ML20054E125

Settlement Agreement Terminating Civil Case 79-1368.NRC Will Prepare Programmatic Eis.Util Will Not Discharge Wastewater Into Susquehanna River Until EIS Published.All Claims Will Be Brought Before NRC Initially

ML20054E125
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Site:	Crane, 07901368
Issue date:	02/27/1980
From:	Augenblick M, Eilperin S, Lefever D, Stanley N JUSTICE, DEPT. OF, LANCASTER, PA, METROPOLITAN EDISON CO., NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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79-1368, NUDOCS 8204260165
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SETT.,IMENT AGRIEXEh?

O between the Made this & day of February,1980, j

following parties:

City of Lancaster (" City"), City of i

f Lancaster Authority, Albert B. Wohlsen, Jr., United States' i

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I; Pennsylvania Electric Co:::pany (the "utili. ties").

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The parties are engaged in litigation in the

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The parties desire to reach amicable settlement i

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i; of this litigation; j,i ll NOW THIRIFORI, in considerat: on of the mutual coven-i counsel lj ants and promises contnined in this agreenent,

!!fortheparties, specifically representing that each is acting as agent for a principal and has authority to hind

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such principal to the terms of this agreenent by executing and representative,

. this agreement in his capacity as agent jl, their successors, principals

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The'NRC will prepare the Programmatic Environ-mental Impact State =ent which it ce=mitted itself to prepare in its Nove=ber 21, 1979 Statement of Policy and Notice of l

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Statement.

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The NRC and the utilities agree that no accident-i l

generated wastewater will be discharged into the Susquehanna River from the date of this Settlement Agreement through l

j December 31, 1981, or until the NRC completes its Program-I l matic Invironmental Impact Statement referred to in paragraph i

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, review referred to in its Nove=ber 21, 1979 Statement (referred to in paragraph 1 above) regarding discharge of i

] accident-generated wastewater into the Susquehanna River, j

iI whichever is earlier.

Accident-generated water shall mean:

.t (a). Water that existed in the TMI i

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the pri=ary system as of October i

16, 1979, with the exceptien of water which as a result of de--

l contaminatien operaticas becc=es ce= mingled with non-accident-I generatef water such that the co==ingled water has a tritium i

content of 0.025 uCi/=1 or less l

before processing; (b)

Water that has a total activity c

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of greater than one uCi/=1 prior

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water is originally non-accident water and becc=es contaminated i

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by use in cleanup; (c)

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However, nothing contain3f in thic S3ttlanant AgrOOment chnli

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preclude either the NRC c the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("Directo'r") from authorizing I wha'tever measures it or he deems necessary to cope with.

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The Director shall give such

. notice of any discharge of accident-generated wastewater into the Susquehanna River as he may deem feasibie to

,. Donald I. LeFever (telephone (7 17) 299-520L or (717) 397-eil 1234) or City of Lancaster Bureau of Police (717) 392-21413

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Prior to holding any =eeting to approve any b discharge of accident-generated wastewater into the

!y! Susquehanna River ref erred to in paragraph 2 above, except il emergency discharges, the NRC will:

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Give notice of such meeting

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notice required by the Sunshine i,

Act (5 U.S.C. 5552b) as follows:

s (i)-- in writing, to the Mayo ji of the City of Lancaster; and f*

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(ii) by telephone, to Reed.L.

von Maur, Isquire (202) il S57-6117, and l

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Afford such interested persons as the Cor=ission may determine an

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of the NRC under procedures appreved

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i i'l S' hould the NRC a=orove any discharge into the Susquehanna 1,

River of accident-generated wastewater referred'to in paragraph (2above, including energency discharges, the NRC will enter

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Pltintiffs agroo that _ any end all claims thsy' i

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may have.regarding decontamination and disposal of radioactive j

wastes resulting from the March 2S,1979 accident at Three l

Mile Island, Unit 2 referred to in their Cc= plaint herein shall in the first instance be presented to the NRC for its t

decision.

To the extent that plaintiff s seek judicial relief I

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and disposa'l of radioactive wastes referred to herein, plain-l tiffs shall seek such judicial relief or review in a United States Court of Appeals.

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The utilities and plaintiffs have agreed on a 1

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[ monitoring program set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement.

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Upon the signing of this Settlement Agreement,

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.' the plaintiffs will execute a Stipulation dismissing thei i'

Co= plaint with prejudice.

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l IN WITNESS WHERICF, the parties hereto have executed l

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UNITED STATES DEPART.':ENT OF JUSTICE Sth Street and Pennsylvania Avenues Washingten, D.C.

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Counsel for qll Plaintiffs City of Lancaster City of Lancas er Authority and il Albert 3. Wohlsen, Jr.

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BARLEY, SM* DER, COOPER & 3AR3ER 115 East King Street d,.

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The utilitie's will pur' chase, install, calibrate and train

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personnel to use a shielded Sodium-Iodine Crystal Single Channel (3) Analizar system for measurament of gross ga==2, 137 Cs, and 131 I * ("the equip =ent").

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The utilities will provide routine maintenance and calibra-tion of the equipment.

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Plaintiff s will obtain the necessary water samples a-d per-form the desired analyses.

Plaintiffs agree to provide the utilities prc=ptly with the results of all analyses.

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The utilities will contribute $10,000.00 pee year to The City to offset its ecsts in obtaining the water. samples and j

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The utilities will reimburse The City for its reasonable costs associated with obtaining professional services fer i

independent verification of the perfernanca of the equip-l ment and the precedures being utilized by plaintiffs in connecticn with their sampling and analyses referred to l

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il The utilities will centinue the autc=atic saneline and l

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analysis program they currently perfc== at th'e City of

[j Lancaster's Susquehanna River Water Treat =ent Plant.

Changes will be made in this program c=1y upon mutual l

agreement of plaintiffs and the utilities.

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The period of this =cnitoring ec==it=ent is frc= the date'-

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j cf execution of :his Settis=en: Agres=ent through ce=ple-i, tion of the deccata=ination of Uni: II.

The understandine it of the parties is that decenta=ina icn will be censidered' cc=pleted f or purpcses of this agree =ent when the potential !

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with the pctential for releases which esists under normal I

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