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10 July 2008
[Federal Register: July 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 133)]
[Notices]
[Page 39734-39735]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-33658]
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for License Amendment Request to Byproduct
Materials License 01-25316-01 for the Department of Defense, Defense
Intelligence Agency, Redstone Arsenal, AL
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License Amendment.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Thompson, Senior Health
Physicist, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
Telephone: (610) 337-5303; fax number: (610) 337-5269; e-mail:
TKT@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license renewal to Byproduct Materials License No. 01-
25316-01. This license is held by the Department of Defense, Defense
Intelligence Agency (the Licensee), for activities conducted at the
Redstone Arsenal facility, located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. As
part of its license renewal, the Licensee has requested an exemption
from the requirement in 10 CFR 30.32(g) to list sealed sources by their
manufacturer and model number as registered under the provisions of 10
CFR 32.210. The Licensee requested this exemption in a letter received
on November 1, 2005. The NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) in support of this proposed action in accordance with the
requirements of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51
(10 CFR Part 51). Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate with respect to the
proposed action. The license renewal, including the approval of the
exemption request, will be issued to the Licensee following the
publication of this FONSI and EA in the Federal Register.
II. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would renew License No. 01-25316-01, including
approval of the Licensee's request for exemption received on November
1, 2005. License No. 01-25316-01 was issued on January 26, 1995,
pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 30 and 70, and has been amended periodically
since that time. This license authorized the Licensee to receive,
store, use and/or transfer specified radioactive materials incident to
research and development as defined in 10 CFR 30.4.
On December 29, 2004, the Licensee submitted its renewal
application for License No. 01-25316-01. In a letter received on
November 1, 2005, submitted in response to an inquiry from the NRC, the
Licensee requested an exemption from the requirement in 10 CFR 30.32(g)
to list sealed sources by their manufacturer and model number as
registered under the provisions of 10 CFR 32.210. In requesting this
exemption, the Licensee states that the sole purpose of possessing the
sealed sources on this license ``is to be able to remove and store for
disposal devices of foreign manufacture which may be contained on, or
in, foreign military vehicles or conveyances.'' Furthermore, the
Licensee states that it will not know in advance what sources or
devices may be received at its facility and that, in the interest of
national security and Department of Defense policy, the sources or
origination of foreign equipment cannot be revealed. The Licensee
states that it immediately surveys all such foreign vehicles for
radioactive material and places them in storage for future disposal if
radioactive contamination is found.
Need for the Proposed Action
The Licensee receives and takes possession of sealed sources and
devices which have not been registered with the NRC under 10 CFR 32.210
or with an Agreement State. As these sources and devices are of foreign
manufacture, the Licensee would not be able to continue this activity
without this exemption.
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Technical Analysis of the Proposed Action
10 CFR 30.11(a) states that the Commission may grant such
exemptions from the requirements of the regulations as it determines
are authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common
defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest. The NRC
staff has analyzed the Licensee's request to be authorized to receive
and take possession of sealed sources and devices which have not been
registered with the NRC under 10 CFR 32.210 or with an Agreement State.
The NRC staff considered that the Licensee is qualified by sufficient
training and experience and has sufficient facilities and equipment to
handle these sources and devices. Furthermore, NRC inspections have
evaluated the Licensee's performance and determined that the Licensee
has safely handled these unregistered sources for many years.
Accordingly, the NRC staff has concluded that granting this exemption
is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common
defense and security, and is in the public interest.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The proposed action is largely administrative in nature. Approving
this exemption will have no environmental impact.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
Due to the largely administrative nature of the proposed action,
its environmental impacts are small. Additionally, denying the
exemption request would result in no change in current environmental
impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the no-
action alternative are therefore similar, and the no-action alternative
is accordingly not further considered.
Conclusion
The NRC staff has concluded that the proposed action will not
significantly impact the quality of the human environment. The NRC
staff concludes that the proposed action is the preferred alternative.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The NRC staff has determined that the proposed action is of a
procedural nature, and will not affect listed species or critical
habitat. Therefore, no further consultation is required under Section 7
of the Endangered Species Act. The NRC staff has also determined that
the proposed action is not the type of activity that has the potential
to cause effects on historic properties. Therefore, no further
consultation is required under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared this EA in support of the proposed
action. On the basis of this EA, the NRC finds that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed action, and that
preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined that a Finding of No Significant
Impact is appropriate.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
exemption 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 documents related to this
action are listed below, along with their ADAMS accession numbers.
1. Licensee renewal application dated December 29, 2004
[ML081780249]
2. Licensee letter received November 1, 2005 [ML081780216]
If you do not have access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1
F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania this 26th day of June 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James P. Dwyer,
Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I.
[FR Doc. E8-15673 Filed 7-9-08; 8:45 am]
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