ML19324B752
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| Issue date: | 11/03/1989 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Rowland J HOUSE OF REP. |
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| REF-WM-3 CCS, NUDOCS 8911080142 | |
| Download: ML19324B752 (16) | |
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Dear Congressman Rowland:
i I am responding to your letter of October 11, 1989 requesting information.
aboutthedisposalofradioactivewasteinConnectIcut. The Low-Level
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Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 set forth a Federal policy for the disposal of low-level radioactive wastes. The legislation makes each of the 50 i
states responsible for ensuring disposal capacity for the commercial low-level i
radioactive waste generated inside its borders. States may do this by
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themselves or by joining with other States in compacts and establishing regional waste facilities. The State of Connecticut and the State of New Jersey have formed the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.
In December 1987, the Commission for the Northeast Compact, composed of
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representatives from Connecticut and New Jersey,ility capable of safelydesignated bot J
and New Jersey as host states for a disposal fac i
managing an equitable portion of the waste generated within the Compact. The i
Northeast Compact Commission will decide what type of facility each state must develop. The chosen sites will be required to meet stringent NRC regulatory l
The Connecticut requirements designed to protect public health and safety (.See Enclosure 1) for Hazardous Waste Management Service has prepared a report the citizens of Connecticut. You can obtain further details on this process within the State of Connecticut from the:
Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service Suite 360 900 Asylum Avenue Hartford, Connecticut 06105-1904 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Consission (NRC) has developed regulatory requirements for the land disp (osal of radioactive waste in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 61 10 CFR Part 61). The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues licenses for the disposal of radioactive wastes containing byproduct, source, and special nuclear saterial received from others. Different host State siting authorities are using this regulation, along with any additional state regulations that are compatible with it, to ensure that their planned disposal facilities will meet licensing requirements and protect public health and safety. The NRC's Office s911080142 891103 i
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I trust that this reply will respond to your constituent's concerns.
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l January 1989 Dear Connecticut Citizenst i
on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Hazardous Waste Manage-l sent Service (the Servloe), I as pleased to enclose a copy of the Executive j
guesary of the 1988 Connecticut Low-Level Radioactive Wasta Manasement Plan, f
l This plan is required by Connecticut's low-level radioactive waste f acility l
siting law (public Act 87-540, as seended by public Act 88 381).
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prepared after estensive public review and eeseent on the draft plan which was issued in September 1988.
A response document specifically addressing the j
consents received by the Service is aise available.
The plan includes the following major findingst o Over 45.000 cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste was generated in l
Connecticut and shipped out of the State for disposal in South Carolina and the State of Washington in 1987.
O Low-level radioactive waste includes protective clothing, water filter-i ing sedia. laboratory trash and other 1.tems contaminated with radioac-tive material, it does not include spent nuclear fuel reds, t
o About 875 of the volume of the waste and over 995 of the radioactivity i
(24,000 curies) in the waste case free the four nuclear power plants in Connecticut.
These four facilities provided over 505 of the electricity used in Connecticut in 1987.
e The rossining 335 of the volume and 0.065 of the radioactivity were generated by 22 facilities in Connecticut including various industries.
several research universities and hospitals and the ellitary.
o Low-level radioactive waste generators in Connecticut will be denied access to the three esisting disposal fac!!!tles in the United States after December 31, 1992.
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o to provide disposal capacity for the low-level radioactive waste gener-ated in Connectiout for 50 years, the Service sust find a suitable 200-250 acre site.
i This plan includes an ambitious, yet necessary, plan of action and schedule for seating the State's responsibilities for annaging low-level radioactive waste.
Meeting these responsibilities will require timely action by the Northeast Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Consission and continued cooperation among several state agencies.
In addition, estensive participa-tion by interested citizens and elected officials, especially by local offt-cials, will be nesded.
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1999 will be a stitical year for Connestleut.
