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UNC TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENT WEEKLY REPORTS. NOVEMBER 25-NEW MEXICO CHURCH ROCK, DECEMBER 1,1979. DECEMBER 2-8, 1979

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Attached are the subject reoorts 'we recently received from New fiexico, i

Please advise OSP when you no lenger wish to receive infomation from i

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material in response to your recent request.

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NMEID Radiation Protection Section Box 968 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Dear Ted:

As required in Mr. Baca's letter of August 13, find enclosed the weekly follow-up report.' If you have any questions about the fomat please let me know.

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/ [J0.58 By way of explanation: sediment sampling to determine vertical and lateral movement was initiated on August 9; cleanup was i

limited'ty excess rainfall on August 10, 12, and 13, and by f

lack of direction due to confusion over cleanup criteria on the 17th; cleanup of all visibic salts was completed on August l

16 and no more have reappeared.

i If you have any further questions please call me.

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T Aunc assounces company Albuquerque. New Meseco 87190 Albuquerque, New Me uco 87110 InC Telephone 505/265 4421 TAILINCS BREACH FOLLOW-UP REPORT Week of 8-10-79 through 8-16-79 Material "

Volume Date Sampled Manpower (salt, s edin.ent, water)

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Surveyed dnd sampled 45 samples 8-15-79 water i

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8-15-79 47 Salts removed 290 Ft.

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MC Aune nesounces company Arouque, ave. Ne-Me n.co 87190 Albuquerque.New Men.co 87110 Telephone 505/265 4421 TAILINGS BREACH TOLLCW-UP REPORT Week of 8-17-79 through 8-23-79 Material Volume Date Sampled Manpower (salt, sediment, water)

(gal or f t3) or Removed Utilized Po o l s ___

No further action due to low levels observed in initial survey.

alts No futher salt formation observed.

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Runoff No precipitation events.

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341 ft.3 8-19-79 19 Sediment removed.

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FACT SHEET E3III August 23, 1979 This Fact Sheet has been prepared to provide the latest available information concerning the tailings dam breach on July 16, 1979 at the Church Rock Mill of United Nuclear Corporation near Callup, New Mexico, its ef fects and remedial steps taken by UNC.

Situated 15 miles northeast of Gallup, the Church Rock Mill has been in operation since May, 1977.

It processes uranium ore from the nearby UNC Church Rock Mine and other mining properties.

Waste materials from the mill are discharged into a tailings pond.

Background

Upon discovery of the breach and release of tailings liquid into the arroyo leading to the Rio Puerco, early in the morning on July 16, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division was notified and summoned to the area, while work crews erected a temporary secondary dam to stop the flow of liquid.

The leak was stopped within two to three hours of its discovery. Mill shut-down procedures by UNC were started immediately and discharging into the tailings pond was stopped. An estimated 100 million gallons of tailings liquid containing low-level radioactive waste materials were released by the breach.

The tailings liquid passed through Gallup downstream to a point near Chambcrs, Arizona. Arizona state officials were notified of the spill at Church Rock.

Tailings Dam The cause of the breach continues to be under investigation by independent engineering firms retained by UNC who will present their findings directly to the Enviromnental Inprovement Division and the Of fice of the New Mexico

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State Engineer. The tailings dam design conforms to established industry standards and received approval by the Office of the New Mexico State Engineer on April 7, 1976. The Church Rock Mill will not be reopened until the c.on-clusive cause or causes of the breach are established and until authorization is received from the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division, the New Mexico State Engineer and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.

The mill e.mploys about 150 workers, most of whom reside in the nearby Gallup area.

Analysis of the Tailings Spill UNC follows a practice of periodically testing surface water conditions up and downstream from its Church Rock Mill.

Water samples taken on July 16, af ter the tailings dam breach, at various locations from Church Rock to a point 36 miles downstream, showed abnormally high concentrations of such chemical elements as total Uranium, Radium 226 and Thorium 230.

However, readings taken for these chemicals at the same locations since the spill showed that concentraticns have diminished sharply to levcis approaching normal background intensities These data have been supplied to the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division and to officials of the Navajo Nation.

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LJr1C" Action Taken By UNC In addition to notifying the Environmental Improvement Division of the dam breach, UNC informed the City of Gallup, the NRC, Mine Safety and Health Administration'and personal visits were made by UNC representatives to residents of local settlements who do not have telephones. As a pre-cautionary measure, the residents were advised that drinking water would be made available to them by the UNC Mill.

