[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-14430]
[[Page Unknown]]
[Federal Register: June 14, 1994]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. 6450-01]
Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Granite City
Site, Granite City, IL, June 1993
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of certification.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed radiological
surveys of the Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois. The
property was found to contain residual quantities of radioactive
material from Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) activities. Cleanup
activities have occurred at this site sufficient to remediate it to
Departmental guidelines.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James J. Fiore, Director, Office
of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Restoration, Mail
Stop, EM-42, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (301)
903-8141.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE Office of Environmental Restoration,
Office of Eastern Area Programs (EM-42), Off-Site/Savannah River
Program Division, has conducted a remedial action project at the
Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois (Parcel No. 301-001 filed
in Deed/Plat Book 19-24-14, Page 22-1 in the records of Madison County,
Illinois), as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program (FUSRAP). The objective of the program is to identify and clean
up or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive contamination
remains from activities carried out under contract to the Manhattan
Engineer District (MED) and AEC statutory predecessors to DOE during
the early years of the nation's atomic energy program. In September
1992, the Granite City Site was designated for cleanup under FUSRAP.
In the late 1950's and early 1960's, uranium metal bars (uranium-
238 ingots) were x-rayed for AEC in the Betatron Building to detect
metallurgical flaws. X-ray services were provided by General Steel
Castings Corporation (currently Granite City Steel) under purchase
orders from Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, a prime AEC contractor.
Purchase orders were issued by Mallinckrodt from 1958 to 1966 on an
``as required'' basis.
At DOE's request, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a
preliminary radiological survey in 1989 to determine whether the site
met newer, stricter cleanup guidelines. The survey indicated that the
site contained residual radioactive contamination from AEC activities.
As a result, on September 25, 1992, the site was designated for
inclusion in FUSRAP. In June 1993, Bechtel National, Inc., conducted
remedial action in accordance with DOE Orders, at the Granite City
Site.
Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated, and DOE has
certified, that the subject property is in compliance with DOE residual
radioactive contamination criteria and standards. The standards are
established to protect members of the general public and occupants of
the site and to ensure that future use of the property will result in
no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines. These findings
are supported by the DOE Certification Docket for the Remedial Action
Performed at the Granite City Site in Granite City, Illinois, June
1993. Accordingly, this property is released from FUSRAP.
The certification docket will be available for review between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays), in
the DOE Public Reading Room located in Room 1E-190 of the Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. Copies will
also be available in the DOE Public Document Room, Federal Building,
200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and will be provided to
the property owner and to appropriate local officials.
DOE, through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites
Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:
Statement of Certification: Granite City Site Former AEC Operations
The U.S. DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration
Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained
following remedial action at the Granite City Site (Parcel No. 301-001
filed in Deed/Plat Book 19-24-14, Page 22-1 in the records of Madison
County, Illinois). Based on analysis of all data collected, DOE
certifies that the following property is in compliance with DOE
radiological decontamination criteria and standards. For radiological
exposure resulting from past AEC subcontract activities at the site,
this certification of compliance provides assurance that future use of
the property will result in no radiological exposure above applicable
guidelines established to protect members of the general public or site
occupants.
Property owned by National Steel Corporation: Granite City Steel
Division, 1417 State Street, Granite City, Illinois 62040.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 1994.
John E. Baublitz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 94-14430 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
