[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36601-36602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15348]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-08963]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
29-15354-01, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc, East Millstone, NJ

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for 
Materials License No. 29-15354-01, to authorize release of its facility 
in East Millstone, New Jersey for unrestricted use and 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.

II. EA Summary

    The purpose of the proposed action is to allow for the release of 
the licensee's East Millstone, New Jersey facility for unrestricted 
use. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has been authorized by NRC since 
August 10, 2000, to use radioactive materials for research and 
development including animal studies at the site. On January 20, 2003, 
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. requested that NRC release the facility 
for unrestricted use. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has conducted 
surveys of the facility and determined that the facility meets the 
license termination criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The NRC staff has evaluated Aventis Pharmaceuticals, 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 prepared the EA (summarized above) in support of the proposed 
license amendment to terminate the license and release the facility for 
unrestricted use. On the basis of the EA, NRC has concluded that the 
environmental impacts from the proposed action are expected to be 
insignificant and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement for the proposed action.

IV. Further Information

    The EA and the documents related to this proposed action, including 
the application for the license amendment and supporting documentation, 
are available for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML031620018, ML030280251, ML030870319, and ML031611141. These documents 
are also available for inspection and copying for a fee at the Region I 
Office, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Any questions 
with respect to this action should be referred to Judy Joustra, Nuclear 
Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 
I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, telephone 
(610) 337-5355, fax (610) 337-5269.


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    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 11th day of June, 
2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 03-15348 Filed 6-17-03; 8:45 am]
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