[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 18364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5213]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-34998]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Gibraltar Laboratories, 
Inc.'s Facility in Fairfield, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Courtemanche, Commercial and 
R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5075, 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 Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc., for 
Materials License No. 29-30516-01, to authorize release of its facility 
in Fairfield, New Jersey for unrestricted use and terminate the 
license. 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 Fairfield, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use and 
terminate the license. Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc., was authorized by 
NRC from 1999 to use radioactive materials for research and development 
purposes at the site. On August 27, 2003, Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc., 
requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted use. This 
licensing action was voided because insufficient information was 
provided by Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc., to allow for the release of 
the facility for unrestricted use. On October 11, 2005, Gibraltar 
Laboratories, Inc., provided the additional information requested on 
August 27, 2003. Gibraltar Laboratories, 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 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 Gibraltar 
Laboratories, 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 terminate the license and release the facility for 
unrestricted use. The NRC staff has evaluated Gibraltar Laboratories, 
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). 
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 [ML060830021]; Initial request for termination 
of license with survey results for Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc., 122 
Fairfield Road, Fairfield, New Jersey, dated August 27, 2003 
[ML032461491]; Request for Additional Information (RAI) dated September 
11, 2003 [ML032541251]; Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc.'s response dated 
November 13, 2003 [ML033370153]; Facsimile from Gibraltar Laboratories, 
Inc., received November 14, 2003, with additional information 
concerning survey instruments [ML033380939]; Voidance of Licensing 
Action by U.S. NRC pending submission of required information 
[ML033240028]; and Final Status Survey Results for Gibraltar 
Laboratories, Inc., 122 Fairfield Road, Fairfield, New Jersey, dated 
October 11, 2005 [ML052940339]. 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 28th day of March, 
2006.

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