[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61874-61875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23562]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-16033]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Seiko Corporation of 
America's Facility in Mt. Olive, NJ

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna M. Janda, Nuclear Materials 
Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 
Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone (610) 
337-5371, fax (610) 337-5269; or by E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f0b02052f011d0c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a7e77705a746879347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a license 
amendment to Seiko Corporation of America (Seiko) for Materials License 
No. 29-19080-01, to authorize release of its facility in Mt. Olive, 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 Mt. Olive, New Jersey facility for unrestricted use. Seiko 
was authorized by NRC from 1985 for possession and storage of 
timepieces, hands, and dials containing radioactive material at the 
site prior to distribution. On June 9, 2004, Seiko requested that NRC 
release the facility for unrestricted use. Seiko 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. Seiko will continue licensed 
activities at another location.
    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. 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 Seiko'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 and 
supporting documentation, are available electronically at 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

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numbers for the documents related to this Notice are: The Environmental 
Assessment (ML042520508), Letter dated June 9, 2004 requesting 
amendment (ML041610364), Letter dated July 8, 2004 providing additional 
information (ML042030186), and Letter from NJDEP dated July 29, 2004 
(ML042290012). 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#daaabea89ab4a8b9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85f5e1f7c5ebf7e6abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 14th 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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