[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18364-18365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5257]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-33468]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Multipixel Systems, 
Inc.'s Facility in Ramsey, NJ

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:

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I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Multipixel Systems, Inc. for 
Materials License No. 45-25288-01, to authorize release of its facility 
in Ramsey, New Jersey 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 Ramsey, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. 
Multipixel Systems, Inc. was authorized by NRC from 1999 to use 
radioactive materials for research and development and instrument 
calibration purposes at the site. On November 23, 2005, Multipixel 
Systems, Inc. requested that NRC release the facility for unrestricted 
use. Multipixel Systems, 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 Multipixel 
Systems, 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 release the facility for unrestricted use. The NRC 
staff has evaluated Multipixel Systems, 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 ML060860071; Letter dated August 23, 2004 
[ML042470096]; Amendment Request Letter dated November 23, 2005 
[ML053460312]; Phone Log dated December 19, 2005 [ML060240513]; and 
Additional Information Letter dated January 12, 2006 [ML060240285]. 
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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