The Service sust develop a plan to select a site for a low-level radioactive waste faellityl identify three I
potential sitest choose one of the three potential sites as the preferred i
sitel select a ennagesent technology to be used at the sitel select a fire to develop and operate the facilityl and revloe the Manageeint plan in prepara-i I
tien for the nest federal ellestone.
l We veleone your continued support and partielpation as we work to fulfill the l
leportant responsibilities you have entructed to us. We prestee to keep you Infereed of our settvities.and to seek your partielpation in all our major deelstens.
To resolve a espy of the itas cannecticut Law-Level Radiamative Waste Maname-l maat Plam er the seament response coeusent, please call my efflee at (203)
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SUMMARY
i Prepared By Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service December 1988 J
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The Connecticut Hasardous Weste Management Service (ths Service) is required 2
bi Connecticut's low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) annagement facility siting law (public Act 47-540, as amended by public Act 80-341) to prepare a LLRW sanageeent plan for the State.
The State siting law was enacted in response to requirements imposed on the State by federal law.
As required by the j
siting law, the 1988 Connecticut Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management plan i
includes an, inventory of LLRW generators, a description of the LLRW generated, i
projections of future volumes, an analysis of methods of disposal of LLRW and i
their costs, a transportation analysis, and a plan of action and schedule for developing a facility in the State.
The Servios will develop a revision of j
this plan in 1989 and again in 1991.
l LLRW is waste material containing radioactive Isetepes, but it door not in-clude spent fuel assemblies free consercial nuclear reactors, high-level i
- vaste, transuranic waste, or uranius eining and milling waste.
LLRW includes a wide range of asterials which have widely different levels of radioactivity.
It includes materials such as protective clothing, filter eedia and laboratory trash that are contaminated with radioactive saterial.
LLRV is generated in the speration and maintenance of nucient power plants and 1
from industrial facilities and institutions such as hospitals and univer-I sities.
3 Connecticut has initiated a process to develop a LLRW disposal f ac.ility be-cause Congress made each state responsible for providing disposal capacity for the LLRW generated in the state (public 1.aw 98-573 and public Law 99-2a0).
If the state does not provide disposal. capacity by January 1, 1993 Connecticut generators any be denied access to the three esisting LLRW disposal facilities.
If the State does not provide disposal capacity by January 1, t
1998, the State must, at the request of a generater, take title to and posses-y sion of the generator's waste and assume liability for any damages insurred by a
the generator because of the State's f ailure to take possession of the waste t
when notified by the generator that it was ready for shipment.
With the encouragement of Congress, Connecticut and ten other northeastern states negotiated language for the Northeast Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact to undertake their responsib!!! ties cooperatively, on a regional basis.
Connecticut joined the Compact in 1983.
For a variety of reasons, the only other state in the Compact is New Jersey.
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To meet the requirements of the federal law, in Deeenber 1947 the Ceesission for the Northeast Ceepest, eesposed of representattwos free Conneettsut and New Jerswy, designated both Conneettsut and New Jersey as host states for
'a disposal faellity espable of safely ennaging an equitable portion of the region's waste.' The Northeast Consission will deside what type of faellity each state oust develop.
Connestleut's LLRW eanagement facility siting law went into effect in December 1987 with the designatten of Conneettsut as a host state.
The first step in the siting procese is preparation of a LLRW aanagement plan.
The 1988 Connes-tieut LLRW Management plan has been prepared for the development of a LLRW disposal f acility espable of disposing of all of the LLRW generated in Connee-tieut that requires disposal.
The plan is a first step in meeting the l
statutory and prestical requirements for site soleatten.
A plan that meets j
the requirements for a disposal faellity will also oest the requirements for any other management faellity the Coseission eight direet Connecticut to devolep.
