[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5715]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-04530]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for U.S. Department of 
Agriculture Facility in Mission, TX

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sattar Lodhi, Materials Security & 
Industrial Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5364, 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) for Materials License No. 19-00915-03, to authorize remediation 
activities at its radioactive waste burial site located at Moore Air 
Base (MAB) in Mission, Texas. The 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.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize remediation 
activities at the licensee's radioactive waste burial site at MAB in 
Mission, Texas. USDA was authorized initially by the U.S. Atomic Energy 
Commission in the mid 1950's and later by the NRC to use radioactive 
materials for research and development purposes at the site. On May 5, 
2005, USDA requested that NRC authorize remediation activities at the 
burial site. USDA has submitted to the NRC a plan to remediate the 
burial site.
    The NRC staff has prepared an EA in support of the license 
amendment. The NRC staff has reviewed the information contained in the 
licensee's remediation plan. Based on its review, the staff has 
determined that the licensee has developed adequate procedures to 
ensure that the digging, removing and transporting the waste from the 
burial site will not have a significant impact on the environment and 
the workers. The staff has also determined that no additional 
information is necessary to complete the proposed action. Therefore, 
the staff considered the impact of the remediation activities at the 
facility and concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact is 
appropriate.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The NRC staff has prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of 
the license amendment request. 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: USDA's 
plan to remediate the radioactive waste burial site at MAB 
(ML051300095), EA in support of the amendment request (ML060940281), 
review of EA by the State of Texas (ML053120414). 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]. These documents may also be viewed electronically on 
public computers located at the NRC's PDR, 01F21, One White Flint, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR contractor will copy 
documents for a fee.
    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 6th day of April, 
2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Materials Security & Industrial Branch, Division of Nuclear 
Materials Safety, Region I.
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