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to use this service for observing ACNW 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACNW Audio Visual 

Technician, (301–415–8066) between 

7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time at 

least 10 days before the meeting to 

ensure the availability of this service. 

Individuals or organizations requesting 

this service will be responsible for 

telephone line charges and for providing 

the equipment and facilities that they 

use to establish the video 

teleconferencing link. The availability of 

video teleconferencing services is not 

guaranteed. 

ACNW Working Group Meetings 

From time to time the ACNW may 

sponsor an in-depth meeting on a 

specific technical issue to understand 

staff expectations and review work in 

progress. Such meetings are called 

Working Group meetings. These 

Working Group meetings will also be 

conducted in accordance with the 

procedures noted above for the ACNW 

full Committee meetings, as appropriate. 

When Working Group meetings are held 

at locations other than at NRC facilities, 

reproduction facilities may not be 

available at a reasonable cost. 

Accordingly, 25 additional copies (total 

of 50 copies) of the materials to be used 

during the meeting should be provided 

for distribution at such meetings. 

Special Provisions When Proprietary 

Sessions are to be Held 

If it is necessary to hold closed 

sessions for the purpose of discussing 

matters involving proprietary 

information, persons with agreements 

permitting access to such information 

may attend those portions of the ACNW 

meetings where this material is being 

discussed upon confirmation that such 

agreements are effective and related to 

the material being discussed. 

The DFO should be informed of such 

an agreement at least five working days 

prior to the meeting so that it can be 

confirmed, and a determination can be 

made regarding the applicability of the 

agreement to the material that will be 

discussed during the meeting. The 

minimum information provided should 

include information regarding the date 

of the agreement, the scope of material 

included in the agreement, the project 

or projects involved, and the names and 

titles of the persons signing the 

agreement. Additional information may 

be requested to identify the specific 

agreement involved. A copy of the 

executed agreement should be provided 

to the DFO prior to the beginning of the 

meeting for admittance to the closed 

session.

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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[Docket No. 030–31898] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment for Shaw Environmental, 

Inc.’s Facility in Lawrenceville, New 

Jersey

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jenny M. Johansen, Nuclear Materials 

Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear 

Materials Safety, Region I, 475 

Allendale Road, King of Prussia, 

Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610) 

337–5071, fax (610) 337–5269; or by email: jmj@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) is issuing a license amendment to 

Shaw Environmental, Inc. for Materials 

License No. 29–28575–01, to authorize 

release of its facility in Lawrenceville, 

New Jersey 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. The amendment 

will be issued following the publication 

of this Notice. 

II. EA Summary 

The purpose of the action is to 

authorize the release of the licensee’s 

Lawrenceville, New Jersey facility for 

unrestricted use. Shaw Environmental, 

Inc. (Shaw) was authorized by NRC 

from August 14, 2003 to use radioactive 

materials for research and development 

purposes at the site. Shaw assumed 

responsibility for License 29–28575–01 

from Envirogen, Inc., who was 

authorized by the NRC from January 29, 

1991 to use radioactive materials for 

research and development purposes at 

the site until its assets were acquired 

and the license transferred to Shaw on 

August 14, 2003, by Amendment No. 8 

of the license. On July 12, 2004, Shaw 

requested that NRC release the facility 

for unrestricted use. Shaw 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 

release. Shaw will continue licensed 

activities at another location, as 

authorized by the license. 

The NRC staff has prepared an EA in 

support of the license amendment. The 

facility 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 Shaw. Based 

on the its reviews, 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 facility 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 

facility for unrestricted use. The NRC 

staff has evaluated Shaw 

Environmental, Inc.’’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 

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). 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 

61418 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2004 / Notices 

this Notice are: The Environmental 

Assessment (ML042520538), and Letter 

dated July 12, 2004 transmitting Final 

Status Survey Report (ML041970459). 

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 email to pdr@nrc.gov.

These documents may be viewed 

electronically at the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. The PDR is open 

from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays.

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 

5th day of October, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John D. Kinneman, 

Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, 

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 

I.

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste; Notice of Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 154th 

meeting on October 19–21, 2004, Room 

T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. The Working Group Meeting 

scheduled for October 19, 2004 will be 

held in the NRC Auditorium. 

