[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 28964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2509]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-02489]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Princeton Healthcare 
System's Facility in Princeton, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Gabriel, Medical Branch, 
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, 
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 337-5182, 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 Princeton HealthCare System for Materials License No. 29-
06750-01, to authorize release of its facility at Princeton House 
Behavioral Health, 905 Herrontown Road in Princeton, 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 facility at Princeton House Behavioral Health, 905 
Herrontown Road in Princeton, New Jersey, for unrestricted use. 
Princeton HealthCare System was authorized by NRC from July 21, 1993, 
to use radioactive materials at this site for research and development 
involving absorption, dilution, metabolism, and excretion studies in 
humans, in association with Bristol Myers Squibb. In 1998, Princeton 
HealthCare System ceased operations with licensed materials at the 
Princeton House Behavioral Health site, and in 2004 requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Princeton HealthCare System 
has conducted surveys of the facility and determined that the facility 
meets the license termination criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20.
    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 Princeton 
HealthCare System. 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 at Princeton House Behavioral 
Health, 905 Herrontown Road Way in Princeton, New Jersey, for 
unrestricted use. The NRC staff has evaluated Princeton HealthCare 
System'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. 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 (ML050900333), letter dated November 24, 2004 
with attached closeout survey results (ML043410218), and letter dated 
March 14, 2005 (ML050830030). 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 email to [email protected]. These documents may 
also be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC PDR, located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, 
MD 20852. The PDR is open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except on Federal Holidays; and at the Region I Office, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 10th day of May, 
2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pamela J. Henderson,
Chief, Medical Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
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