[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48135-48136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23353]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Certification of the Radiological Condition of the C.H. Schnoor
Site, Springdale, Pennsylvania
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of certification.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed remedial action
to decontaminate the C.H. Schnoor site in Springdale, Pennsylvania.
Formerly, the property was found to contain quantities of residual
radioactive material resulting from activities conducted at the site by
the owner under contract to DOE's predecessors. Radiological surveys
show that the property now meets applicable requirements for use
without radiological restrictions.
ADDRESSES: The certification docket is available at the following
locations:
Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585
Public Document Room, Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of
Energy, 200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Springdale
Free Public Library, 331 School Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Lehr, Acting Director, Office
of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Management, U.S.
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, (301) 903-2328 Fax: (301)
903-2385.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office
of Environmental Management, has conducted remedial action at the C.H.
Schnoor site in Springdale, Pennsylvania, 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/Atomic Energy
Commission, during the early years of the nation's atomic energy
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program. In 1992, the C.H. Schnoor site was designated for remediation
as part of FUSRAP.
During the 1940s, the property was owned by C.H. Schnoor and
Company and was used to machine extruded uranium for the Hanford Pile
Project, a project with the objective of producing an alternate charge
for the Hanford Reactor in the State of Washington. The uranium
operation may have continued until the spring of 1951, when the
building was sold to a manufacturer of toys and coat hangers. In 1967,
the property was acquired by the Unity Railway Supply Company, which
founded the Premier Manufacturing Company and used the site to
manufacture journal lubricators for railroad cars. The current
occupant, Conviber, Inc., uses the site for the fabrication of
industrial drive and conveyor belts. In October 1980, a radiological
scanning survey was conducted by DOE and Argonne National Laboratory.
Because much of the floor was inaccessible for surveying and because of
the lack of definitive records documenting the use of the site, DOE
directed that an additional more comprehensive survey be performed.
This survey was conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1989 and
1990. From October through December 1993, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and Bechtel National Inc. performed additional radiological surveys of
the interior of the concrete building to thoroughly characterize the
building before remediation efforts began. Most of the contamination
was in the soil beneath the concrete slab, and isolated areas of
surface contamination were detected on a portion of the concrete
floors. Based on these characterization data, DOE conducted remedial
action at the C.H. Schnoor site from August to October 1994.
Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated and DOE has
certified that radiological conditions at the subject property comply
with DOE radiological decontamination criteria and standards. The
standards are established to protect members of the public and
occupants of the property and to ensure that future use of the property
will result in no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines.
Accordingly, this property is released from FUSRAP.
The certification docket will be available for review between 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
Copies of the certification docket will also be available in the DOE
Public Document Room, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations
Office, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 and at the Springdale Free Public
Library, 331 School Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.
The Department, through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former
Sites Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:
Statement of Certification: C.H. Schnoor Site in Springdale,
Pennsylvania
DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration
Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained
following remedial action at the C.H. Schnoor Site, 644 Garfield Street
[Parcel 733-A-182, filed in Deed/Plat Book (Colfax Plan 117), Page 281
in the records of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]. Based on analysis of
all data collected, including post-remedial action surveys, DOE
certifies that any residual contamination which remains onsite falls
within current guidelines for use without radiological restrictions.
This certification of compliance provides assurance that reasonably
foreseeable future use of the property will result in no radiological
exposure above current radiological guidelines established to protect
members of the general public as well as occupants of the site.
Property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pucciarelli, 644 Garfield
Street, Springdale, Pennsylvania 15144.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 1996.
James M. Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration.
[FR Doc. 96-23353 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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