ML20126H426
| ML20126H426 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/16/1992 |
| From: | Wiedeman D NRC |
| To: | Funk D NRC |
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| FOIA-92-278 NUDOCS 9301050193 | |
| Download: ML20126H426 (2) | |
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March 16, 1992 MEMORAllDUM FORT Don E. Funk, Inspection and Compliance Specialist TilROUGils oy J M hiano, Chief, Fuel facilities and o gminfited-Dites section FROM:
'G. Wiedeman, Senior llealth Physicist
SUBJECT:
ALLEGATIoll RE: ColiTAMIllATED LAllDFILL UllDOCKETED/UllLICEllSED,
( AMS 110. RIII-92-A-0022)
On March 11, 1992, I contacted the alleger by telephone to get additional fhformation regarding the allegations that were provided to Region III on February 20, 1992, (see memo to Funk from Shear, undated). The alleger provided the following i
tion:
1 epresents a 15 member organization called Cannon llollow En nmental Coalition which is made up of local residents.
- 2. The name and address of the facility in question is Schuylkill Metals Corporation, cannon'llollow Branch, P.O.
Box 38, liighway 111, Forrest City, Missouri.
- 3. Schuylkill Metals Corp. is a company that re-cycles battery lead and they also purchase scrap-lead for processing and sales to other manufacturers.
- 4. The alleger stated that Schuylkill Metals has a history of regulatory problems with U.'S.
EPA, Stat-artment of Ilealth and Mo. Department of flatural Resources.
1so stated that Schuylkill owns a site in Florida that is c rrently on the EPA Superfund list because of groundwater chemical contamination.
- 5. The alleger claims that theiJ, has a list of names of people that can s pport 11egatichs. Severa( of them are former phone # unknown,--and phon)e-# unknown.Thealleger employe
- another, claims t at several years ago ound a vial labeled
" radioactive" in a lead conta ner. When this matter was brought to the attention of the Plant Manager, Sam Pearson, a check was made with a geiger counter; however, the radiation levels were never discussed with the individuals involved; however the alleger was not sure if these individuals ever asked for the survey results..
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- 6. The alleger had copies of water monitoring data from Schuylkill dated March 28, 1984 taken from welli OW10 and OW12 (which have now been capped) and he was concerned that no one was investigating the cause of the "high radiation" levels found in the water. The results relayed to me were the followings gross alpha 30 i 15 pC1/11ter gross beta 24 i 17 pC1/ liter gross beta 27 1 15 pCi/ liter gross beta 56 1 40 pCi/ liter The alleger sounded agitated when I mentioned that these levelo did not appear excessive when you compare them to the epa-Haximum contaminant Level Goals (McLG's) and liational primary Drinking Water Standards of 15 pCi/ liter gross alpha and 20,000 pC1/ liter / year from tritium (pure beta emitter).
- 7. The alleger had two allegations tha wanted the HRC to look into, these. ares (1) When other regulat ry agencies arrive onsite to take a water sample they are told to roturn the next day. Then during the night shift they pump th nitoring wells dry then fill them with clean water, and (2 sould like the HRC to take samples of their monitoring wells a iave them ana d to ensure that Schuylkill's reported data is-accurate feels that they do not report accurate data to the other regultto y agencies.
Asasideissu(dN$\\statedthattheMissouriDepartmentof 8.
11ealth (Daryl W. R6berts) and U.S. EPA Region VII (Denise Jordan and Robert Dye) i ctive investigations ongoing with this company; however, local environmental group do not trust these agencies an th y feel that top management from those agencies have suppressed these investigations.
On March 12, 1992, I contacted Mr. Daryl W.
Roberts, of the Missouri Department of Health (MDil), phone no. (314) 751-6102, and he confirmed that MDH and U.
S. EPA have an on-going investigation into numerous allegations at Schuylkill Metals along with a epidemiological study and health effects evaluation in and around the.Schuylkill area.
On March 16, 1992, I contacted Art Spratlin and Bob Dye of the U.
S.
EPA, Region-VII office.in Kansas City, Kansas (phone no.
<i FTS 276-7020, and confirmed that for the past four years they have investigated numerous allegations from the Cannon Hollow Environmental Coalition. They have had unconfirmed reports that the groundwater is contaminated with radioactivity, trucks with
" Radioactive" placards have dumped material onsite?at Schuylkill Metals-and that' vials with radioactive labels have appeared at the site inside lead containers. Mr. Dye indicated that each allegation involving the use or disposal of radioactive material at Schuylkill Metals has been investigated by EPA. Mr. Dye also informed me that this facility is considered an EPA' Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) site because of their prior L
burials and disposals of toxic chemicals and heavy metals.
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