96-9454. Notice of Removal From the Site Decommissioning Management Plan for the Cleveland Works Facility of the Aluminum Company of America, Inc. (ALCOA)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16813]
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[FR Doc No: 96-9454]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 040-00501]


Notice of Removal From the Site Decommissioning Management Plan 
for the Cleveland Works Facility of the Aluminum Company of America, 
Inc. (ALCOA)

    This notice is to inform the public that the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission is removing the Cleveland Works Facility of the Aluminum 
Company of America (ALCOA) in Cleveland, Ohio, from the Site 
Decommissioning Management Plan (SDMP). ALCOA used thorium at this site 
from the early 1900s and under license No. C-5023 from the Atomic 
Energy Commission (AEC) from 1954 until 1961. Surveys performed in 1989 
and 1990 showed thorium contamination at several locations on the 
facility. Fugitive depleted uranium from Chemetron, Inc., an adjoining 
facility to the east, was also found on the site. ALCOA began site 
remediation/clean-up in 1991 and completed remediation/clean-up in 
1995. Based on: (1) Remedial actions taken by ALCOA and Chemetron, (2) 
the NRC staff's review of ALCOA and Chemetron termination surveys, (3) 
ALCOA information on previous thorium waste disposal practices, and (4) 
the results of the NRC's confirmatory surveys, the NRC concludes that 
remediation/clean-up activities are complete and the site is suitable 
for unrestricted use. Removal from the SDMP will be reopened only if 
additional contamination, or noncompliance with remediation commitments 
is found indicating a significant threat to public health and safety.
    For further information, contact John Buckley, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 
415-6607.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of April, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Nelson,
Acting Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-9454 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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