Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.
239 / Wednesday, December 14, 2005 / Notices
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[Docket No. 50–271; License No. Dpr–28]
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC
and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
Receipt of Request for Action Under 10
CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that by petition
dated October 11, 2005, Mr. Jonathan M.
Block requested that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) take
action with regard to Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Station (Vermont
Yankee). The petitioner requested that
the NRC require a temporary closure or
de-rating of Vermont Yankee.
As a basis for this request, the
petitioner stated that evacuations would
be impossible as a result of recent storm
damage to the city of Keene, town of
Hinsdale in New Hampshire, and other
portions of New Hampshire that are part
of existing evacuation routes for
Vermont Yankee or within the effluent
pathway in an emergency event.
The petition is being treated pursuant
to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission’s
regulations. The petition has been
referred to the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As
provided by Section 2.206, appropriate
action will be taken on this petition
within a reasonable time. Copies of the
petition are available for inspection at
the Commission’s Public Document
Room, located at One White Flint North,
Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
will be accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day
of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cornelius F. Holden,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 040–07354]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for Department of the
Army’s Bomb Throwing Device (BTD)
Area in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Ullrich, Commerical and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406,
telephone (610) 337–5040, fax (610)
337–5269; or by e-mail: exu@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is considering issuing a license
amendment to the Department of the
Army, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center,
for Materials License No. SUB–834, to
authorize release of its Bomb Throwing
Device (BTD) area in Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Maryland, for unrestricted use.
NRC has prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in support of this
action in accordance with the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based
on the EA, the NRC has concluded that
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is
to authorize the release of the licensee’s
BTD area located at Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, for
unrestricted use. The Department of the
Army was authorized by AEC/NRC from
June 4, 1965, to use radioactive
materials for munitions testing and
research and development purposes in
the BTD area. On January 13, 2005, the
Department of the Army requested that
NRC release the facility for unrestricted
use. The Department of the Army has
conducted surveys of the facility and
provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the site meets the
license termination criteria in Subpart E
of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared an EA in
support of the license amendment. The
BTD area was remediated and surveyed
prior to the licensee requesting the
license amendment. The NRC staff has
reviewed the information and final
status survey submitted by the
Department of the Army. Based on its
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review, the staff has determined that
there are no additional remediation
activities necessary to complete the
proposed action. Therefore, the staff
considered the impact of the residual
radioactivity in the BTD area and
concluded that since the residual
radioactivity meets the requirements in
Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20, a Finding
of No Significant Impact is appropriate.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA
(summarized above) in support of the
license amendment to release the BTD
area for unrestricted use. The NRC staff
has evaluated the Department of the
Army’s request and the results of the
surveys and has concluded that the
completed action complies with the
criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20.
The staff has found that the radiological
environmental impacts from the action
are bounded by the impacts evaluated
by NUREG–1496, Volumes 1–3,
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement in Support of Rulemaking on
Radiological Criteria for License
Termination of NRC-Licensed
Facilities’’ (ML042310492,
ML042320379, and ML042330385).
Additionally, no non-radiological or
cumulative impacts were identified. On
the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that the environmental
impacts from the action are expected to
be insignificant and has determined not
to prepare an environmental impact
statement for the action.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for the license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this Notice are: ‘‘Environmental
Assessment Related to Issuance of a
License Amendment of U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Materials
License No. SUB–834, Department of
the Army, Aberdeen, Maryland’’
[ML053410059], ‘‘Radiological Final
Status Survey Report, Bomb Throwing
Device Site—Soils’’ [ML052770370],
and Remediation and Final Status
Survey, Bomb Throwing Device Site—
Structures’’ [ML052770376]. Persons
who do not have access to ADAMS or
who encounter problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS,
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should contact the NRC PDR Reference
staff by telephone at (800) 397–4209 or
(301) 415–4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Documents related to operations
conducted under this license not
specifically referenced in this Notice
may not be electronically available and/
or may not be publicly available.
Persons who have an interest in
reviewing these documents should
submit a request to NRC under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Instructions for submitting a FOIA
request can be found on the NRC’s Web
site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/foia-privacy.html.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this
7th day of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. E5–7298 Filed 12–13–05; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. 040–06394]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for Department of the
Army’s Transonic Range Facility in
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Ullrich, Commercial and R&D
Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406,
telephone (610) 337–5040, fax (610)
337–5269; or by e-mail: exu@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is considering issuing a license
amendment to the Department of the
Army, U.S. Army Research Laboratory,
for Materials License No. SMB–141, to
authorize release of its Transonic Range
in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland,
for unrestricted use. NRC has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this action in accordance
with the requirements of 10 CFR Part
51. Based on the EA, the NRC has
concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) is
appropriate.
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II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed action is
to authorize the release of the licensee’s
Transonic Range located on Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland, for
unrestricted use. Department of the
Army was authorized by AEC/NRC from
April 12, 1961, to use radioactive
materials for munitions testing and
research and development purposes at
the site. On January 13, 2005, the
Department of the Army requested that
NRC release the site for unrestricted use.
The Department of the Army has
conducted surveys of the site and
provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that the site meets the
license termination criteria in Subpart E
of 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has prepared an EA in
support of the license amendment. The
site was remediated and surveyed prior
to the licensee requesting the license
amendment. The NRC staff has
reviewed the information and final
status survey submitted by the
Department of the Army. Based on its
review, the staff has determined that
there are no additional remediation
activities necessary to complete the
proposed action. Therefore, the staff
considered the impact of the residual
radioactivity at the site and concluded
that since the residual radioactivity
meets the requirements in Subpart E of
10 CFR Part 20, a Finding of No
Significant Impact is appropriate.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The staff has prepared the EA
(summarized above) in support of the
license amendment to release the
Transonic Range for unrestricted use.
The NRC staff has evaluated the
Department of the Army’s request and
the results of the surveys and has
concluded that the completed action
complies with the criteria in Subpart E
of 10 CFR Part 20. The staff has found
that the radiological environmental
impacts from the action are bounded by
the impacts evaluated by NUREG–1496,
Volumes 1–3, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement in Support of
Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for
License Termination of NRC-Licensed
Facilities’’ (ML042310492,
ML042320379, and ML042330385).
Additionally, no non-radiological or
cumulative impacts were identified. On
the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that the environmental
impacts from the action are expected to
be insignificant and has determined not
to prepare an environmental impact
statement for the action.
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IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for the license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this Notice are: ‘‘Environmental
Assessment Related to Issuance of a
License Amendment of U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Materials
License No. SMB–141, Department of
the Army, Aberdeen, Maryland’’
[ML053410278], ‘‘Remediation and
Final Status Survey, Transonic Range
Depleted Uranium Study Area—
Structures’’ [ML050280349 and
ML050280354], and ‘‘Radiological Final
Status Survey, Transonic Range-Land
Areas, Depleted Uranium Study Area’’
[ML050280341]. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at (800) 397–4209 or (301)
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Documents related to operations
conducted under this license not
specifically referenced in this Notice
may not be electronically available and/
or may not be publicly available.
Persons who have an interest in
reviewing these documents should
submit a request to NRC under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Instructions for submitting a FOIA
request can be found on the NRC’s web
site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/foia-privacy.html.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this
7th day of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I.
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Sunshine Act: Meetings
DATES: Weeks of December 12, 19, 26,
2005, January 2, 9, 16, 2006.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and closed.
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