[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33209-33210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11217]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-33656]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for PPD, Inc.'s (formerly 
PPD Development and PPD Pharmaco) Facility in Richmond, VA

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 e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a license 
amendment to PPD, Inc. for Materials License No. 45-25314-01, to 
authorize release of its facility in Richmond, Virginia 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 Richmond, Virginia facility for unrestricted use. PPD, Inc. 
was authorized by NRC from November 23, 1994, to use radioactive 
materials for research and development purposes at the site. On 
November 18, 1997, PPD, Inc. requested that NRC release the facility 
for unrestricted use. PPD, 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.
    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 PPD, 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 PPD, 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 
radiological 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). The staff also found that the non-
radiological impacts are not significant. 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 [ML051510116], NRC Inspection Report No. 45-
25314-01/98-01 [ML050450536] and Final Radiological Survey Report for 
2246C Dabney Circle dated October 1997 prepared by RSO, Inc., for PPD 
Pharmaco [ML050450524]. 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].
    Documents related to operations conducted under this license not 
specifically referenced in this notice may not be electronically 
available and/or may not be publicly available.

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Persons who have an interest in reviewing these documents should submit 
a request to NRC under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 
Instructions for submitting a FOIA request can be found on the NRC's 
Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-privacy.html.

    Dated in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 31st day of May, 
2005.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 
Region I.
[FR Doc. 05-11217 Filed 6-6-05; 8:45 am]
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