[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4665-4666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01754]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 30-10716; NRC-2020-0214]


Sigma-Aldrich Company, Fort Mims Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License termination; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the 
termination of the Sigma-Aldrich Company, Fort Mims Site, Materials 
License No. 24-16273-01, located in Maryland Heights, MO.

DATES: The license termination for Materials License No. 24-16273-01 
was issued on November 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0214 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0214. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Alexander, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6755; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Sigma-Aldrich Company's (Sigma's) Fort Mims Site is located at 
11542 Fort Mims Drive, Maryland Heights, Missouri in a commercial/
industrial park. The site consists of a 3-acre parcel of land 
previously used for the radiolabeling of chemicals with carbon-14 and 
tritium.

II. Discussion

    By email dated August 22, 2019, the NRC received an application to 
amend Sigma's decommissioning plan. That application was supplemented 
by letter dated April 27, 2020, requesting a license amendment for the 
termination of NRC Materials License No. 24-16273-01, and by letter 
dated October 19, 2020, providing the NRC Form 313 ``Application for 
Materials License'' for this action. By email dated July 31, 2020, the 
NRC staff accepted for detailed technical review Sigma's license 
amendment request to amend the decommissioning plan and terminate the 
license.
    The NRC staff reviewed the revised decommissioning plan with the 
site-specific dose model and license termination request. Based on 
Sigma's dose analysis and the NRC's independent and confirmatory 
surveys and analyses, the NRC staff concluded in a safety evaluation 
report dated November 16, 2021, that the Fort Mims Site met the dose 
criteria for unrestricted use and that the residual radioactivity is as 
low as reasonably achievable, consistent with section 20.1402 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Radiological criteria for 
unrestricted use.'' Based on an environmental assessment dated November 
12, 2021, NRC staff concluded that there would be no significant 
environmental impacts. Accordingly, NRC Materials License No. 24-16273-
01 for the Fort Mims Site was terminated.

III. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.

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                   Document                       ADAMS  accession No.
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NRC Approval of Sigma-Aldrich Company's Fort   ML091330309
 Mims Facility Decommissioning Plan, dated
 May 12, 2009.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Revised           ML19273A160
 Decommissioning Plan, dated June 27, 2019.
Transmittal Email--Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims     ML19273A163
 Revised Decommissioning Plan, dated August
 22, 2019.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Request for       ML20120A544
 License Termination, dated April 27, 2020.
Transmittal Email--NRC Acceptance Review of    ML20213C693
 Revised Decommissioning Plan and License
 Termination Request, dated July 31, 2020.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Revised           ML20294A191
 Decommissioning Plan: NRC Form 313,
 ``Application for Materials License,'' dated
 October 19, 2020.
NRC Environmental Assessment and Finding of    ML21277A097
 No Significant Impact Related to the
 Issuance of a License Amendment for the
 Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site, dated November
 12, 2021.
NRC Safety Evaluation Report of Revised        ML21300A384
 Decommissioning Plan and License Termination
 Request for the Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims
 Site, dated November 16, 2021.
NRC Materials License 24-16273-01 Termination  ML21300A383
 Amendment 21, dated November 16, 2021.
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    Dated: January 25, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Randolph W. Von Till,
Chief, Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch, Division 
of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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