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Notice of Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Baker and Williams Warehouses Site, New York, NY, 1991-1993
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Notice of Certification of the Radiological Condition of the
[Federal Register: October 16, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 199)] [Notices]
[Page 53588]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Certification of the Radiological Condition of the Baker and Williams Warehouses Site, New York, NY, 1991-1993
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of certification.
SUMMARY: The Department has completed remedial action to decontaminate warehouses (Buildings 513-519, 521-527, and 529-535 West 20th Street) in New York, New York, and the certification docket is available. Two of the three warehouses were found to contain radioactive surface contamination from short-term storage of uranium concentrates for the Manhattan Engineer District (MED). Radiological surveys show that the site now meets applicable requirements for unrestricted use.
ADDRESSES:
Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 Public Document Room, Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Wagoner II, Director, OffSite /Savannah River Program Division, Office of Eastern Area Programs, Office of Environmental Management (EM-421), U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (301) 903-2531 Fax: (301) 903-2461.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's Office of Environmental Management has implemented a remedial action project at the former Baker and Williams Warehouses Site, 513-535 West 20th Street, New York, New York, as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The objective of the program is to identify and clean up or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive contamination remains from activities carried out under contract to the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) during the early years of the Nation's atomic energy program. In June 1990, the Baker and Williams Warehouses Site was designated for cleanup under an expedited protocol.
During the early 1940s, the former Baker and Williams Warehouses Site was a delivery point for uranium for subsequent distribution to U.S. Government facilities. Since the 1940s, the warehouses have been leased by several businesses.
At DOE's request, in 1989 and 1991, representatives of the Environmental Survey and Site Assessment Program of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (now known as the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)) conducted designation surveys of the property. The surveys indicated that the site contained residual radioactive contamination from MED/AEC activities. In 1991, ORISE conducted characterization surveys of Buildings 521-527 and 529-535 and accessible surfaces in Building 513-519. Surface scans of Building 529- 535 did not identify any residual contamination. Remedial actions at Buildings 521-527 and 513-519 were conducted by Bechtel National, Inc., from April 1 through April 26, 1991, and from May through July 1993, respectively.
Post-remedial action surveys have demonstrated, and DOE has certified, that the subject property is in compliance with DOE residual radioactive contamination criteria and standards, which are established to protect members of the general public and occupants of the site and to ensure that future use of the property will result in no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines to the general public or the site occupants. These findings are supported by the DOE Certification Docket for the Remedial Action Performed at the Baker and Williams Site in New York, New York, 1991-1993. Accordingly, this property is released from FUSRAP.
The certification docket will be available for review between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) in the U.S. Department of Energy Public Reading Room located in Room 1E- 190 of the Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. Copies of the certification docket will also be available in the DOE Public Document Room, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Department through the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration Division, has issued the following statement:Statement of Certification: Baker and Williams Warehouses Site Former MED Operations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Operations Office, Former Sites Restoration Division, has reviewed and analyzed the radiological data obtained following remedial action at the Baker and Williams Warehouses site, (Block 692; Lots 15, 19, and 23; New York County. Based on analysis of all data collected, DOE certifies that the following property is in compliance with DOE radiological decontamination criteria and standards. This certification of compliance provides assurance that future use of the property will result in no radiological exposure above applicable guidelines established to protect members of the general public or site occupants. Property owned by Mr. Rouhollah Kalimian: Baker and Williams Warehouses, 513-535 West 20th Street, New York, New York 10011.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 5, 1995. James Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration. [FR Doc. 95-25592 Filed 10-13-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P