[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24017]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-06021]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Rohm and Haas Company's 
Facility in Bristol, 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: Marjorie McLaughlin, Nuclear Materials 
Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5240, 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 Rohm and Haas Company for Materials License No. 37-01665-
01, to authorize release of its facility in Bristol, Pennsylvania 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 Bristol, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted use. Rohm 
and Haas Company was authorized by NRC from December 4, 1958, to use 
radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
Bristol, Pennsylvania site. On July 22, 2004, Rohm and Haas Company 
requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. Rohm and 
Haas Company has conducted surveys of the facility and determined that 
the facility meets the license termination criteria in subpart E of 10 
CFR part 20. Rohm and Haas Company will continue licensed activities at 
other locations, 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 Rohm and Haas. 
Based on 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 Rohm and Haas Company'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 this Notice are: The 
Environmental Assessment (ML042880387), Amendment request and Final 
Status Survey results (ML042080055 and ML042220108), Additional Survey 
Information (ML042470162), Gas chromatograph source leak test results 
(ML042470170, ML042540075, and ML042540081) and additional information 
concerning the storage locker (ML042470164). 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 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 20th day of 
October, 2004.

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