ML19327B729
| ML19327B729 | |
| Person / Time | |
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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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| CCS, NUDOCS 8911080142 | |
| Download: ML19327B729 (3) | |
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Dear Congressman Rowland:
I: am responding to your letter of October 11.-1989, requesting information about the disposal of radioactive waste in Connecticut. The Low-Level
' 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 comunercial low-level radioactive waste generated inside its borders. States may do this by 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.
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December 1987, the Commission for the Northeast Cospact, composed of r[i representatives from Connecticut and New Jersey, designated both Connecticut
-and New Jersey as host states for a disposal facility capable of safely Lf managing-an equitable portion.of the waste generated witsin the Compact. The
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. Northeast Compact Comunission will. decide what type of facility each state must develop. The chosen sites will be required to meet stringent NRC regulatory requirements designed to protect public health and safety. The Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service has prepared a report (See Enclosure 1) for the' citizens of Connecticut. You can obtain further details on this' process l
within the Statelof Connecticut from the:
Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service Suite 360-900 Asylum Avenue u
Hartford, Connecticut 06105-1904 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Consnission (NRC) has developed regulatory requirements for the land disposal 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 Cossnission issues licenses for the disposal of radioactive wastes containing byproduct, source, and special nuclear material 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 CcS{
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provide your constituent with a reasonable overview of low-level radioactive waste disposal regulatory criteria and the framework for State and Federal agencies applying these criteria.
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States may do this by 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 a
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representatives from Connecticut and New Jersey, designated both' Connecticut and New Jersey as host states for a disposal facility capable of safely managing.an equitable portion of the waste generated within the Compact. The Northeast Compact Commission will decide what type of facility each state must i
develop. The chosen sites will be required to meet stringent NRC regulatory The Connecticut requirements designed to ' protect public health and saf ety(.See Enclosure 1) for Hazardous. Waste Management Service has prepared a report the. citizens of Connecticut. You can obtain further details on this process D
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