[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20147]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 030-34730]


Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of 
Environmental Assessment for License Amendment of Materials License No. 
07-00445-40, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Pharma Company, Newark, DE

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of a license amendment to Bristol-Meyers Squibb Pharma Company 
(Squibb) for Materials License No. 07-00445-40, to authorize release of 
its facility in Newark, Delaware 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 Newark, Delaware facility for unrestricted use. Squibb 
was authorized by NRC since October 9, 2001, to use radioactive 
materials for research and development purposes at the site. On October 
23, 2002, Squibb requested that NRC release the facility for 
unrestricted use. Squibb 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 Squibb'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. 
ML022980441, ML030380296, ML030500216, ML031410751, ML032090243, 
ML031490539, and ML032110460. 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.

    Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 30th day of July, 
2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John D. Kinneman,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 2, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety, Region I.
[FR Doc. 03-20147 Filed 8-6-03; 8:45 am]
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