Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2004 / Notices 60671

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–143] 

Notice of Issuance of License 

Amendment 51 for Nuclear Fuel 

Services, Inc., Blended Low-Enriched 

Uranium Processing Facility, Erwin, TN

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of 

Amendment 51 to Materials License 

SNM–124. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Lamastra, Fuel Cycle Facilities 

Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail 

Stop T8 F42, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Telephone (301) 415–8139 or via 

email to mxl2@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

is providing notice of the issuance of 

Amendment 51 to Special Nuclear 

Materials License SNM–124 to Nuclear 

Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) authorizing the 

possession and use of special nuclear 

material in the Blended Low-Enriched 

Uranium Oxide Conversion Building 

and Effluent Processing Building at the 

licensee’s site in Erwin, Tennessee. 

NFS’ request for the proposed action 

was previously noticed in the Federal 

Register on December 24, 2003 (68 FR 

74653), along with a notice of 

opportunity to request a hearing. 

This amendment complies with the 

standards and requirements of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

and NRC’s rules and regulations as set 

forth in 10 CFR chapter 1. Accordingly, 

this amendment was issued on July 30, 

2004, and was effective immediately. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC has prepared a nonproprietary (public) version of the 

Safety Evaluation Report (SER) that 

documents the information that was 

reviewed and NRC’s conclusion. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the 

NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ details with 

respect to this action, including the nonproprietary version of the SER and 

accompanying documentation included 

in the license amendment package, are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html (ADAMS accession number 

ML042660436). These documents may 

also be viewed electronically on the 

computers located at the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR), O1F21 One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. Persons who do not 

have access to ADAMS should contact 

the NRC PDR Reference Staff by 

telephone at 1 (800) 397–4209 or (301) 

415–4737, or via e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day 

of October, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John Lubinski, 

Chief, Fuel Manufacturing Section, Fuel Cycle 

Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 04–22785 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 030–03258] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment for Brooke Army Medical 

Center, Sam Houston, TX

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachel S. Browder, M.S., Health 

Physicist, Nuclear Materials Licensing 

Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials 

Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Region IV, Arlington 

Texas 76011. Telephone: (817) 276–

6552; fax number: (817) 860–8263; email: rsb3@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) is issuing a license amendment to 

Byproduct Materials License No. 42–

01368–01 issued to Department of the 

Army, Brooke Army Medical Center, to 

authorize release of its Building 2630, 

‘‘Department of Pathology and 

Laboratory Services,’’ except for rooms 

120 and 156, for unrestricted use. 

Building 2630 is located at 2473 

Schofield Road, Fort Sam Houston, 

Texas, and is surrounded by veterinary 

facilities and recreational/dinner 

amenities. The NRC has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) in 

support of this amendment 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. The amendment will be 

issued following the publication of this 

Notice. 

II. EA Summary 

The purpose of the proposed 

amendment is to allow for the release of 

Building 2630, ‘‘Department of 

Pathology and Laboratory Services,’’

except for rooms 120 and 156, located 

on the Brooke Army Medical Center 

campus in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for 

unrestricted use. Brooke Army Medical 

Center is authorized by the NRC in 

License Number 42–01368–01 to use 

radioactive materials for medical 

research, diagnosis, therapy, in vitro

studies, in addition to studies in 

laboratory animals. Brooke Army 

Medical Center obtained Building 2630 

in 1968. The building originally housed 

the chemistry section of the Army 

Medical Lab. In 1975, the Army Medical 

Lab was consolidated with the 

Department of Pathology to form the 

Department of Pathology and Area 

Laboratory Services. This consolidation 

also consisted of Army Medical Lab’s 

NRC license being combined with 

Brooke Army Medical Center’s NRC 

License. Currently, Building 2630 is 

partially occupied and controlled by the 

Veterinary Clinic staff. On February 10, 

2004, Brooke Army Medical Center 

requested that NRC release the facility 

for unrestricted use, except for rooms 

120 and 156. Brooke Army Medical 

Center has conducted surveys of the 

building and submitted the Final Status 

Survey Report to the NRC to 

demonstrate that the building meets the 

license termination criteria in subpart E 

of 10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted use. 

There is no radiological contamination 

above the U.S. Army criteria for release 

or distinguishable from background as 

reflected by the survey results. No 

radiological remediation activities are 

required to complete the proposed 

action. 

The staff has prepared an EA in 

support of the proposed license 

amendment to the NRC Byproduct 

Materials License No. 42–01368–01 

issued to Department of the Army, 

Brooke Army Medical Center, to release 

Building 2630, except for rooms 120 and 

156, for unrestricted use. The NRC is 

fulfilling its responsibilities under the 

Atomic Energy Act to make a decision 

on the proposed action for 

decommissioning which ensures 

residual radioactivity is reduced to a 

level that is protective of the pubic 

health and safety and the environment, 

and allows Brooke Army Medical Center 

to release Building 2630, except for 

rooms 120 and 156, for unrestricted use.