[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25461]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-05235]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Exxon Mobil 
Research and Engineering Company's Facility in Paulsboro, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Joustra, Materials Security & 
Industrial Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5355, fax (610) 337-5269, or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is terminating Materials 
License No. 29-00505-02 issued to The Exxon Mobil Research and 
Engineering Company (Exxon) and authorizing release of its facility in 
Paulsboro, 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 terminate the license and authorize 
the release of the licensee's Paulsboro, New Jersey facility for 
unrestricted use. Exxon has been authorized by NRC since November 1, 
1956 to use radioactive materials for research and development purposes 
at the site. On February 10, 2004, Exxon requested that NRC release the 
facility for unrestricted use. Exxon 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.
    The NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of the license 
termination. The facility was remediated and surveyed prior to the 
licensee requesting the termination of the license. The NRC staff has 
reviewed the information and final status survey submitted by Exxon. 
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 termination and release the facility for unrestricted use. The 
NRC staff has evaluated Exxon's request and the results of the surveys 
and has concluded that the completed action complies with 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 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 (ML043130124), Letter dated February 10, 2004 
requesting termination of the license (ML040630698), Letter dated May 
13, 2004 providing additional information (ML041730600), Letter dated 
August 23, 2004 providing additional information (ML042450527), E-mail 
dated October 6, 2004 providing additional information (ML042870539), 
and Letter dated October 18, 2004 from New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection (ML042990034). 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, 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 9th 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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