United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Notices D09002ee1c80b1d3f D09002ee1c80b1dbb United States Department of Defense originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Defense Logistics Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Defense Logistics Agency announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the removal of low- activity contamination resulting from storage of radioactive source material in the National Defense Stockpile of strategic and critical materials. Stockpiles of commodities containing source material have been removed from DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and Hammond, IN. At the Curtis Bay Depot, the commodities containing source material (columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates, thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide, monazite sand, uranium pitchblende ore, and sodium sulfate) were previously stored in 16 of the original 59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s, over 19,000 drums of thorium nitrate were stored in three warehouses. Previously the thorium nitrate stockpile was stored for short periods in six other warehouses on the site. At the Hammond Depot, the commodities containing source material (columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite sands, sodium sulfate, and tungsten ore and concentrates) were previously stored in two of the three warehouses on the site. Cleanup of any residual contamination from storage of the commodities containing source material is one task DNSC must complete before its Nuclear Regulatory Commission license can be terminated. Following evaluation of reasonable alternatives conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC, DNSC will remove residual contamination and transfer the contaminants to a regulated disposal site. This disposal will be performed in a manner that will be safe, secure, and environmentally sound and minimizes radiation exposure and potential for risk to workers, the public, and the environment. 72 FR 19475 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-18/E7-7366 E7-7366 fr18ap07-35 3620-01-P Requisition No. 07-007 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-18/E7-7366 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-18/html/E7-7366.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-18/pdf/E7-7366.pdf 1 p. 19475 19475 72 FR 19475 Removal of Low-Activity Contamination; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue NOTICE E7-7366 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Logistics Agency 2007-04-09 Requisition No. 07-007 3620-01-P E7-7366 Notice of availability of a finding of no significant impact for the removal of low-activity contamination.

The Defense Logistics Agency announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the removal of low- activity contamination resulting from storage of radioactive source material in the National Defense Stockpile of strategic and critical materials. Stockpiles of commodities containing source material have been removed from DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and Hammond, IN. At the Curtis Bay Depot, the commodities containing source material (columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates, thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide, monazite sand, uranium pitchblende ore, and sodium sulfate) were previously stored in 16 of the original 59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s, over 19,000 drums of thorium nitrate were stored in three warehouses. Previously the thorium nitrate stockpile was stored for short periods in six other warehouses on the site. At the Hammond Depot, the commodities containing source material (columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite sands, sodium sulfate, and tungsten ore and concentrates) were previously stored in two of the three warehouses on the site. Cleanup of any residual contamination from storage of the commodities containing source material is one task DNSC must complete before its Nuclear Regulatory Commission license can be terminated. Following evaluation of reasonable alternatives conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC, DNSC will remove residual contamination and transfer the contaminants to a regulated disposal site. This disposal will be performed in a manner that will be safe, secure, and environmentally sound and minimizes radiation exposure and potential for risk to workers, the public, and the environment.

Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and draft FONSI were published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 9, 2007 (Vol. 72, No. 46); comments received by April 9, 2007 were considered when preparing the final version of the FONSI. Mr. Michael Pecullan, Phone (703) 767- 7620 or e-mail: michael.pecullan@dla.mil. Environmental statements; availability, etc.: National Defense Stockpile; removal of low-activity contamination, michael.pecullan@dla.mil https://www.dnsc.dla.mil/FINALFONSI.asp Vol. 72, no. 74 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-04-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 298 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-18 P0b002ee180954953 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18ap07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-18/pdf/FR-2007-04-18.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-18/xml/FR-2007-04-18.xml fdlp 19375 19660 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-04-18 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-04-18 72 74