ML20039D339
| ML20039D339 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 09/10/1981 |
| From: | Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Steve Jones AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| FOIA-81-265 NUDOCS 8112310542 | |
| Download: ML20039D339 (1) | |
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Dear Ms. Jones:
This is in partial response to your second letter dated August 26, 1981 in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 85 documents regarding the Wyoming Mineral Corporation.
The documents consistent with the items on your list are enclosed.
Items No.
3-6, 8-12, 14-16, 19-22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32-36, 38-44, 46-49, 52, 55-57, 59, 61, 71-76, 78-82, 84 and 85.
The NRC has not completed its processing of the remaining documents subject to your request. We will respond as soon as that processing is completed.
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Enclosures:
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- 0* FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST *00 Pbwder River Basin Resource Council 1
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48 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. 82801 (307)672-5809 9 July 1981
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20555 To the Freedom of Information Officer:
f4 Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, I hereby request copies of the documents listed below. I have tried to be as specific as possible in order to save you aimless searching.
If any of the documents requested are long (over 100 pages), please notify me prior to copying them.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, Section 352(b)(4)(A),
I hereby request that you furnish these documents at no charge, or a reduced charge, on the grounds that the information will be used to benefit the general public. The Powder River Basin Resource Council is a citizens' group whose members are concerned about the environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with rapid, intensive energy development.
The requested doc"ments will be used in the compilation of a case study on the permitting and operation of Wyoming Mineral Corporation's Irigaray Project (in situ uranium mine) in Johnson County, Wyoming. A draft study will be reviewed by outside experts in the appropriate technical fields for accuracy and balance; the finished product will be discributed to federal, state, and local government officials, libraries, staff of regulatory agencies, persons in other states dealing with uranium development issues, and the general public in Wyoming.
The purpose of the case study is to educate the public regarding the technology and impacts of uranium in situ mining, and to provide details on the Wyoming Mineral project, since it was the first such commercial operation in the state.
Unless I am notified otherwise within two days of your receipt of this request, I will assume that my request for a fee waiver is granted.
Thank you very much for your time and attention to this matter.
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cc: Ross Scarano Ray Cooperstein Sarah Gorin Jones for the Powder River Basin Resource Council DOCUMENTS REQUESTED:
1.
Application for. source material license submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 1/28/76.. Please include the revisions of 1/9/78 and 6/21/78.
2.
Environmental Survey submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation in support of source material license application, 1/28/76.
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Wyoming Mineral Corporation correspondence to the Nuclear Regulatorv Commission pertaining to exemptions from 10 CFR 40.31(f) and 40.32(>>,
' dated 5/6/76 and 6/15/76.
4.
Amplification on Wyoming Mineral Corporation Environmental Survey, 11/16/76.
5.
Revised Environmental Report, Irigaray Project, Johnson County, Wyoming, July 1977.
6.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's Clarification and Responses to Staff Questions, 10/28/77.
7.
" Groundwater elements of in situ leach mining of uranium, final report,"
NRC-02-77-187, Geraghty & Miller, 1978.
8.
Report from Wyoming Mineral Corporation on results of 517 restoration test, which was scheduled to end in February 1978.
9.
Submittal from Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the use of an alternative lixiviant at the Irigaray Proj ect, 2/16/79.
10.
" Report on Modification of Wyoming State Mining Permit", submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 3/12/79.
(to fulfi11' condition #32 of SUA-1341) 11.
" Plan for Ammonia Transport Monitoring Program", submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 3/14/79.
(to fulfill condition #38 of SUA-1341) 12.
Application to increase the flow rate at the Irigaray Project plant to 2,000 gpm, submitted on 6/29/79 by Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Please include the supplementary submittals of 8/29/79, 9/5/79, 1/15/80, and 2/22/80.
13.
Report by Dr. Don Warner, consulting geological engineer from the University of Missouri-Rolla, regarding the Irigaray Project, 7/12/79.
14.
All data derived from bioassays on any and all employees at the Irigaray Project, particularly those employed in the celciner/drypack area, and including janitorial and maintenance personnel.
Bioassay data should be i
available from implementation of Wyoming MineraliCorporation's " Interim Bioassay Plan" dated 8/17/79 and from compliance with license condition
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" Environmental Evaluation - License SUA-1341", submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about August. 1979.
16.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's plans for continued research and development at the Irigaray facility and an updated status report on the 517 site,
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submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission around October 1979.
17.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's report on excursions and corrective action plan, due to the Nuc1 car Regulatory Commission by 11/21/79.
18.
The start-up notification from Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the calciner/ packaging unit, and any pre-operational inspection report (s) on that unit.
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- 19. : Memorandum of understanding be, tween the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Wyoming Departr,ent of -Environmental -Quality (early 1980). -
20.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation submittal to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding transportation of calcite wastes (around March, 1980).
21.
Any materials, other than the " Report on Irigaray Mine Shallow Zone Evaluation", submitted by the Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 8/21/,80 (to terminate the 4/21/80 Order of the NRC).
22.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's supplementary submittals to the Nuclear
-Regulatory. Commission to terminate the 4/21/80 Order, dated 10/6/80 and 1/19/81.
23.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding excursions under R & D License SUA-1204, submitted around August or September, 1978.
24.
Nucicar Regulatory Commission staff summaries or file memoranda regarding the following meetings with Wyoming Mineral Corporation personnel:
2/4/77 (Oak Ridge Nat'l. Lab.)
