[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44045-44046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12516]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 030-34810]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Termination for Esperion 
Therapeutics, Inc, Ann Arbor, MI

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Peter J. Lee, Decommissioning 
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Region III, 2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-
4352. Telephone: 630-829-9870; fax number: 630-515-1259; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuing 
a license termination of Material License No. 21-32115-01 issued to 
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (the licensee), to authorize release of its 
Ann Arbor facility for unrestricted use.
    The NRC staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 
support of this amendment 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 terminate Byproduct 
Material License No. 21-32115-01 issued to Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., 
and release its Ann Arbor, Michigan facility for unrestricted use. On 
September 24, 1998, the NRC authorized the licensee to use labeled 
compounds such as hydrogen-3, carbon-14, phosphorus-32, phosphorus-33, 
sulfur-35, etc. for research and development. On May 17, 2006, the 
licensee submitted a license termination request to release its Ann 
Arbor facility for unrestricted use. The licensee has conducted surveys 
of the facility and provided information to the NRC to demonstrate that 
the site meets the license termination criteria in 10 CFR 20.1402, 
``Radiological Criteria for Unrestricted Use.''
    The staff has examined the licensee's request and the information 
provided in support of its request, including the surveys performed to 
demonstrate compliance with the release criteria. The staff has found 
that the radiological environmental impacts from the proposed action 
are bounded by the impacts evaluated in the ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for 
License Termination of NRC-Licensed Facilities'' (NUREG-1496). 
Additionally, no non-radiological or cumulative impacts were 
identified. Based on its review, the staff has determined that there 
are no additional remediation activities necessary to complete the 
proposed action and a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the EA, the NRC concluded that there are no 
significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and 
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.

IV. Further Information

    Documents related to this action, including the application for 
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: ML061390181 for the May 17, 
2006, license termination request and ML062020314 for the EA summarized 
above. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by e-mail to [email protected].
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee.

    Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 24th day of July 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamnes L. Cameron,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 
Region III.
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