[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)] [Notices] [Pages 52589-52590] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: E6-14706] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40-1162] Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Western Nuclear, Inc., Jeffrey City, WY AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen J. Cohen, Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: (301) 415-7182; fax number: (301) 415-5955; e-mail: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to issue a license amendment to Source Materials License No. SUA-56 held by Western Nuclear, Inc. (the Licensee), to authorize the establishment of alternate concentration limits (ACLs) at its Split Rock uranium mill tailings site in Jeffrey City, Wyoming. The NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of the 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 is appropriate. Final action on the Licensee's amendment request will be taken following publication of this notice. The NRC will issue a technical evaluation report addressing the safety aspects of establishing ACLs at the Licensee's facility. II. EA Summary The purpose of the proposed amendment is to authorize the establishment of ACLs instead of ground water protection standards for six constituents at the Licensee's Jeffrey City, Wyoming, facility. Specifically, this amendment will establish ACLs for ammonia, manganese, molybdenum, nitrate, radium-226 and -228, and natural uranium. This amendment will also require the Licensee to establish institutional controls on all properties within the long-term surveillance boundary to preclude domestic ground water use. On October 29, 1999, the Licensee requested that NRC approve the proposed amendment. The staff has prepared the EA in support of the proposed license amendment. The staff considered impacts to ground water, surface water, land use, ecology, socioeconomic conditions, and historical and cultural resources. Impacts to ground water are mitigated by the use of institutional controls that prevent human consumption of contaminated ground water within the long-term surveillance boundary. However, agricultural and livestock uses have been preserved within the long- term surveillance boundary. A surface water and ground water monitoring program has been established to track ground water contamination, and trigger levels for surface water and ground water have been established, the exceedance of which would require a response from the Licensee. III. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. IV. Further Information Documents related to this action, including the application for amendment, the EA, and other 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: [[Page 52590]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Document ADAMS Accession No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground Water Characterization and ML003672396, Evaluation. ML003672400 Baseline Risk Assessment, Appendix I to ML003672619 Site Closure Plan. Supplement to October 29, 1999, Split ML010380246 Rock Site Closure Report. WNI Response to NRC Request of September ML021710273 6, 2001, for Additional Information on Site Closure Plan for the Split Rock, Wyoming, Site. Supplemental Data Collection, Program ML021710422 Trip Report. WNI Response to NRC Request of September ML022110059 6, 2001, for Additional Information on Site Closure Plan for the Split Rock, Wyoming, Site. Supplemental Ground Water Modeling ML030760336 Report. Letter to Robert A. Nelson Regarding ML041490156 Risk Assessment of Ground Water for Agricultural Uses. Response to Request for Additional ML050690064 Information. Environmental Assessment for Amendment ML062130316 to Source Materials License SUA-56, Ground Water Alternate Concentration Limits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Stephen J. Cohen, Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. E6-14706 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P