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response and notifications that provides

additional safety assurance and,

therefore, NRC staff concludes that the

licensee has adequately addressed the

potential for radiological accidents.

NRC staff also considered

nonradiological impacts, such as

transportation accidents, air quality and

noise, chemicals and hazardous

materials, and concluded that such

impacts are negligible and will not

result in adverse impacts. NRC staff also

concludes that there are no

environmental justice issues associated

with the decommissioning of the York

site, because there are no

disproportionately high minority or

low-income populations near the site.

The licensee contacted the Pennsylvania

Field Office of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service and determined that

there are no endangered species on the

York site.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

The following alternatives, and the

associated impacts and conclusions are

described in the EA.

—No Action

—Cleanup for Unrestricted Use and

Shipment to an Approved Disposal Site;

—On-Site Storage at the York site;

and,

—On-Site Disposal at the York site.

Conclusions

Based on NRC staff evaluation of the

final DP for the York site, it was

determined that the proposed

decommissioning can be accomplished

in compliance with NRC’s public and

occupational dose limits, effluent

release limits, and residual radioactive

material limits. In addition, the

approval of the proposed

decommissioning of the York site will

not result in a significant adverse

impact on the public health and the

environment.

NRC staff concludes that there are no

reasonably available alternatives to the

licensee’s preferred action that are

obviously superior.

Agencies and Individuals Consulted

NRC staff consulted with the

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (PADEP) in

the preparation of this EA. PADEP

provided comments and questions on

the draft EA. Appropriate comments

and responses to the questions were

incorporated into the final EA.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based upon the EA, the Commission

concludes that the proposed action will

not have a significant impact on the

quality of the human environment.

Accordingly, the Commission has

determined not to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for the

proposed action.

Additional Information

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see: (1) Molycorp’s

license amendment application dated

August 14, 1995, and Molycorp’s

supplemental information and

responses to NRC comments dated

November 24, 1999; and (2) the

complete EA. These documents are

available for public inspection at web

site http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/

index.html.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Larry W. Camper,

Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of

Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–11663 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

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Public Workshop To Discuss the

Technical Basis Document for Dose

Modeling To Support

Decommissioning

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Workshop.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public workshop to discuss a Technical

Basis Document for dose modeling to

support the decommissioning of nuclear

facilities. The purpose of this workshop

is to provide a forum for the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, the

nuclear industry, other regulatory

agencies, and interested stakeholders to

discuss the Technical Basis Document

developed by the NRC to support the

decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

DATES: June 7 and 8, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 21, 1998, (63 FR 56237) NRC

announced that it was sponsoring a

series of public workshops to support

that staff’s development of a Standard

Review Plan (SRP) and other guidance

for the decommissioning of nuclear

facilities. NRC staff held a series of

workshops on dose modeling, surveys,

demonstrating ALARA, and restricted

use/alternate criteria on December 1–2,

1998, January 21–22, 1999, March 18–

19, 1999, June 16–17, 1999, August 18–

19, 1999 and February 17–18, 2000. In

addition, as draft SRP modules were

completed, they were posted on the

NRC website, for review and comment

by interested individuals.

ADDRESSES: An agenda for the workshop

will be posted on the NRC’s website at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NMSS/DWM/

DECOM/decomm.htm. The workshop

will be held at the NRC Headquarters,

in the Auditorium of Two White Flint

North Building, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. NRC staff strongly

encourages interested stakeholders to

attend and participate in this workshop,

as it will offer a unique opportunity to

provide the staff with insights,

perspectives, and information that

stakeholders feel is important for the

NRC staff to consider as it finalizes the

Technical Basis Document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dominick A. Orlando, Decommissioning

Branch, Division of Waste Management,

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards (DWM/NMSS), at (301) 415–

6749, or Rateb (Boby) Abu-Eid, HighLevel Waste and Performance

Assessment Branch, DWM/NMSS, at

(301) 415–5811.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day

of May, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Robert A. Nelson,

Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch,

Division of Waste Management, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–11664 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

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Warburg, Pincus Balanced Fund, Inc.,

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May 4, 2000.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

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ACTION: Notice of application for an

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