[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3567-3568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1282]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-33542]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Pharmacopeia, 
Incorporated's Facility in Monmouth Junction, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nicholson, Commercial and R&D 
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5236, 
fax (610) 337-5269; or by email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a license 
amendment to Pharmacopeia, Inc. for Materials License No. 29-30152-01, 
to authorize release of its facility in Monmouth Junction, 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 Monmouth Junction, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. 
Pharmacopeia, Inc. was authorized by NRC from February 1999 to use 
radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
site. On April 28, 2004, Pharmacopeia, Inc. requested that NRC release 
the facility for unrestricted use. Pharmacopeia, Inc. 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. Pharmacopeia, Inc. 
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 Pharmacopeia, Inc. 
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 Pharmacopeia, 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.

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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 (ML043340345), Letter dated April 28, 2004, 
requesting the amendment (ML041330096), Letter dated September 14, 
2004, providing additional information (ML042720160), and Letter from 
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection dated November 15, 
2004 (ML043290297). 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 or (301) 415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. 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 14 day of January, 
2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety 
Region I.
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