ML20211F342
| ML20211F342 | |
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| Site: | 07003085 |
| Issue date: | 09/18/1997 |
| From: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9710010021 | |
| Download: ML20211F342 (2) | |
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U.S. WUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 79 3085 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission ACTION: Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Decommissioning of the Babcock & Wilcox Shallow Land Disposal Area in Parks Township. '
Pennsylvania: Withdrawal of Notice of Availability
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is withdrawing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (NUREG-1613) regarding the proposed decommissioning of the Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA> in Parks Township Pennsylvania. A notice of availability for the DEIS was published on September 4. 1997 (62 FR 46780). The NRC is taking this withdrawal action in order to develop additional information regarding the alternatives described in the DEIS.
l EFFECTIVE DATE: [Date of publication in the Federal Register].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Phyllis Sobel. Low-level Wcste and Decommissioning Projects Branch. Mail Stop T7F-27. Division of Waste Management. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Telephone 301-415-6714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INF0AMATiON: On September 4. 1997 (62 FR 46780), the NRC published a notice of availability for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed decommissioning of the Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) in Parks Township Pennsylvania. The DEIS described and evaluated the potential environmental impacts of B&W's proposed approach to decommission the radiologically contaminated waste which would involve the stabilization of waste in place at the site. The DEIS also contained information regarding alternatives to B&W's proposal, including an NRC staff 9710010021 970918 PDR ADOCK 07003085 C PDR
, , . recomended alternative that would involve a modified stabilization in place option.
The NRC is withdrawing the DEIS in order to develop additional information regarding the alternatives presented. The NRC will provide further consideration to the merits of the various alternatives in light of any additional information that is developed. As a result of this withdrawal action, the NRC is postponing the public meeting announced in the notice published on September 4. In addition, the opportunity for a hearing that was published as part of the notice is withdrawn pending further NRC action on the matter.
Dated at Rockville.-Maryland, this /f d:y of September 1997.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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John W. N. Hickey. Chief Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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