[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 144-145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8205]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-06021]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for ROHM & HAAS Company's Facility in 
Philadelphia, PA

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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Rohm & Haas Company for Materials 
License No. 037-01665-01, to authorize release of its facility in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for unrestricted use and license 
termination. 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. The amendment will be 
issued following the publication of this Notice.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize the release of 
the licensee's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted 
use. Rohm & Haas Company was authorized by NRC (AEC at the time) from 
1956 to use radioactive materials for research and development purposes 
at the site. On April 26, 2005, Rohm & Haas Company requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Rohm & Haas Company has 
conducted surveys of the facility and

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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 Rohm & Haas 
Company. As discussed in the EA, the staff has determined that the 
residual radioactivity meets the requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR 
Part 20.

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 Rohm & Haas Company'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 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 (ML053570288); Final Status Survey and 
amendment request dated April 26, 2005 [ADAMS Accession No. 
ML051390274]; Letter dated May 16, 2005 providing additional 
information [ADAMS Accession No. ML051510089]; Letter dated May 27, 
2005 providing additional information [ADAMS Accession No. 
ML051590269]; Letter dated May 31, 2005 providing additional 
information [ADAMS Accession No. ML051590359]; and Letter dated June 
29, 2005 providing additional information [ADAMS Accession No. 
ML051880162]. 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 23rd day of 
December 2005.

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