably foreseeable future use of the site 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: Beaver County Corporation for Economic 
Development, 100 First Street, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001.

    Issued in Washington this 14th day of October, 1996.
James M. Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 96-27801 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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