Press and other~ media were advised by both Environmental Icprovement Division and UNC and press statements were issued to the local media and national wire services. Concurrently with the plant shut down, UNC immediately dispatched sampling teams to track the spill and to sample the river waters and streambed soils for the length of the spill.

Using uranium readings as the basis, UNC began clean-up operations throughout the af fected areas, particularly seeking out any possibly contaminated standing pools of water. These operations continue today in accordance with Environmental Improvement Division guidelines.

The clean-up process is slow of necessity since the sof t riverbeds preclude the use of heavy equipment such as bulldozers. Clean-up crews must resort to shovels and buckets -- a procedure that is slow but considerably more thorough.

In compliance with the Environmental Improvement Division's directive of August 13th, UNC has on August 15th again surveyed and, sampled standing pools of water using work crews and a helicopter.

Of the 45 pools identified none contained significant amounts of uranium.

A soil sampling program to define the exact amount of soil contamination l

and the effectiveness of the cican-up operation is ongoing.

Initially, elevated levels of Radium, a key radioactive element, were observed only within five miles downstream from the dam and not farther. To date, the arroyo has been sampled as far as Callup, and findings are being forwarded to the Environmental Improvement Division.

A surf ace and ground water sampling program is also continuing, including a number of Navajo tribal water wells.

Signs in English, Spanish and Navajo, discouraging use the Rio Puerco, have been posted at half-mile intervals stretching from the mill to the Arizona border, j

L UNC has so far delivered over 100,000 gallons of drinking and livestock water to Navajo families and ranchers in potentially affected areas.

Deliverics are being made on a continuing basis.

Effect on UNC Notwithstanding the Mill shut-down, no cr.ployees have been laid of f.

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resume when all rcgulatory agency approvals are received.

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_. M RADIATION Pl!0TECTIO!! SECTl0t1 Dear Mr. Baca; In compliance with element three (3) of yo r letter dated August 13, 1979, to Mr. D. D. Turberville', Vice-President, UNC Mining & Milling, please find attache'd the complete results of the analyses on the crystallized salt samples l

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fir. John 'Ouboise, President

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.The I!avajo I!ation :

P. O. Box 1254' Windcw Rock, Arliona. 865'15

Dear Mr. Duboise:

The State of 1cw Mexico has bocn actively follcuing up the spill of radioactive interial with'soveral-courses of action.

Copics of the state orders and news releases are attached for your_ infonnation.

Direct action by State of New Mexico included the following:

1.

Issued order on July 16,' 1979 prohibiting use of ' tailings dam.

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Issued advisory against use of Rio Puerco water for dcanestic, livestock and irrigation.

3.

Issued order on July 18, 19/9 directing clean-up.

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Issued order.on July 18, 1979 prohibiting use of dam until Stata Engineer's office had reviewed the cause of dam failure and plans for rebuilding.

5.

Issued order on August 8,1979 stcpping additional censtruction raising 1.he existing dam structure.

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6.

Issued order on August 13, 1979 covering clean up critoria and sampling precedures.

7.

Provided state laboratory cupport for sc:rple analyses and funds for conwercial laboratory analyses.

E Other acticn requested by State of Icu'l'exico:

1.

Ruclear Reguiatory Coptissico was advised of the failure on July 16, 1979 and provi !cd the following support:

a.

Geo-Technic Engineer for on-site visit for' consultation and advice July 13 4 0; 1979.

b.

Of ferr.d assistance of the fe,'cral li.horatory in Idaho for sa:.plo -

t dnalyses which z.is accepted by the state, j,

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August 21, 19/9 Provided two additional consultants for review and c.

August 16, 19/9.

d.:' Provided ' consultative advice and assistance of cican.

b Provided a mmaber of the flRC Regional office to assist e.

on July 18-20, 1979.

2. < Covironmental Protection Agency was advised of the 16,.19/9 and provided the state the following assistance:

l Provided an aircraft mission on July 16,19/9 for acrial phot

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of the' dam. breach and Rio Puerco.

I Provided assistance with sampling in Gallop area.

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Provided a'ssist'ance with developing clean-up criteria throug; coordination with headquar,ters flRC.

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U, S. Army Corps of Cngincers, Alh'uquerque District was req The Corps had provide assistance on evaluation of the dam breach.

