[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 221 (Thursday, November 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69787-69788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6366]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-36058]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Lifenet's Facility in 
Virginia Beach, VA

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Lawyer, Commercial and R&D 
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5366, 
fax (610) 337-5269; or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I.Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuing 
a license amendment to LifeNet for Materials License No. 45-25601-01, 
to authorize release of its facility located at 1457 Miller Store Road 
in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for unrestricted use. NRC has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this proposed 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.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of 
the licensee's facility located at 1457 Miller Store Road in Virginia 
Beach, Virginia, facility for unrestricted use. LifeNet was authorized 
by NRC from 2002 to use radioactive materials for research and 
development purposes at the site. On September 12, 2005, LifeNet 
requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. LifeNet 
has conducted surveys of the facility and provided

[[Page 69788]]

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 LifeNet. 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 terminate the license and release the facility for 
unrestricted use. The NRC staff has evaluated LifeNet'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). Additionally, 
no non-radiological or cumulative impacts were identified. On the basis 
of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no significant 
environmental impacts from the proposed action, and has determined not 
to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed 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 Agency wide 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 Related to an Amendment of U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Materials License No. 45-25601-01 (ML053130104); 
and letter dated September 12, 2005, requesting release of facility and 
enclosing Decommissioning Survey Report for LifeNet (ML052640482). 
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. 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 at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 9th day of 
November, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety 
Region I.
[FR Doc. E5-6366 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P