[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52971-52972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22717]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-03754]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
31-02892-06, VA Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment and finding 
of no significant impact.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Wray, Decommissioning and 
Laboratory Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406. Telephone (610) 
337-5268; Fax (610) 337-5269; and/or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to the VA Medical Center in Brooklyn 
for Materials License No. 31-02892-06, to authorize release of its 
facility at the St. Albans Extended Care Center in Queens, New York, 
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 St. Albans Extended Care Center facility for 
unrestricted use. The VA Medical Center in Brooklyn was authorized by 
NRC on August 20, 1998, to possess radioactive materials for 
decommissioning purposes at the site. On May 15, 2003, the VA Medical 
Center in Brooklyn requested that NRC release the facility for 
unrestricted use. The VA Medical Center in Brooklyn 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 the request from the VA Medical Center 
in Brooklyn 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

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(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 No. 
ML032380112).

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 26th day of August, 
2003.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ronald R. Bellamy,
Chief, Decommissioning and Laboratory Branch, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 03-22717 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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