Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Cabot Corp.,

[Federal Register: July 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 129)]

[Notices]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-6940]

Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Cabot Corporation, Boyertown, PA

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Raddatz, Sr., Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-6334; fax number: (301) 415-5955; e-mail: mgr@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Introduction

   The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an amendment to Materials License No. SMB-920 issued to Cabot Corporation (the licensee), to authorize the recycling of waste water filtercake to be used as feed material at a cement kiln. NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this amendment 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.

2. EA Summary

   The purpose of the proposed amendment is to authorize the recycling of waste water filtercake so it may be used as feed material at a cement kiln. Specifically, the amendment will allow the licensee to transfer filtercake, containing very low levels of radioactive contamination, to a cement kiln so it may be utilized rather than disposed of in a landfill.

   Cabot Supermetals (CSM) submitted, by letter dated November 24, 2004, a license amendment request for Source Materials License No. SMB- 920, to allow recycling of waste water filtercake produced at the Boyertown, Pennsylvania (PA) facility. The staff has prepared the EA in support of the proposed license amendment. Within the EA staff considered information related to the site (cultural resources, demographics and socio-economics, hydrology, geology, meteorology, ecology, air and water quality, and noise) most of which was detailed in the Environmental Assessment issued April 12, 2004, for the license renewal. The proposed action was found to result in doses for all scenarios of less than 0.01 milliSievert per year (mSv/yr) [1 millirem/ yr]. These doses are consistent with NRC's policy on recycling of material under 10 CFR 20.2002. The staff also reviewed the impacts from the transportation and handling of the filtercake and found that impacts were similar to, or below those already being measured when the filtercake is sent to a landfill.

3. Finding of No Significant Impact

   On the basis of the EA, NRC has concluded that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.

4. Further Information

   Documents related to this action, including the application for amendment 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 ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are as follows:

   Document

   ADAMS accession no.

   Date

   Environmental Assessment for ML041030379............ 04/12/2004 the Cabot Corporation License Renewal, SMB-920 (L52514). Application to amend license ML043350420............ 11/18/2004 SMB-920 to allow the recycling of filtercake to be used as cement kiln feed. Request to amend license SMB- ML043350417............ 11/24/2004 920 to allow the recycling of filtercake to be used as cement kiln feed. Supplemental information to the ML043350423............ 11/24/2004 request to amend license SMB- 920 to allow the recycling of filtercake to be used as cement kiln feed. Letter discussing the Agency's ML043640417............ 12/22/2004 position on conservation of natural resources.

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   12/22/04 Ltr. To Mr. O'Neill ML043570238............ 12/22/2004 (Cabot Corp.) From E. Brumett. Response to NRC Comments Dated ML050330142............ 1/28/2005 12/22/2004. Draft Environmental Assessment ML050910456............ 3/31/2005 for Recycling Amendment. E-Mail from R. Schoenfelder. ML051510248............ 5/19/2005 Re: Amendment to allow Recycling of Filtercake. Final Environmental Assessment. ML051640062............ 6/10/2005

   If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@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 in Rockville, MD this 20th day of June, 2005.

   For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Michael G. Raddatz, Sr., Project Manager, Uranium Processing Section, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

   [FR Doc. E5-3560 Filed 7-6-05; 8:45 am]

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