[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25358]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-19353]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Inficon, Inc.'s 
Facility in Fairfield, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Dolce 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 issuing a license 
amendment to INFICON, Inc. (INFICON) for Materials License No. 29-
20512-01 to authorize release of its facility in Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. INFICON 
was authorized by NRC from February 1999 to use radioactive materials 
for manufacturing and distribution purposes at the Fairfield, New 
Jersey site. On July 29, 2004, INFICON requested that NRC release the 
facility for unrestricted use. INFICON 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 use. INFICON 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 INFICON. Based on 
its review, 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 INFICON'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: 
Environmental Assessment [ADAMS Accession No. ML042990044], letter 
transmitting Final Status Survey Results dated July 29, 2004 [ADAMS 
Accession No. ML042120036], and supplemental information contained in 
letters dated August 11, 2004 [ADAMS Accession No. ML042390402] and 
September 22, 2004 [ADAMS Accession No. ML042710102]. Please note that 
on October 25, 2004, the NRC terminated public access to ADAMS and 
initiated an additional security review of publicly available documents 
to ensure that potentially sensitive information is removed from the 
ADAMS database accessible through the NRC's web site. Interested 
members of the public may obtain copies of the referenced documents for 
review and/or copying by contacting the Public Document Room pending 
resumption of public access to ADAMS. The NRC Public Documents Room is 
located at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, and can be contacted at 
(800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737 or by e-mail to ``[email protected].''
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O1-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 8th day of November, 
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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