[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46629-46630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22183]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-820]
Release of United Nuclear Corporation, Wood River Junction Site
For Unrestricted Use and Removal From the Site Decommissioning
Management Plan--Finding of No Significant Impact and Opportunity for a
Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) related to the release of the United
Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Wood River Junction Site and the termination
of Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-777, Docket No. 70-820.
On the basis of this EA, the NRC has concluded that the
environmental impacts that could be caused by the proposed action would
not be significant and do not warrant the preparation of an
environmental impact statement. Accordingly, it has been determined
that a Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate.
The UNC site was listed in the NRC's Site Decommissioning
Management Plan, but has now been removed.
Results of the radiological surveys and analyses performed indicate
that, after remedial actions, residual radioactive material in building
surfaces and in soils at the site is less than the criteria found in
the NRC's ``Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment
Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for
Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material,'' August 1967. However,
non-radiological onsite groundwater contamination will be monitored on
a continuing basis by the State of Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management and UNC. NRC concludes that further remedial
action is not required, and that the site is suitable for unrestricted
use with regard to any radiological hazards regulated by NRC under the
authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
As noted in the Action Plan (57 FR 13389), this is the final action
of the NRC on the UNC site. NRC will not require any additional
decommissioning in response to future NRC criteria or standards, except
in the event that additional contamination, or non-compliance with the
decommissioning plans approved by NRC is found, indicating a
significant threat to public health and safety. Non-compliance would
occur if the licensee had not complied with an approved decommissioning
plan, or had provided false information.
The NRC hereby provides notice of an opportunity for a hearing on
the termination of the license under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2,
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials
and Operator Licensing Proceedings.'' Pursuant to Sec. 2.1205(a), any
person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a
request for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c). A request for
a hearing must be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of
publication of this Federal Register notice.
In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part
2 of the NRC's regulations, a request for a hearing filed by a person
other than an applicant must describe in detail:
(1) The interest of the requestor in the proceeding;
(2) How that interest may be affected by the results of the
proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted
a hearing, with particular reference to the factors set out in
Sec. 2.1205(g);
(3) The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
(4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing
is timely in accordance with Sec. 2.1205(c).
In accordance with 10 CFR Sec. 2.1205(e), each request for a
hearing must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail,
to:
(1) The licensee, United Nuclear Corporation, Inc., 67 Sandy Desert
Road, Uncasville, CT 06382; and
(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the Executive Director for
Operations, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852 or by mail addressed to the Executive Director for Operations,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Any hearing that is requested and granted will be held in
accordance with the NRC's ``Informal Hearing Procedures for
Adjudications in Material Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR Part 2,
Subpart L.
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For further details with respect to this action, see the EA and
other documents related to this proposed action which are available for
public inspection and copying at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555. For additional information, contact
Jack Parrott, NRC Project Manager for the UNC site at (301) 415-6700 or
Mail Stop T-8F37, Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 9th day of August, 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael F. Weber,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-22183 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am]
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