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9 and l

mee.bers of its organization visit the site on July 19,' 197 provided technical advice en investigative areas cvaluation of the dam and also investigate the stability and saf stability and safety.

of'the existing tailings dam.

potential health effects to determine if an 4.

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follow up programs are narrcated.

I Additional ~ cooperativ,e assistance involving the State of !!cw I4xico Supported UtlC offer of drinking water and stock water in thl 1.

potentially af fected area of the Rio Puerco.

Advi:cd the State Veterinarian that tersting animals by the Indian I

Itcalth Service was a prudent course. of action.

2.

Adv'i:cd the Indian Itealth Service that doing tests en people c i

about potential, hcolth effects was certainly within their prero 3.

i T1.c actrial loss of tailing solution was approxiestely 95

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1100 tens of solid material.

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.Aviju s t 21, 1919 any acute health problems exist.

The licalth and Environr.cnt Cr:partu.cnt has asked the Center for Disease Control to review the potential for very long term health ef fects.

Sincerely, 3RUCE XIllG Governor 8K/gsg Attachments g

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Septrrie.r 13, 1979

,,1 <,-,9 M.1;%.ys.4 Mr. D. D. Turberville Vice President Mining a.,d Milling Division United Nuclear Corporation Post Office Box 3951 Certificd-Ecturn.

Albuquetrue, New Vaxico 87110 Foccipt Ecquested RE: File No. 3346 ccar Mr. Turbe.tville:

Won review of several reports on reccat insp:ctions of tailings dams I have conciv3ed that henceforth all at.ms being constructed by th2 une of tailings or othersisa to it,cotni mill discharges must h2 connidored da:rs urder construction which must be under the supervision of a regictored professional engineer as provided by Section 72-5-9, NMA 1978 (copy attached).

It is hereby ordered that by Cctcher 31, 1979 the qualificaticas of a pro-fc sional engineer registered in "cw Mexico who will supervise the continuing

. mnstnetion of United Nuclear Corycration's tailings d m Ec cubnitted to the State Engiraer for a,pprcval.

Since ly f,4

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ds S ta te E.y i.sar SER*hl Attach ent Lec: William S. ! bey 1

Col. Ectrard J. Both M Esca 1

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NATURAL RESCURCES DEPARTMENT se [I. i k^@:,. d+.'-

WATER RESOURCES DMSION

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Oct000 MwMCf 801 O'Jil6ng gm knto re, tiew !.'.c wo 6 ? bO3 (SCS)8212526 Septerber 13, 1979 Mr. Billy Stevens, Panager kirosia Lake Facility Kerr-:k:Gie Nuclear Corporation Post Office Scx 218 Certified-Return Grants, New M2xico 87020 Receipt Rcquested_

Re: File 2950 Cear Mr. Stavers:

Upen revicw of several rcrx;rts en recent instections of tailings d:cs I have concluded that henceforth all d :rs being constnicted by the use of tailings or other. vise to irround niill discharges mast be considered dcas under constmetion which raist be under the supervicion of a registered professional engineer as provided by Secticn 72-5-9, ID'SA 1978 (copy attached). It is hereby ordered that by Cetober 31, 1979 the qualifications of a professional engineer registered in "ew Maico who will supervise the continuing constrection of Kerr-McG?e

h: clear Corporation's tailings dsm be subnitted to the State Engilieer for approval.

Sincerol" l

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he : te. William S.1:uey Cclencl Ec J. Pcth t'.r. W Esca 9

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5 E. Reynolds. State Engineer CRUCE KING 2,oon gem 3noj e,ie,ng knio re. Ne.< ueno o 7 $00 (305)827 2$26 Sc-ptember 13, 1979 Mr. William P. Biava I'anager of Milling Eckum Fasources Corporation Fest Office Box 1833 Certified-Return Santa Fe, Nes l'exico 87501 Raceipt Requested Fe: File 3398 D:ar Mr. Siava:

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Upon revies of several rcports on reccat insrections of tailings dans I have concluded that henceforth all dams being ccnstructed by the use of tailings or othoxwise to impound mill discharges must be censidered dams under construction which inust be under the supervision of a registered professicm1 engincer as prov.i&-3 by Section 72-5-9, S'EA 1978 (copy attachod). It is hereby ordered that by Cetebor 31, 1979 the qualifications of a professional enijineer registered in New

txico who will supervise the centinuing construction of Bokun Resources Ccrporatica's tail!.ngs dun be submitted to the State Engineer for c':preval.

