ML20024F799

Forwards Environ Assessment on non-radiological Aspects of Proposed Disposal of U-contaminated Soil at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Site,In Response to Request from D Hurt

ML20024F799
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Site:	07000925
Issue date:	09/07/1990
From:	Mchard D OKLAHOMA, STATE OF
To:	Haughney C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NUDOCS 9012210040
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Secretory 4reasurer Lee W. Poden ANlO A CMOEm,MYIwtOftd September 7, 1990 Charles J. Haughney, Chief Fuel Cycle Safety Branch Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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Dear Mr. Haughney:

In response to the request from Mr. Davis Hurt of your office, please find enclosed the environmental assessment on non-radiological aspects of the proposed disposal of uranium-contaminated soil at the Kerr-McGee C1 marron site.

A copy of the document was transmitted to Mr. Hurt by f acsimile on August 31.

For your information, we have not provided copies of the enclosure to other than your office;..in this regard, we are taking the position that the entire environmental assessment document is still in a state of preparation and therefore not yet subject to general distribution.

I trust you or Mr. Hurt will advise us if the enclosure requires revision or if you have comments or questions.

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u Secretorydreasurer Lee W. Poden macusonesmurnmenn State of Oklahoma Assessment of the Non-Radiological Hazards Associated with the Proposed Disposal of Uranium-Contaminated Soil at the Cimarron Facility Logan C m ty The activity being proposed to which this environmental assessment document is directed involves the r eoval of large amounts of uranium-contaminated soil from the near-surface from varioua areas on the i

facility and placement of these contaminated soils into a singla, large Jandfill structure, also located on the facility property.

In effect, this proposed action would identify and collect contaminated soil and congregrate it inla central, single location on the facility property.

Since the proposed action calls for the disturbance of soil at the surface and near-surface -(no greater aan about 30 feet below the surface), the only non-radiological' hazard which can be considered to be reasonably involved is;

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that associated with ground water and, more specifically, that gro md water for which there is some.cmall but reasonable probability of a deleterious

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affect to be causel by this proposed action.

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As'dlecussed elsewhere in this document,-the population density in the vicinity of-the Cimarron Facility is low; it-is reasonable'to anticipate that-

?both the -number of persons and population daasity will increase very sloely over the foreseeable future..Some change of ownership la axisting sub-division developments:and ethers which may be' started is expected.

Even with such slow growth, the lack of edequate potable water supply could be the i

e single most important element.in any future increasib in either -sub-division developr.cnt;or population'increass.

Certainly,. dependence upon ground; water supply eelusively could 'have sevos.e.ef fects..There is currently some service by rural' water districts but with limited capacity to supply and distribute the water. There is a possibility'that surface potabic drinking water supplies could be developed by impoundment of rain wr.ter,:but it'is not likely that this voald satisfy the demand; fully.

Consideration should be given to the quality-of the ground water available from the Gatbar. sandstone (Garber-Wellington aquifer) and' alluvial.

and, terrace deposits overlaying the Garber-Wellington in this area.

Some-ground water at or very naar the Cimarron Facility c:ay have a degraded quality due to the presence of sulfates, chlorides, fluorides, nitrates, or

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dinsolved solids in moderate to rather high concentratiens but st111' meets primary drinking water standards; such ground water is either currently being used for water suppl / or may be used for such purpose in the future.

-f Cimarron Facility Logan County Page Two Thus, our assessment must b< concerned with the effect upon near-surface ground water from non-radiological chemicals associated with the uranium waste.

It would appear that the most likely, and perhaps the only, non-radiological effect would be that related to acid wastes, such as nitrates _and sulfates, upon ground water which is used for drinking water by the majority of the population adjacent to the site, l

August 31, 1990

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