[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20857]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-27]


Summary of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact for Exemption to Licensed Physician Requirements for BWX 
Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, VA

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed action.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Billy Gleaves, Project Manager, Fuel 
Facility Licensing Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Mail Stop T-8F42, Washington, DC 
20852. Telephone: (301) 415-5848; fax number: (310) 415-5955; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuing 
an exemption to BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), the holder of NRC 
special nuclear materials License SNM-42. The proposed action would 
exempt BWXT from certain requirements set forth in 10 CFR 73.46(b) and 
Part 73 Appendix B. The exemptions would authorize the licensee to 
allow medical examinations to be given by licensed nurse practitioners 
authorized to practice medicine by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 
exemptions would allow such nurses, in addition to licensed physicians, 
to give medical examinations that are required prior to allowing 
personnel to participate in physical fitness tests. The exemptions 
would be to requirements stated in 10 CFR 73.46(b)(10)(iii) and (iv); 
73.46(b)(11)(iii) and (v); 73.46(b)(12)(ii); and Part 73 Appendix B 
paragraphs I.B.1.b, I.B.2.b, and I.C.
    In accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51 the NRC has 
prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this action. 
Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant 
Impact is appropriate. If approved, the exemption would be issued 
following the publication of this Notice.

II. EA Summary

    As stated above, the staff has prepared an EA in support of the 
proposed action. The EA contains sensitive information and is not 
publicly available. The NRC staff has concluded that issuing the 
proposed exemptions will not result in a significant impact to the 
environment. The NRC staff concluded that the proposed action will not 
adversely affect federally listed species or federally designated 
critical habitat because no federally listed species are known to occur 
in the project area. The NRC staff found that no historic properties 
will be affected by the proposed action.
    The proposed action does not have a potential to affect the 
probability or consequences of accidents; the types or amounts of 
effluents; nor occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, 
there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated 
with the proposed action.

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 action, and has 
determined that the preparation of an environmental impact statement is 
not required.

IV. Further Information

    Documents related to this action can be accessed on the NRC's 
Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) that provides 
electronic copies of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession number 
for the Federal Register notice related to this action is: Notice of 
License Amendment Request of BWX Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, VA 
(ML063050294). 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 800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of November 2006.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian Smith,
Acting Chief, Fuel Facility Licensing Directorate, Division of Fuel 
Cycle Safety, and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E6-20857 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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