The Working Group Chairman will 

state the Working Group Meeting 

(WGM) objectives and provide a 

technical session overview. Invited 

experts will also be introduced at this 

time. The purposes of the WGM are: (1) 

To develop the information necessary to 

provide a letter report to the 

Commission; (2) to understand the 

technical bases for the draft June 2004 

ICRP recommendations; (3) to review 

these recommendations against current 

NRC regulations and practice; and (4) to 

identify aspects of the ICRP 

recommendations that may warrant 

further study. 

The schedule for this meeting is as 

follows: 

Tuesday, October 19, 2004—NRC 

Auditorium 

8:30 a.m.–8:40 a.m.: Opening 

Statement (Open)—The ACNW 

Chairman will open the meeting with 

brief opening remarks. 

8:40 a.m.–9:10 a.m.: NRC Staff 

Overview of June 2004 ICRP 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will hear a presentation and 

a hold discussion with a representative 

of the NRC staff regarding an overview 

of the June 2004 draft ICRP 

recommendations. 

9:10 a.m.–10 a.m.: Biological Aspects 

of Radiation Protection (Open)—The 

Committee will hear a presentation and 

hold a discussion with an expert 

familiar with the radiation biology 

foundations of the ICRP 

recommendations. The emphasis of this 

presentation is on the extension of 

previous knowledge based on ongoing 

studies of radiation exposure cohorts. 

10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.: Update on 

ICRP Recommendations regarding 

Quantities Used in Radiation Protection

(Open)—The Committee will hear a 

presentation and hold a discussion with 

a representative of ORNL regarding 

radiation and tissue weighting factors 

and applications of factors for external 

exposure. The focus of this presentation 

will be on the new values derived and 

what has changed significantly since 

1990. 

11:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Public 

Comments (Open)—Attendees to be 

provided an opportunity to make 

comments relevant to the purposes and 

objectives of the Working Group. 

1 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Individual 

Protection (Selection of Constraints)

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations and hold discussions with 

the panel of representatives from the 

NRC staff, EPA, CRCPD and the Mayo 

Clinic focused on the draft ICRP 

recommendations regarding limits and 

constraints. This technical session will 

focus on selection of constraints and 

limits and how such selections have 

been implemented and developed in the 

radiation protection practices in the 

United States. The thrust of this panel 

will be a discussion as to whether the 

2004 draft recommendations imply 

significant change. 

3 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Public Comments

(Open)—Attendees to be provided an 

opportunity to make relevant comments 

consistent with the purposes and 

objectives of the Working Group. 

3:45 p.m.–5 p.m.: Optimization of 

Protection (Open)—The Committee will 

hear presentations and hold discussions 

with a representative of the NRC staff 

and a member of the ACRS regarding 

the optimization of protection in the 

June 2004 draft ICRP recommendations 

and how these principles are related to 

the current practices of ALARA in NRC 

regulated activities. 

5 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Public Comments

(Open)—Attendees to be provided an 

opportunity to make comments relevant 

to the purposes and objectives of the 

Working Group. 

5:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m.: Closing 

Comments (Open)—The Working Group 

Chairman will summarize the results of 

the Working Group and discuss possible 

follow-up activities. 

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

10 a.m.–10:05 a.m.: Opening 

Statement (Open)—The ACNW 

Chairman will make opening remarks 

regarding the conduct of today’s 

sessions. 

10:05 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Update on the 

Status of the License Termination Rule 

(LTR) (Open)—The Committee will 

receive an update by a representative of 

the NRC staff on the status of activities 

involving the LTR. 

1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Consolidated Issue 

Resolution Status Report (Open)—The 

Committee will receive an update from 

a representative of the NRC staff on the 

current status of the Consolidated Issue 

Resolution Status Report. 

2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: ACNW 2005 

Action Plan (Open)—The ACNW 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of potential topics for inclusion in the 

2005 Action Plan. 

Thursday, October 21, 2004

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACNW Chairman

(Open)—The Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of today’s sessions. 

8:35 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Preparation of 

ACNW Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss potential ACNW reports on 

matters discussed during this meeting. It 

may also discuss possible reports on 

matters discussed during prior 

meetings. 

11:45 a.m.–12 Noon: Miscellaneous

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of 

Committee activities and matters and 

specific issues that were not completed 

during previous meetings, as time and 

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACNW meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 16, 2003 (68 FR 59643). In 

accordance with these procedures, oral 

or written statements may be presented 

by members of the public. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Persons 

desiring to make oral statements should 

notify Mr. Howard J. Larson, (Telephone 

301–415–6805), between 7:30 a.m. and 

4 p.m. e.t., as far in advance as