[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20586]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-13723]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
37-17938-01, Aventis Pasteur, Inc., Swiftwater, PA

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Aventis Pasteur, Inc. for Materials 
License No. 37-17938-01, to authorize release of its facility in 
Swiftwater, 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 Swiftwater, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted use. 
Aventis Pasteur, Inc. authorized by NRC since April 20, 1978, to use 
radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
site. On October 10, 2002, Aventis Pasteur, Inc. requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Aventis Pasteur, 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 Aventis Pasteur, Inc.'s request and the 
results of the surveys and has concluded that the completed action 
complies with the criteria in subpart E of 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, 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. 
ML030160030, ML031150153, ML031110041, ML032090292, ML032110545, and 
ML032120700). Any questions with respect to this action should be 
referred to Judy Joustra, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division 
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of 
Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 337-5355, fax (610) 337-
5269.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 5th day of August, 
2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 03-20586 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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