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Dear. Representative Kennedy:

Responses to your questio$s are'aMollows:

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The first paragraph of our September 4,1979, letter explains the EID effort during.the first few weeks after the U.*tC dcm breach.

Specific individuals directly affected by this spill were contacted.

I will see to r

it that you are informed prcmptly of EID's activities in the future.

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Answered by State Engineer's Office.

3.

Attached is the first data on clean-up effectiveness by Uf,'C.

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The follawing potential health problems exist as a result of-the spill:

Radiologic and chemical contaminants in standing pools can be part

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of the food chain through animals to man; b.

Contaminants can be resuspendcd after drying and become' an inhalation

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exposure pathway to both man and anir:als; Contaminants c:.n be depositcd on soil and translocate (ave thecagh) c.

the ground to gecund water resources and, if reflocded, be moved to another

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surface location.

The potential health effects uay be estimated by the egosure path.)ays for alpha emitting particles - potential affected areas are those of t!.e lung and Scne. Cur potential expcsures wt-re estimated to be lcss than 10 r. rem / year to the lung rnd and 25 mrem / year to the bcne.

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fio drinking water supplies are kncwn to be contaminated from the braach sclution at this time. Sampling is' centinuing since there my be icng term h.,cacts.

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The caution signs are considered a pruden't precautiona'ry measure and

we expect those that can read will accept the responsibility to warn their

- fellow citizens, particularly those that own livestock'.,

8. Yes,.the upstream data as used for background a# gainst which downstream data is compared recognized that water is discharned from both UNC and Kerr-.

McGee mines.'

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9. " Mrem", millirem or a thousandth of a rem, is a measure of the amount of radiation to which an individual is exposed.

Mren/ year,is the dose rate, 1.e., amount of radiation ~ receive.d in a year's time.

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- Radiation, such as' an alpha particle-radiation, caus'es damage to ~

man by transferring' energy from the particle to living tissue. A rem is a measure of the amount of energy per unit mass that the tissue receives.

1 The. type of. radiation is also taken into. account'.

It has been found that.some forms of radiation, such as ' alpha, are much more destructive than ether forms, such as beta or gamma, in causing damage.

Energy from alpha radia-

' tion is usually t.eighted by a factor of 10 with respect to beta and gccma energies-to adjust'for this..

The unit rem combines energy absorbed by the tissue per unit mass with.

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10. It is unknown how soon the radium-226 and thorium-730 will " stabilize" and it is not known what is meant by this term.

Radium-226 in the soil appears i

to follow a more consistent pattern but thorium-230 appears to be more erratic.

Additional soil. sampling is the only method usable to monitor and ascertain the

- locaticns and cmount of radioactivity.

(See UNC clean-up effectiveness data.)

The half-lives for Ra-226 and Th-230 are 1600 and 80,000 years fespectively and therefore will not & cay away in any short pericd of time.

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clean-up criteria.

This letter is attached for your information.

12. i'crtoration of the stream bed is proceeding but procress is slow.

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Clcan-up criteria was ccncurred with by the Nuclear Regulatory Cctrissien by letter dated August 23, 1979.

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The Indian Mealth Service has sacrificed a fcw animals for tissue -

cnalysis by two laboratories.

The tcsults shculd be'availcble by the end'of a

Sept en,ber.

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n buns fren radiaticn expcsures suf fmd to dcte.

The rejcr concarn is for icng term eyrasure of ht,.:ns.

Acc'.,rding to cur prcu.nt ur.dcrstar. ding, rcdiation cW;P..res !

are accumulative. A small radiction eyy: cure acquired cver ccveral wcds or :vnths will have -little health impact.

Ho. caver, if that came exposure ucre elloud to per:ist for twenty or thirty years the inpact may be significant.

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The principal. radioactive contaminant identified to date has been a Thorium can enter the body in form of the radioactive elen. ant, thorium-230.

various ways, but principally through inhalation or ingestion. Once it enters,

However, a great part of this thorium will be quickly cleared from the body.

some fraction will. remain and enter the blood stream.

Thorium will preferen-tially deposit itself in bone tissue. Therefore, bone is the principal organ at risk frca long-term exposure to thorium.

Clean-up efforts may be affected by the " lower than upstream" readings -

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for selenium, uranium, and radium, but it cannot be determined at this time

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what that effect will be.

The "lcwcr than up'streamE 'rea' dings refer principally to water samples.