The General Assembly has created a special fund to pay for developing a LLRW l
ennagement f aellity in Conneettsut (public Act 44-243). Money for the fund sones free assessments en generators of LLRW.
l Sim State entities have reopenalbilities related to siting and developing a LLRW annagement facility in Connecticut 1
L e the Energy Divisten of the Office of pelley and Management (0pM) eeerdinating the efforts and funding of the other State entities with responsibilities for development of a LLRW facility in the States I
e the Conneettsut Nasardous Weste Management Servloe (the Service) preparing a LLRW ennagement plan, solesting a site for a faellity, l
selecting a technology to be used for the facility and selecting a fire to develop and operate the facilitys l
j e the LLRW Advisory Consittee advising the Board of Directors of the l
Service en the suitability of sites for a facilityl e the Department of Environmental preteetten (DEP)
- regulating the eenstruction, operatten and elesure of a facility and issuing a parait i
for a facilityi e The Connecticut Siting Counell (CCC) - regulating the selection of a site for a faellity and issuing a certificate in a faellitys e The Dept.rteent of public Works (DpW) acquiring the land for a
- facility, through eendemnation, if necessary, and providing sustodial eare of the site after elosure.
In addition to these State entitles, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Consission (NRC) will have regulatory responsibility ev.or siting, eenstructing, operating and closing a LLRW management facility in Connecticut.
An operating license eust be obtained free the NRC for a LLRW f acility in Connecticut.
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LLRW was generated and shipped off-site for annagoesnt by 26 Connecticut faellities in 1987.
There are other fleet t!ttes that generate LLRW in Conneo-l I
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Mott of the others use on-site i
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The faellities, their generator eategory and the volume,and radioactivity of the waste they shipped to seeeercial disposal faellities are !!sted in Table 1.
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sl#DUSTRIEllutflfU.1 344.0 1 0.!!4 I Itristol nyers Co.
IIMUSTRIEll#8tifg.1 497.8 8 0.H7 1 IC16 trol lat.
IlhDutfRIEllutilig.I 4.7 l 0.014 1 ICoe6vetten Intiseering, let. Instleer PredettellFutL FHRitettR I 3,400.0 1 0.998 i 18eetuotten Engineering, let. leveleer ServicetillNDutitl E I 3,193.0 1 0.884 1 Iteneettitut Agricultural Esperlee*t etellen listflfUtiteE I
19.0 1 0.004 I ICeanettitut V6atte Ateelt Peeer Co.
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IbVCLt4R Ptutt PL Mil 13.038.0 1 968.168 1 inittstone 3, IIsirtheast nuclear foergy Co.
INUCLEM Ptott PLuf t 3,434.4 1 33.764.019 i tallistene 3, mertheast setlear Caergy Co.
luuCLEAR POWER PLAufi 3,786.0 l Stelli 1 Itereelk Hospital llN8tituf tt#E l
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143.9 1 0.088 i lethtue6erger* Dell Researth IIHutfRIEllN8tifg.1 33.8 1 0.9H l ltalled heleer ';orp., taval Products IFutL F60RICAf6R 4 3,lH.0 l 0.093 1 j
J IWS Navy Sv6eerine Sneport Festlity 6 State PierlMILif4RY I t,703.3 1 0.183 I Italveralty of Connettitut listflfUfl0#E I
367.3 1 0.093 I Igelverolly of Connettitut Noelth Center llNef tfuttenE l
349.0 1 0.384 I IVA Reeltal Center Monettel llutflfUt t 9#E l
46.0 1 0.080 I leesleyan Univoretty limttifUttetR l
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For oonparison, Connecticut generators shipped 55,700 cubic feet of LLRW in 1996 eentaining 7,773 ourtes.
In 1987, the LLRW was shipped to the disposal foollities in Sarnwell, SC and
- Richland, WA.
These are two of the three operating LLRW disposal f acilities in the United States.
Of the radteactivity shipped for disposal, 095 (21,240 euriess was free a small (57 oubic feet), interoittent source of LLRW.
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t LLRW VOLUME pt0 JECT 10NS A range of estloates of future volumes of LLRW that will be shipped for dis-posal was prepared.
These included sin projections representing different assumptions aboJt when Connecticut's four nuclear power plants will be decon-
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generators.
