[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18365-18366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5214]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-32749]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Neose Technology, Inc's 
Facility in Horsham, PA

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hammann, Commercial and R&D 
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale 
Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 337-5399, 
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 Neose Technology, Inc. for Materials 
License No. 37-28751-01, to authorize release of its facility in 
Horsham, Pennsylvania 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 Horsham, Pennsylvania facility for unrestricted use. 
Neose Technology, Inc. was authorized by NRC from 1992 to use 
radioactive materials for research and development purposes at the 
site. On August 1, 2005, Neose Technology, Inc. requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Neose Technology, 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 Neose Technology, 
Inc. Based on its review, the staff has determined that there are no 
additional remediation activities

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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 Neose Technology, 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 [ML060830161]; Final Status Survey Results for 
Neose Technologies, Inc., 102 Witmer Road, Horsham, Pennsylvania 
[ML052590494]; and Response from Neose Technologies, Inc. dated October 
27, 2005 [ML053120105]. 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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