ML20126C377
| ML20126C377 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/03/1980 |
| From: | Wu G NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| REF-WM-38 NUDOCS 8003310404 | |
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GWu NMSS r/.f HMiller WMUR c/f RAScarano liEMORANDUM FOR:
Files Mill File REBrowning Subject File JBMartin THRU:
Hubert,J. Miller, Section Leader RFonner Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch FYoung FROM:
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SUBJECT:
MEETING SURiARY FOR DISCUSSIONS UITH TEXAS j::
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February 14, 1980 x
Place:
Corpus Christi, Texas
Participants:
Meeting between Texas State organizations and HRC Texas:
Edgar Bailey, Texas Department of Health (TDH)
John Haygood, TDH Joseph Gorrel, TDH i.
William Hellums, TDH L
Donald Spraggins, Texas Rail Road Commission (TRRC)
Kenneth Launius, TRRC p
Barbara Stanton, Texas General Land Office (TGLO) ii.
liark Thompson, TGLO
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George Wu, WMUR Franl: Young, OSP Robert Fonner, OELD Roy Williams (Consultant)
Purpose:
Under the Urar,ium tiill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA),
ownership of sites used for permanent tailings disposal is required to be transferred to the Federal Government.
Anaconda has proposed to Bispose of tailings in underground mined out pits at the Corpus Christi
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Anaconda has requested to be exempt fror the U"TRCt. requirement for transfer of ownership based upon the claim that this transfer is not necessary to assure tailincs impouncaent stability and a need for continued monitoring. The State of Texas has requested I;P. assistance in evaluat'ing the proposed project anc reking a detemination on the necessity of Governmnt ownership of the sitc.
Under U!iTRCA, only MRC can r. uke a determination that the land ownership j
requirements of the Act can be dispensed with.
i The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the scope of !;RC revie.: and associated schedules, and to arrive at a mutually agreeable approach for j
involving Texas in the NRC evaluation and determination.
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Sumary:
l In addition ~to the points sumarized in the neeting sun ary for the neeting between Anaconda, Texas, and imC (Attachment), the followino was discussed between Texas and CRC:
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URC will consult with Texas in nahing its determination on land ownership.. Texas will provide coments and make its recomendation on the determination to NRC after consultation I
on the technical issues between persons at URC and the State who will be reviewing the case.
Texas will identify tiithin about a week the geologist / hydrologist in the State who will be reviewing the case to work with R. Hilliams and G.1.'u (HRC ProjectM: nager).
The three nonth HRC assessment schedule (described on the 2.
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attached nencrandum), in addition to being subject to timely provision of information from Anaconda, will require coments from Texas within about one to one and a half conths after i
receipt of information from Anaconda.
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Departuent of llealth) agreed to this time frame for the Health Dep rtncnt, although he could not com.it to this time period l
for thc Texas Rail Road Comission.
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The Texas Department of Health (point of contact between URC i
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and Texas State concerning this Anhconda request) will seek j
coments from other Texas agencies that have interest in the c
determination being rede by URC.
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