[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63823-63824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28184]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-09472]


Notice of Consideration of Request for License Termination of 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office License and 
Release of Its Facility in Wichita, Kansas Amendment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of amendment request to terminate 
Byproduct Material License No. 15-15618-01.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Peter J. Lee, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, 801 
Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351; telephone (630) 829-9870 
or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of an amendment to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and 
Regional Office (VA) Byproduct Material License No. 15-15618-01, to 
terminate the license and release its facility located at 5500 East 
Kellogg in Wichita, Kansas, for unrestricted use.
    The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 
support of this licensing 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 the release of the 
licensee's Wichita, Kansas facility for unrestricted use. This license 
was approved for in-vitro research utilizing labeled compounds, such as 
H-3, C-14, P-32, and others. On June 6, 2003, the VA requested that the 
NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. The VA has conducted 
surveys of the facility and provided information to the NRC to 
demonstrate that the site meets the license termination criteria in 
Subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted release. The staff has 
examined VA's request and the information that the licensee has 
provided in support of its request, including the surveys performed by 
VA to demonstrate compliance with 10 CFR 20.1402, ``Radiological 
Criteria for Unrestricted Use,'' to ensure that the NRC's decision

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is protective of the public health and safety and the environment. 
Based on its review, the staff has determined that the affected 
environment and the environmental impacts associated with the 
unrestricted use of the VA's facilities are bounded by the impacts 
evaluated by the ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of 
Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-
Licensed Nuclear Facilities'' (NUREG-1496). The staff also finds that 
the proposed release for unrestricted use of the VA facility is in 
compliance with the 10 CFR 20.1402.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of VA's 
proposed license amendment to release the Wichita facility for 
unrestricted use. On the basis of the EA, the staff has concluded that 
the environmental impacts from the proposed action would not be 
significant. Accordingly, the staff has determined that a FONSI is 
appropriate, and has determined that the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement is not warranted.

IV. Further Information

    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' 
VA's request, the EA summarized above, and the documents related to 
this proposed action are available electronically for public inspection 
and copying from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 
NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web 
site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. These documents include 
VA's letter dated June 6, 2003, with enclosures (Accession No. 
ML032960318); and the EA summarized above (Accession No. ML033020066).

    Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 28th day of October 2003.
Christopher G. Miller,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 
RIII.
[FR Doc. 03-28184 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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