The volume projections range free a high of 0.5 million cubic f eet to a low of 3.1 elllion oubic feet ever the 50-year period f ree 1994 to 2044.
The planned operating life for a LLRW disposal f aellity in Connecticut i
is 50 years.
The projectione along with conceptual designe prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (D0E) and the buffer sono requirements proposed by the Connecticut l
Siting Council were weed to prepare estimates of the amount of land needed for
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Depending en the disposal technology used, a range of 114 acres for earthen tronohs (sometimes onlled shallow land burial) to 240 acres for earth-sounded eenerate bunkers is needed to handle l
9.5 elllion ovbio feet of LLRW. The range for 3.1 elliten evbte feet is free 1
l Se acres for earthen trenches to 124 seres for earth-sounded oonerete bunkers.
Over 50s of the total amount of land is buffer area where no actual disposal will take place.
All sia projections include the LLRW free decessissioning the four nuclear power plants.
Three of the slu projections assume the nuclear plants will be i
deooseissioned at the surrent espiration dates of their operating ifconses.
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The other three assues the power plants will operate until the last five years of the 50 year operating life of the disposal facility and that all four will then be decommissioned.
Three different growth soonarios were used.
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scenario used annual growth rates derived free short-tere projections made by the generators
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Under a second scenario, a Os growth rate was assused for each sategory of generator.
The third scenarie was based on a la annual deeresse in the volume of waste shipped.
i The largest volume projection produced by the sin oosbinations of decossis-sioning assumptions and growth scenaries is 9.5 million cubio feet from the
' late dissantlement, modest growth' sase.
The lowest projection is 3.1 ell-l lion cubic feet from the ' dismantlement at the end of current license, decrease in growth' osse.
By using the highest projection, the State can essentially ensure that it will not have to site a second facility for at i
least 50 years.
1 LLtW DISP 05&L TECHNOLDG113 The LLAW disposal technologies oevered in the 1968 Management plan, and the ones analysed by several federal agencies and private groups, are as follows:
e Earthen treneheel e Above-ground vaultsi e Belev ground vaultel e Modular concrete sanistersi and, e Earth-sounded concrete bunkers.
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Of the five technologies, only two have been used for LLRW disposal.
Disposal in earthen trenehes is used at the three operating LLRW disposal f aellities in the United States and earth sounded concrete bunkers are used in France.
The generle analyses of ti,e various technologies to date indiente that all but above-ground vaults should be sapable of eesting the performanue objoettves established by the NRC for LLRW disposal facilities.,
The NRC and the DOE have selected belev-ground vaults and earth-sounded een-erste bunkers for development of regulatory guidanoe, additional analysis and the devolepsent and review of prototype lisense appliestions.
These two technologies were selected because they are espected to be suitable f or many i
parts of the oeuntry and because a number of states and oespects have es-pressed an interest in thee.
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While estimates of the future oest of disposing of LLRW in facilities using j
these technelegies are very speculative, there is no doubt that disposal eharges will be such higher than the current sharge of approsisately tel to 850 per subic foot.
I LLRW TRANSp0RTAT10N AkALYSIS l
l The transportation analysis eespares the number of subic foot elles and the number of eurie elles free the state's larger LLRW shippers to the center of j
j each of the four geographie quadrants of the State, under two waste management l
soonarios.
One soonario assuses that vaste eurtently shipped to processing or 3
treatment facilities in other states will continue to be shipped to these l
faellities prior to being disposed of in Connootlout.
The other scenario assumes that those f acilities will no longer be available and that all waste i
vill be shipped directly to the Conneetteut faellity.
This is a general analysis, but, given the f act than no site screening has yet been undertaken, t
it is appropriate at this stage of the fao!!!ty developsont process. The transportation analysis is included in the 1968 Managesent plan because it is required by the siting law, not because any actual site screening has taken place.
The results of the analysis are presented in Table 2.
j Not surprisingly, under both seenwrios, the quadrant center with the lowest number of euble foot elles and curie elles is the Southeast one, the quadrant senter closest to Connecticut's four nuclear power plants.
