[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61417-61418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23239]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-31898]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Shaw Environmental, 
Inc.'s Facility in Lawrenceville, New Jersey

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny M. Johansen, Nuclear Materials 
Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5071, fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a license 
amendment to Shaw Environmental, Inc. for Materials License No. 29-
28575-01, to authorize release of its facility in Lawrenceville, New 
Jersey 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 action is to authorize the release of the 
licensee's Lawrenceville, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. 
Shaw Environmental, Inc. (Shaw) was authorized by NRC from August 14, 
2003 to use radioactive materials for research and development purposes 
at the site. Shaw assumed responsibility for License 29-28575-01 from 
Envirogen, Inc., who was authorized by the NRC from January 29, 1991 to 
use radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
site until its assets were acquired and the license transferred to Shaw 
on August 14, 2003, by Amendment No. 8 of the license. On July 12, 
2004, Shaw requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted 
use. Shaw 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. Shaw will continue licensed activities at another location, as 
authorized by the license.
    The NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of the license 
amendment. The facility was remediated and surveyed prior to the 
licensee requesting the license amendment. The NRC staff has reviewed 
the information and final status survey submitted by Shaw. Based on the 
its reviews, the staff has determined that there are no additional 
remediation activities necessary to complete the proposed action. 
Therefore, the staff considered the impact of the residual 
radioactivity at the facility and concluded that since the residual 
radioactivity meets the requirements in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20, a 
Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of the 
license amendment to release the facility for unrestricted use. The NRC 
staff has evaluated Shaw Environmental, Inc.''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 action are bounded by the 
impacts evaluated by NUREG-1496, Volumes 1-3, ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for 
License Termination of NRC-Licensed Facilities'' (ML042310492, 
ML042320379, and ML042330385). On the basis of the EA, the NRC has 
concluded that the environmental impacts from the action are expected 
to be insignificant and has determined not to prepare an environmental 
impact statement for the action.

IV. Further Information

    Documents related to this action, including the application for the 
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

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this Notice are: The Environmental Assessment (ML042520538), and Letter 
dated July 12, 2004 transmitting Final Status Survey Report 
(ML041970459). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter 
problems in accessing the documents located in 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].
    These documents may be viewed electronically at the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy 
documents for a fee. The PDR is open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 5th day of October, 
2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
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