ML20126A333
| ML20126A333 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/03/1992 |
| From: | Bernero R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Belaga J ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| References | |
| REF-WM-3 NUDOCS 9212210006 | |
| Download: ML20126A333 (5) | |
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Dear Ms. Belaga:
I am responding to your letter of October 30, 1992, requesting assistance from the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in obtaining information concerning the past disposal of radioactive and hazardous waste in the Massachusetts Bay.
Your request for information focused on two specific areas:
Classified or previously classified records of NRC or the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) describing type, amount, and location of radioactive or chemical waste disposed of in the Massachusetts Bay, particularly by the U. S. Navy, Crossroads Marine Disposal Corporation, and Safety Projects & Engineering.
Licenses to use or possess radioactive materials issued to any governmental or private business entities in the New England States and the State of New York during the period from 1945 through 1961.
In response to your first request, to the best of our knowledge, there are no currently classified or previously classified records meeting your requirements, ective or retired, in order to fully respond to your request to search for previously classified records, all unclassified files potentially meeting your specific parameters would have to be searched individually to determine which records were previously classified. This results from our having no data base or record of unclassified records that were at one time classified.
There are many factors that make this request complicated, first, the magnitude of this task is enormous, as approximately five thousand licenses are involved.
Second, all files of licenses issued during 1965 to 1985 are at Oak Ridge National Laboratories for a review of terminated licanses and requests would have to be coordinated through them.
Third, for lice.isees in Agreement States, all active licenses and records were transferred over to them when they assumed the authority for regulating nuclear materials, and they would have to be contacted for the requested information.
Similarly, the U. S. Navy maintains its own records.
In response to your second request, licenses or other authorizations issued during the period from 1945 through 1961 would mainly consist of retired licenses.
Retired licenses are primarily indexed alphabetically by licensee name, by license number, by docket number, and by State, and involve approximately 30,000 retired licenses.
Performing a search of active licenses issued during this pariod % o presents difficulties.
There does not exist a field within our data base., allow a search by the original issue date. The number of currently active licenses issued during 1945 through 1961 in the New
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If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still desires to pursue this request, we propose to make our files available to staff from your agency to review in our docket room. As a result of the large number of files that fit your parameters and their cumbersome nature (i.e., tissue copies, full-sized engineering copies), it would not be feasible to supply you with copies.
We also believe technical persons within the EPA who fully understand the purpose, depth and scope of this endeavor might be better suited to perform the search.
Alternatively, if you would like to continue to pursue a search of these records, we would be receptive to a more narrowly focused request.
We appreciate the importance of this task and the difficulties you face in answering completely all the questions that have been raised.
If you want to pursue further these requests, we suggest that you contact either Richard L.
Bangart on (301) 504-3340 or Donna K. Smith on (301) 504-2508 to discuss arrangements that may be made to assist you in your review.
We believe further discussions would be necessary to identify the information and records which you wish to review.
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If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still desires to pursue this request, we propose to make our files available to staff from your agency to review in our docket room. As a result of the large number of files that fit your parameters and their cumbersome nature (i.e., tissue copies, full-sized engineering copies), it would not be feasible to supply you with copies. We also believe technical persons within the EPA who fully understand the purpose, depth and scope of this endeavor might be better suited to perform the search. Alternatively, if you would like to continue to pursue a search of these records, we would be receptive to a more narrowly focused request.
We appreciate the importance of this task and the difficulties you face in answering completely all the questions that have been raised.
We believe that further discussions with us, however, would he helpful for obtaining the information you need in the most timely manner possible, if we can be of further assistance, or if you have any questions or suggestion on the above, please contact Richard L. Bangart on (301) 504-3340 or Donna K. Smith on (301) 504-2508.
Sincerely, Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Distribution:
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However, all active license files of the New England States, of approximately eight hundred, would have to be searched individually to determine the original issue date.
If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still desires to pursue this request, we propose to pull the files with the specified parameters, including the 30,000 retired licenses from our federal archives, and make them available to someone within your agency to review in our docket room.
As a result of the large number of files that fit your parameters and the cumbersome nature of their content (i.e. tissue copies, full sized engineering copies), it would not be feasible to supply you with copies. We also believe technical persons within the EPA who fully understand the purpose, depth and scope of this endeavor might be better suited to perform the search than someone from our
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We believe that further discussions with us, however, would be helpful for obtaining the information you need in the most timely manner possible.
If we can be of further assistance or if you have any questions or suggestion on the above, please contact Donna K. Smith at (301) 504-2508.
Sincerely, Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Distribution:
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However, all active license files of the New England States, 841, would have to be searched individually to determine the original issue date.
If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still desires to pursue this request, we propose to pull the files with the specified parameters, including the 30,000 retired licenses, from our federal archives and make them available to someone within your agency to review in our docket room. As a result of the large number of files that fit your parameters and the cumbersome nature of their content (i.e. tissue copies, full sized engineering copies), it would not be feasible to supply you with copies.
We also believe technical persons within the EPA who fully undarstand the purpose, depth and scope of this endeavor might be better suited to perform the search than someone from our agency.
We appreciate the importance of this task and the difficulties you face in answering completely all the questions that have been raised.
We believe that further discussions with us, however, would be helpful for obtaining the information you need in the most timely manner possible.
If we can be of further assistance or if you have any questions or suggestion on the above, please contact Donna K. Smith at (301) 504-2508.
Sincerely, Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Distribution:
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