The differenoes in cubic foot elles range free small differences in Scenario I
to significant differenees in Seenario 11.
However, in both eases the difference in curie elles between the southeast quadrant and the other quadrants is large.
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SCHEDULE AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES s
Four ellestones imposed by federal law govern the timefrase for developing a facility.
The four are as follows 1.
January 1, 1990 - The Governer must eettify that Conneetteut will be l
espable of and will provide for the management of LLRW generated in the State after December 31, 19928 2.
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1992 A esoplete application for a lisense for a LLRW disposal faellity in Connecticut must be filed with the NBC1 i
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January 1, 1993 - The esisting disposal facilities are ne longer required to necept waste f rom Connecticut generatorst 4.
January 1,1996 - If Conneettent has not provided disposal onpacity, the State must, at the request of a generator, take title to the generator's waste, take possession of it and astume liability for any i
damages ineutred by the generator because of the State's failure to take possession of the waste when notified by the generator that it was ready for shipment.
Figure 3 presents the proposed schedule for developing a LLRW disposal fact!!ty in Connecticut.
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Seursel 1988 Connecticut LLRW Management plan, Conneettsut Nasardous i
Waste Management Servloe, Deeember 1984.
The first step in developing a disposal faellity in Conneetteut is preparatten i
by the Service of a Lt.tv Management plan, this doeusent is a sussary of the 1980 Connecticut LLRW Management plan.
The 1988 Management plan was adopted by the Seard of Direeters in Deeesber 1998.
New that the initial Management plan has been sempleted, the Servloe will develop a Site Seleotten Methodelegy Report which will identify the ap.
j propriate and applicable site screening eriteria in the state's siting law, in
.t the regulations developed by the NBC, the DEp and the C9C, and in other ap.
j plicable State and federal laws and regulattens.
The Repett will describe how I
and when the eriteria vill be applied, thle Report will be one of the oest leportent deousents prepare'd by the Servios since it will guide the actual l
site seleotten activities.
Under the propeeed schedule, a draft of the Methedelegy Report will be available for public review and sessent in March itet. The Report will be published in final f are af ter the Segulations Reviev Ceesittee of the Connecticut General Assembly has appteved the Dtp's and the CSC's LLRW regulattens.
It is antielpated that this will eseur by June 1999.
l Through a variety of preessees, including a selteitation for volunteer sites, a number of areas of the State will be identified as the possible future location of Conneettsut's LLRW facility. Free these areas, at least three sites will be given further eensideration.
This initial identiftention of
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sites is scheduled for esopletten by August itte.
After further review, at least one of the sites will be selected by January 1,1990 for sharacterisa.
l tien in preparation for suboission et a license appliestion.
Other sites will be studied to the estent necessary to provide suffielent internation for a l
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eoeparteen of alternatives in the environeental report.
The Servloe will also tentatively select a disposal technology by January 1,1990.
The Servloe will voluntarily prepare an environmental tapact evaluation that meets the require.
sents of the Connecticut Environmental pelley Act in eenjunetten with the 4
selection of a site for characterisation.
The Servloe will seleet a fire to obtain the required approvals for a facility and to develop and operate the facility.
Under the proposed schedule, a
j request ter propesels will be issued in July 1999 and the entity selected by January 1990.
A public hearing will be held before the seleotten is ces-pleted.
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The Department of publie Works will seguire the site selected by the Servloe for characterisation.
The DPW oan eendeen the property, if neeessary.
As-quisitten estivities should begin in Deeenber 1989 and are scheduled to be esopleted by June 1990.
However, einse the Servlee has the authority to enter l
private property to undertake the studies needed for site charseterisatten, l
esopletten et the acquisitten of the site e6n be delayed until the NRC lesves a lleense for the faellity without affecting other faellity developeent aa-tivities.
l The Service, with the assistaneo of a contraster, will sharacterise the site.
