[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37573-37574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15857]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-34613]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
29-30422-01, Praelux Incorporated, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Praelux Incorporated (Praelux) for 
Materials License No. 29-30422-01, to authorize release of its facility 
in Lawrenceville, New Jersey for unrestricted use and has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this action in accordance 
with the requirements of 10 CFR part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC has 
concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is 
appropriate.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to allow for the release of 
the licensee's Lawrenceville, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. 
Praelux (previously known as seQ, Ltd.) was authorized by NRC from 
January 16, 1998, to use radioactive materials for research and 
development purposes at the site. On May 14, 2003, Praelux requested 
that NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. Praelux has 
conducted surveys of the facility and determined that the

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facility meets the license termination criteria in subpart E of 10 CFR 
part 20.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The NRC staff has evaluated Praelux's request and the results of 
the surveys and has concluded that the completed action complies with 
10 CFR part 20. The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in 
support of the proposed license amendment to terminate the license and 
release the facility for unrestricted use. On the basis of the EA, the 
NRC has concluded that the environmental impacts from the proposed 
action are expected to be insignificant and has determined not to 
prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.

IV. Further Information

    The EA and the documents related to this proposed action, including 
the application for the license amendment and supporting documentation, 
are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML031680934, and ML031350739. These documents are also available for 
inspection and copying for a fee at the Region I Office, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Any questions with respect to this 
action should be referred to Kathy Modes, Nuclear Materials Safety 
Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5251, 
fax (610) 337-5269.

    Dated in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 17th day of June, 
2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 03-15857 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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