[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2783]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 040-00341]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Defense Logistics 
Agency, Defense National Stockpile Center Facility In Scotia, NY

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Ullrich, Commercial and R&D 
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406 telephone (610) 337-5040, 
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 Defense Logistics Agency, Defense 
National Stockpile Center (DLA/DNSC) for Materials License No. STC-133, 
to authorize release of its facility in Scotia, New York 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. 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 Scotia, New York facility for unrestricted use. DLA/DNSC 
was authorized by NRC from 1970 to use radioactive materials for 
storage and sampling purposes at the Scotia site. On January 8, 2005, 
DLA/DNSC requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. 
DLA/DNSC 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 release.
    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 DLA/DNSC. 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 DLA/DNSC'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 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 [ML060520131]; Defense National Stockpile 
Center Final Status Survey Report, Scotia Depot, New York, Final, 
December 2004 [ADAMS Accession No. ML050340087]; letter dated August 
16, 2005 [ML052310209]; and letter dated October 4, 2005 [ML052910324]. 
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 21st day of 
February, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 
Region I.
[FR Doc. E6-2783 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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