[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 38727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16414]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-35596]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
37-30605-01, [Protarga, Inc., Exton, PA]

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Protarga, Inc., for Materials 
License No. 37-30605-01, to authorize release of its facility in Exton, 
Pennsylvania, 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 Exton, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted use. 
Protarga, Inc., has been authorized by NRC from December 20, 2000, to 
use radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
site. On April 3, 2003, Protarga, Inc., requested that NRC release the 
facility for unrestricted use. Protarga, Inc., has conducted surveys of 
the facility and determined that the 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 Protarga, Inc.''s request and the 
results of the surveys and has concluded that the completed action 
complies with the criteria in Subpart E 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. 
ML031700667 and ML031080087. 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 Sattar Lodhi, Nuclear Materials Safety 
Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5364, 
fax (610) 337-5269.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 19th 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. 03-16414 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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