[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 63 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17242-17243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7315]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-03787]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Connecticut 
Agricultural Experiment Station for Its Johnson Laboratory Facility, 
New Haven, Connecticut

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: Judy Joustra, Nuclear Materials Safety 
Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, (610) 337-5355; fax (610) 
337-5269; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance 
of a license amendment to The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 
Station (Experiment Station) for Materials License No. 06-03754-01, to 
authorize release of the Johnson Laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut 
for unrestricted use. NRC 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. The amendment will be issued 
following publication of this Notice.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of 
the licensee's Johnson Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut facility for 
unrestricted use. The Experiment Station has been authorized by NRC 
since July 9, 1958 to use radioactive materials for research and 
development purposes at the Johnson Laboratory. On September 4, 2003, 
the Experiment Station requested that NRC release the facility for 
unrestricted use. The Experiment Station has conducted surveys of the 
facility as required by 10 CFR Part 20 and performed an assessment of 
residual contamination, and has determined that the facility meets the 
license termination criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20. The NRC 
staff has prepared an EA in support of the proposed license amendment.

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III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of the 
proposed license amendment to release the facility for unrestricted 
use. The NRC staff has evaluated the Experiment Station's request, and 
the results of the surveys and the assessment, and has concluded that 
the completed action complies with Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20. The 
staff has found that the environmental impacts from the proposed action 
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 Facilities'' (NUREG-1496). 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. 
ML040840072, ML032541028, ML032790538, ML033630602 and ML040830619). 
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. 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 
Reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 24th day of March, 
2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
 Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 04-7315 Filed 3-31-04; 8:45 am]
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