(Soil samples downstream have given mixed results, but they are almost invariably

'much higher then the upstream serples in at least one radionuclide, thorium-230.)

It is not completely cicar why scme downstream samples are lower than the upstrcam scmples. At this time we can only speculate in the following: The Rio Puerco normally.is slightly ali. aline. Since the spill it has been acidic.

This may.

lower the solubilities of the radioactive and toxic material in the river water, causing them to drop out of solution. The EID is concerned that, when the river evcntually returns to its normal alkaline condition, the radicactive,aaterials will again be soluble and dissolve in the river, increasing the radioactive end chemical content of the steam. The only way to understand what processes are at work is to cbserve the river through sampling for a period of time sufficient to determine what trends in ccntaminant concen'trations are taking place.

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EID is not enercising licensing or regulatory authority over ure.nium mines, only the uranium mills and their associated activities.

EID pr: posed ievisions to the 1973 llcw I'cxico Rc.diation Regulations 17a.

gcvcening health and safety at a public hearing "ay 16-20, 1979.

There are no statutcry thcnges desired or considcred necessary at this time.

However, when a revicu of the spill is acccaplished there may be issues unco.eced that will need statutcry supp0rt.

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"nnicrcd by State Engineer's Office.

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There were no 1.!D perscr.ncl with recording epig ent at the August meeting of the !nterim Cc=aittee on Energy and Envircn.oent.

21. The EID is a regulatcry Lcdy. The licbility fcr operating in a res-pt,nsible.anner is the r:sp.sibility of the ccn Jr.y.

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ETRctive control of ISlycerp cccssitated ah i t cc l w...::nt and c n eventual law suit.

It was nct handled quickly.

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The EID Order #3 was typed on Friday, August 10, 1979, and signed on August 13, 1979.

had the date changedito conform with the, signature date.The date on page 2 j

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The intent was to g been adequate for a response. ive UNC~seven days, although four days would have.

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The order was received by UNC on August 13,1979.

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EID Order !2 was~ defined by ' paragraph 7 of EID' letter dated August 13

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See attached UNC weekly Feports.

cubic feet as of September 7,1979.

Total volu e is reported as 15,162

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20-man shifts each working day.The present clean-up kork force is reported by' UN l

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the spill, per se, but keeps the arroyo stream flowing durinj cle as UNC mine dewatering operations do.

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Subparagraph (3) of EID letter dated August 13, 1979, requests chemical analyses of the crystallized salts along the channel bed and is not related toi UNC d,ata on spill water.

Ue were aware of Uf:C data of August 9,1979.

20a. L'ater data by UNC was not applicable.

-to deterraine the potential for contamination.

Data en salts snJ soil were rcquired t 4 lj 29.

ll tien caused by the UNC spill. Diversion of the strum may be required in order to clean-up l

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is in force until clean-up is ccmpleted.Paragecph (7) of EID letter dated August 1"l, water rcacff and will be ccnsidered if clean-up extcnds into the wir,ter seasonSno Cntw will Pot affcct the contaminants except i. hen telted.

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There is no implication from the sentences in the July i

press release that UNC would be unable to pursue total cican-up efforts until 27,1979, EID twelve Leaks after the spill due to stures.

teit.ed rcdicactivity and was adviscd by c hr en JulyU:.C ' nca the spill solution con-l 18, 1979, that clccn up was to be initiated 11edictcly to ;rennt further disposal of the ccata-innts 1

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Dear Represtatative l'cnnedy:

I The attached letter froai Gcrercoe Cruce,<ir:9 to !*r. Jcha Cubcise outlines the action tith.n by the State of ifru m:xico'cn the teilings spill of United !!ocicar The.1axir.u..i ef fort during the'fint feu 1.ecks Churchrock cn July 16, 1979.

af ter ti.e spill by the lir.ited Envircr cntal Mprcve:rcnt Division's staf f t!as directcd to evaluating the ccn?cqw rices of the spill, detcenining the health a:2d sa fety impacts, a,5c.e.ir.g radioactivii.y scorce prcblens, tvalusiting

,ctential r;: pos':rc pstivay enalyses.nd de!cn:ining clea :vp critena.

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The licensee, U:lC i:ining and Hilling, is responsibic for cleanup of their spills The spill on July 16,19,9.tas U,e largest singic of radicactiec material.

