[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 45855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17345]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-12998]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License; Amendment for Philadelphia Health & 
Education Corporation's Facility at the Eastern Pennsylvania 
Psychiatric Institute in Philadelphia, PA

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: Randolph C. Ragland, Jr., Nuclear 
Materials Safety Branch 1, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 
I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone 
(610) 337-5083, fax (610) 337-5269; or by email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance 
of a license amendment to Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation 
for Materials License No. 37-07438-15, to authorize release of its 
facility located at 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 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 the publication of this notice.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of 
the licensee's 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA facility for 
unrestricted use. The Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute was 
authorized by NRC as a location of use from 1982 to use radioactive 
materials for research and development purposes at the site. On May 5, 
2004, Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Philadelphia Health & 
Education Corporation has conducted surveys of the facility and 
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.

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 Philadelphia Health & Education 
Corporation'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 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

    Documents related to this action, including the applications for 
license amendment and supporting documentation, are available 
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the 
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which 
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS 
accession numbers for the documents related to this Notice are: 
ML042050031, ML041340651, ML042010301, and ML041950465. Persons who do 
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room 
(PDR) Reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. These documents may also be examined, and/
or copied for a fee, at the NRC PDR, located at One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR is 
open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on 
Federal holidays; and at the Region I Office, 475 Allendale Road, King 
of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.

    Dated in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 23rd day of July, 
2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Penny Lanzisera,
Acting Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 1, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 04-17345 Filed 7-29-04; 8:45 am]
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