[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24305]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 03005310]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Termination for ExxonMobil Research 
and Engineering Company's Facility in Annandale, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Modes, Materials Security & 
Industrial Branch , Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5251, fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is terminating Materials 
License No. 29-05260-13 issued to ExxonMobil Research and Engineering 
Company, and authorizing release of its facility in Annandale, 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 
license will be terminated following the publication of this Notice.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the action is to authorize the release of the 
licensee's Annandale, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. 
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (ExxonMobil) has been 
authorized by NRC since June 30, 1986, to use radioactive materials for 
research and development purposes at the Annandale, New Jersey site. On 
December 18, 2003, ExxonMobil requested that NRC release the facility 
for unrestricted use. ExxonMobil 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.
    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 ExxonMobil. Based on 
the 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 
termination of the license and release of the facility for unrestricted 
use. The NRC staff has evaluated ExxonMobil'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 (ML042930009), Letter dated December 17, 2003, 
requesting termination of the license (ML040130270), letter dated 
August 12, 2004, providing additional information (ML042380119), and 
letter dated August 31, 2004, providing additional information 
(ML042510189). 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 25th day of October, 
2004.

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