[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48560-48561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13718]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 030-29661]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Termination for Michigan 
Biotechnology Institute, Lansing, MI

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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. 21-24836-01 issued to 
Michigan Biotechnology Institute (the licensee), to authorize release 
of its Lansing 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. 21-24836-01 issued to Michigan Biotechnology 
Institute, and release its Lansing, Michigan facility for unrestricted 
use. The NRC's license authorized the licensee to use labeled compounds 
such as hydrogen-3, carbon-14, phosphorus-32, sulfur-35, etc. for 
research and development. On March 7, 2006, the licensee submitted a 
license termination request to release its Lansing facility for 
unrestricted use. The licensee has conducted surveys of the facility 
and provided information to the NRC to demonstrate that the site meets

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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: ML060690446 for the March 7, 
2006, license termination request, ML061980294 for the July 11, 2006, 
additional information to the amendment request, and ML062190210 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 10th day of August 2006.

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