Site characterisatten is at least a 12 eenth process of collecting and analys-ing data en all aspects of the site.
It is schedated to begin in February 1990 and be sempleted by April 1991.
The data gathered during site charac-terisation forms the basfe for seet of the future actions en the site.
A site i
charseterisation report and an environment 6'
- report, whleh includes an analysis of alternatives, will be prepared ter the site.
These should be esopleted by June atti.
Based on the charseterisation report and the environmental report, the Servlee will decide whether er not the site still appears saltable for a Lt.RW disposal l
taellity and the technology seleeted still appears appropriate.
This final seleetten of the site and technology should be esopleted in July 1991.
l To develop a LLRW disposal faellity in Connecticut, approval suet be obtained free the DEp. the CSC, euntelpal ageneles and the NRC.
The DEp permit ap-l pilaation should be filed in December 1991 and the othere will be filed by January 1, 1992 as required by State and federal law.
Under the Connecticut siting law, the CSC een overturn a deelsten by a suntelpal ageney.
Newever, to de se at least eight of the thirteen soebers of the CSC eust vote to everturn the deelsten.
For a LLAW faellity preeeeding, three of the seabers are appointed by the sunletpality in whleh the facility would be located and one of the thirteen is appointed by the adjaeont municipality that is likely to be oest af fected by the f aellity.
All required approvals should be received by July 1993.
After they are
- received, the facility developer will sign a lease with the DPW allowing the developer to construct and operate a facility en the state-evned land.
The facility will be derigned to operate for at least 50 years.
Construction should begin in July 1993 and disposal operations should begin by April 199a.
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Under the proposed schedule, the State will not have a disposal faellity in opera tion by January 1, 1993, the date when the three states with operating LLRW disposal f aellities een deny Conneettsut generators access to their faellities.
It is possible that esse LLRW generators in the State say eshaust i
their on site storage sapeetty before their waste aan be aseepted at the new i
disposal facility.
This situatten will be evaluated.in both the 1999 shd the ID91 revisions of the LLRW Management plan and, if neesssary, plans will be 1
developed for meeting the needs of these generators.
The suntelpality in which the feellity is loosted is entitled to a benefits package whteh includes an assessment en the gross receipts of the f acility, a nogettated seelal and ecensels impacts attigation agreesent, authority to have its own on-site inspector paid for by the f acility operator, a drinking water l
well testing progras, payeents in lieu of tases and a property value guarantee prestse.
PUBLic kWIN OF THE MMAGDWif PLM l
the plan has resolved estensive public review and esseent over the past year.
It is based on information gathered and analysed by Servloe staf f and reviewed by the Board of Direeters of the Servloe at ten publie oestings and by the i
LLRW Advisory Ceesittee at seven publie seetings.
It has been reve!wed by the l
Comprehensive planning Divisten of the Of fice of pelley and Management for its l
eenststency with the State polteles plan for the Conservation and Developsont et Connecticut (C6D plan) and was found to be senststent with the CbD plan.
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The Servie6 held a public workshop and five public hearings in September 1944 t
to receive cessent en the draf t plan.
These oeotings were attended by more than 130 individuals.
pellowing the hearings,' the Servise aseepted written esseents en the draf t until Deteber 14,1D40.
The Service has reviewed all written and oral sessente resolved during the esseent period.
The draft plan has been revised, where oppropriate, in response to esaments.
The Board of Directors of the Service adopted the 1688 LLtW Management plan on December 13, 1988.
A response doousent speelfically addressing the sessents will be avall-able in January 1999, f
The Servloe is a non regulatory, quasi public corporatten.
In addition to its LLRW responsibilities, it has statutory responsibility to proacte the ap-propriate annagement of the basardous waste generated in the State.
The i
Servlee's prograss include long range planning, research, technical and finan-e sial assistance, and facility siting.
The Service's activities are directed by a sis-member board of direeters each of whee is appointed by the Governer, with toegraphie representation free the general publie and the setentitle and i
business eesounttles.
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