3/12-13/80 (Silver Spring) 3/24/77 (Silver Spring) 2/14/80 (Denver) 10/9/77 (ORNL) 8/1/80 (location unknown) 25.
Site visit and inspection reports from Nuc1 car Regulatory Commission staff or consultants from site visits / inspections at the Irigaray facility (including R & D and commercial operations) for the following dates:
3/23/76 5/31/77 6/30/80 3/26/76 8/4/77 7/8/80 11/17/76 10/4/77 5/12/77 May, 1980-26.
Any site visit and inspection reports from Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff or consultants regarding site visits / inspections for conditions affecting worker healthiand safety.
27.
Any documentation showing that any violations noted on the above site visits / inspections (for both items #25 and #26) were corrected by Wyoming Mineral Corporation, and when any such corrections were made.
28.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation's report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-on the Corporation's intended restoration ' plan and sequential restoration activities at the Irigaray site, as. required by SUA-1341, condition #35.
- 29. Wyoming Mineral Corporation's written-operating procedures for radiation i_
safety and environmental monitoring programs, as required by SUA-1341, l
condition #14.-
30.
License SUA-1341 amendments #2,'#3, and'#5.
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Wyoming Mineral Corporation'p. submittal of 3/23/81 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding suspension of mining operations and maintenance of environmental monitoring at the Irigaray facility.
'32.
The' final report (or, if not available, any interim reports) on the results of the Ammonia Transport and Conversion study conducted by Wyoming Mineral' Corporation at the SI7 and/or USMT sites.-
' Note: The following requests /specify "all" documents pertaining to a particular topic.
By "all",.I mean all non-duplicative documents.
It is not necessary to send the same specific information more than once. *
'33.
All information submitted by Wyoming Mineral Corporation regarding plans
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to develop sites in Carbon or Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, or Custer County, South Dakota.
34.
All documents showing results of the quarterly dosimeter analyses required of Wyoming Mineral Corporation at the Irigaray site by SUA-1341, condition #22.
- 35. -All documents containing information from Wyoming Mineral Corporation regarding investigations and corrective actions taken on employee exposures, effluent releases, and environmental data as required by SUA-1341, condition #17.
36.
All documents showing data from weekly air quality ponitoring reports, and
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monthly worker breathing zone reports, for the calciner/ packaging area as-required by SUA-1341, condition #24(a).
37.
All documents showing data from special uranium particulate sampling in the calciner/ packaging area:and other process areas as required by SUA-1341, condition #24(e).
38.
All documents showing data from monthly air quality reports measuring uranium and radon (including radon daughters) in process and storage areas as required by SUA-1341, conditions #24(b) and (c).
- 39. All documents showing data from weekly sampling of stack emissions from the calciner/ packaging unit as required by SUA-1341, condition #26.
40.
All documents containing data obtained from Wyoming Mineral Corporation's environmental monitoring program as required by SUA-1341, condition #29.
41.
All excursion or reportable migration reports from Wyoming Mineral Corpora-tion to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as required by SUA-1341, revised condition #31 (reports would be dated after February 3, 1981).
42.
Alldocumentsverif{yingWyomingMineralCorporationinspectionsforseepage along Willow Creek, and the results of these inspections, as required by SUA-1341, condition #52.
43.
All documents showing volume-weighted weekly composite data and volume discharges for R.O. permeate into Willow Creek, as required by SUA-1341, condition #60(D).
- 44. All notifications from Wyoming Mineral Corporation to the Nuc1 car Regulatory.
Commission that the former has exceeded discharge limits into Willow Crehk,
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as required by SUA-1341, condition #60(F).
- 0n the other hand, please do not substitute cumulative or average data for disaggregated figures, if the latter are available.
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All documents showing data for. quarterly spot surveys for alpha contamination on workers, as required by SUA-1341, condition #21(b).
46.
All documents showing data from weekly alpha contamination surveys of lunch rooms, change rooms, and offices, as required by SUA-1341, condition #21(c).
gdund 47.
All documents showing data from4 scrubber circuit control readings, taken once per shift, as required by SUA-1341, condition #20.
48.
All documents showing a need to establish time-weighted exposures of employees in areas where air samples reveal concentrations greater than 257. of the applicable standard in 10 CFR Part 20 (Appendix B, Table 1, Column 1), and a consequent need to reduce employee exposures to a level reasonably achievable, as required by SUA-1341, condition #24(d).
49.
All documents pertaining to the level of calcite buildup at the Irigaray site, and any plans for transporting or otherwise disposing of that buildup.
50.
All documents specifying the number and nature of complaints made by any Wyoming Mineral Corporation employee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
51.
Weekly chloride analyses and monthly total alkalinity, arsenic, conductivity, scienium, and natural uranium analyses for any wells on excursion or reportable migration status as required by SUA-1341, condition #53(D).
Analyses would be dated after February 3, 1981.
52.
Biweekly chloride analyses and monthly total alkalinity, arsenic, conductivity, scienium, and natural uranium analyses for wells SM-4, SM-7, SM-12, and RS-19, as required by SUA-1341, condition #53(G). Analyses would be dated after February 3, 1981.
53.
All documents containing results of sampling, analyses, surveys, and instrument calibrations, reports on inspections and audits, empl6yee training records, and related reviews, investigations, and corrective actions as required by SUA-1341, condition #20, and not included in any of the above requested documents.
54.
Documentation of any Nuclear Regulatory Commission response to date regarding Wyoming Mineral Corporation's 3/23/81 request to suspend operations.
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