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Letter to M Kautsky, DOE NRC Staff Review of Shiprock Well 0841 Abandonment
ML19192A051
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Site: WM-00058, 00000058
Issue date: 07/15/2019
From: Dennise Orlando
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To: Kautsky M
US Dept of Energy, Office of Legacy Management
Orlando D
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 15, 2019 Mark Kautsky, Site Manager U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management 2597 Legacy Way Grand Junction, CO 81503

SUBJECT:

THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF REVIEW OF U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NOTIFICATION OF THE ABANDONMENT OF MONITORING WELL 0841 AT THE SHIPROCK NEW MEXICO URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL ACT SITE (Docket Number WM-00058)

Dear Mr. Kautsky:

I am writing in response to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) letter dated June 27, 2019, informing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the U.S. Department of Energy intends to abandon monitoring well 0841 at the Shiprock, New Mexico, Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) site, dated April 25, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession Number ML19186A271). Your letter states that the well has been damaged by a vehicle accident and that repair of the well is not possible. You also state that the DOE will address the requirements for replacing the well when the Groundwater Compliance Action Plan (GCAP) for the site is revised to reflect the decommissioning of the evaporation pond liner. Finally, you state that the DOE has submitted an abandonment plan to the Navajo Nation Water Code Administration for their review and approval. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed your letter and does not have any questions or comments at this time.

M. Kautsky In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC comments please feel free to contact me at 301-415-6749 or at Dominick.Orlando@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

//RA//

Dominick Orlando, Senior Project Manager Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. WM-00058

M. Kautsky

SUBJECT:

THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF REVIEW OF U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NOTIFICATION OF THE ABANDONMENT OF MONITORING WELL 0841 AT THE SHIPROCK NEW MEXICO URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL ACT SITE (Docket Number WM-00058)

DATE: July 15, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:

R. Evans RIV H. Gepford, RIV M. Posten-Brown, RIV ADAMS Accession Number ML19192A051 *via e-mail OFFICE NMSS NMSS* NMSS* NMSS NAME NOrlando SAchten RvonTill NOrlando DATE 7/11/19 7/12/19 7/15/19 7/15/19 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY