[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21883]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 040-08976]
Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Source Material
License No. SMB-1527, Viacom, Incorporated, Bloomfield, New Jersey
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to Viacom, Incorporated (Viacom) for
Source Material License No. SMB-1527, to authorize release of the
former lamp manufacturing plant located at One Westinghouse Plaza,
Bloomfield, 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. Environmental Assessment
The purpose of the proposed action is to allow for the release of
the licensee's Bloomfield, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use.
Viacom, Incorporated in Bloomfield, New Jersey (formerly Westinghouse
Electric Corporation and CBS Corporation) was authorized by NRC since
February 3, 1989, to possess radioactive materials for decommissioning
purposes at the site. On August 21, 2002, Viacom requested that NRC
release the Bloomfield, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use.
Viacom 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 Viacom'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 not expected to be significant 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 No.
ML032250208. These documents are also available for inspection and
copying for a fee at the Region I Office, 475 Allendale Road, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406. Any questions with respect to this action
should be referred to Mark C. Roberts, Decommissioning and Laboratory
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5094,
fax (610) 337-5269.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 13th day of August,
2003.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Francis Costello,
Deputy Division Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region
I.
[FR Doc. 03-21883 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]
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