ML20056G374
| ML20056G374 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/06/1993 |
| From: | Randy Hall NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Chernoff A ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
| References | |
| REF-WM-64 NUDOCS 9309030057 | |
| Download: ML20056G374 (3) | |
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U.S. Department of Energy Albuquerque Operations Office ATTN: Albert R. Chernoff Project Manager i
P.O. Box 5400 Albuqueren% New Mexico 87115
Dear Mr. Chernoff:
As you will recall our office submitted review comments on the Lakeview long-term surveillance plan by cover letter dated February 12, 1993.
Subsequently, we requested that you hold your response, pending further review by this office and discussions with the Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Division, NMSS.
This letter is to clarify any misunderstandings that may have resulted from our original comments.
Several of the review comments addressed ground-water monitoring at the site.
L These included two general areas where the program could be modified and still provide regulatory compliance, and be protective of human health and the environment.
Specifically, the ground-water monitoring program listed hazardous constituents that were not found in the tailings pore fluid, and the need for including them in the monitoring program was questioned.
Also, the monitoring frequency, as well as the proposed monitoring well array are more than what is necessary for demonstrating compliance.
We recognize that some of the monitoring wells in excess of the point of compliance (POC) monitoring of the UMTRA Project. system may serve some purpose to DOE beyond ' 2 regulat Our cover letter and comments may not have been clear that we concluded that
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your proposed monitoring program fully satisfies all of the monitoring requirements specified in the EPA proposed standards.
Although your proposed program is acceptable, we had some comments, based specifically on conditions at the Lakeview site, that could improve and make the program more efficient and cost effective.
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as requirements for approval of your proposed monitoring program.
We emphasize that all of the comments paraphrased above are specific to the Lakeview site.
cannot be comprehensively applied without site-specific data eval Please consider our entire package of comments and submit a revised long-tes t
surveillance plan for our concurrence.
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