As such, this rel.::.se of radicact.ive :mterial to a watcc course in history.

cm.se has r.99 ired.ory 'scrious end extcosive monitoring, scrpling and evalua-Thccc is co' cca-tica affort to mAc ccc:.ain.that heali.h cod safety arc insured.

n:sien as to.':at has to be Jonc ccoccraing the spill or :.ho is respcnsible for

. The. 3 0!:cssc.ry.., cleanup acti,on.

I!.c F.ID has 'ipecific responsibilitics h::;;osed by the Dadiatico Protection ActP,5A 1 uf the State of llcw :'exico (Sections 74. 3-1 throu,;h 74-3-16 t:"I:gulat of radioactive uctcrial.

Jr.pects of Wdiation" were approved by t he I?ca l'e):it.o Envirowental 1:nprove:nont The EID's act. ion for pr otection of the h:al th a::d saf.?ty

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of the peepic and prc;erty of New !'cxico is being (chen pursuant to the provisions Of these s tatutes 7.nd 1 c';ulations.

ly cuare of the ccroc:dc ic;'3 cts of the becahcd dc.: on your

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L%n t!!-lC cdvises the Civisiun of the cau e(s) of the dcs failure and.

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hat they prepose to do ebout the future cperation, the IUD can then give prtm.,1t U!;C has schcduled sevcral' ucetings to prescat the

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The SID has h:id a role in the licen:uro end opc: ration of the Ul.C Churchrock niac and mill. For that retwon, the EID.'auct #are in t he responsiht11ty for. the tailir.cs spill instui of ch=.rging l'nited i!uelear ' ul th full re-r,ponutht11ty for the'upill.-

Fr er u :ntly, _ I h.ar at:d rcad rr.portn of t3111 :3s spills fcon the Holycerp r.ine near Qu:e::ta 1.-to the fe<1 Pivetr. The ::lD h:s apprently teen abic to d:::1 trith 7,i::h cpill.a on shvrt nr.itice.

These s. fills he.c appront.ly Lacn cl<.ar..d up dt. thin a na tter of hsurs, if not a fa,t days.

- To this date...the EID appr:ars to be draccing i ts feet cround the cir-cu,for:ince of der.d cent er t:i thout cer olvj ug the prohlbi.:s created by the Churchrock t::.311nss c. pill.. I b:aligvg that I na uitnet.nir d 00nfu'cd barenu<; racy. Elauld this confunic'n no't cons: in tha vn:ry li..nediato futuce, the oct.reny of Churehrock, Oc11op.sl McKinley C. en ty '.dll very likely suffer due to a reducticn in the IINC :.orkfor(;c at Churchrock.

Surely the E1D and State Ene;;in 'sr do not believe that U::C can re.intain its mining oprations indefinitely uithout its mil' lins cy.rrations' Is there any r: aron thy op:rati.n 'of the mill can rct be re.r r>d with the.:tilicaticn of oth:r contain >.nt areas for th: tailings? I f n<st, then I roquast th st.%ch ope. rations be Iva:::it Wd in the ' ot.; st of t!.c c:41o;..ent cr.d ;cc.nony of I'eVinley Cci:nty.

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Your September 5,1979 letter to Mr. Thomas E. Baca poses a number of

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Those gaestiens related to the Stata Engineer Office are quoted below and i

follc'ud by my response.

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Khat kind of monitors were in existence at the mill site which could have forowarned LNC persomel of the dam breach? If none, are any contrciplated for future use?

I am not aware of any installed inst.rurientation which could have forcwarned personnel of the potential breach. A survey which permitted a'dctermination of. differential settlement of the dam was made in January 1979. The consulting errgineering fics for tNC have recermcnded a program to monitor setticxnt, aligrrr.:nt, hydraulic grcdient.md other perforre.2 ce characteris-i ties of t.he dam before reseption of cruration.

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Are statutory changes necessary as a result of the spill?

18. What is the role of the stato cr.gineer, purcua.t to quastion 177

'"ca State Engineer's role is the protection of existing water rights and ccnstruction and maintenance of works so that tenace to life and property is acoided. I believe the statutory authoritics with respect to the State Enginear's role are adcquate.

19. tinat is the reputation of bcntenite as a scaling agent for cracks in eartlan da s?

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32. bhat was the role of the EID and the stato engincer in allcsing United Nuclear Corporation to not maintain a sand teach in front of the tailings pond dam prior to the breach of 7-16-797 4

Maintenance of 'the cand baach was a reco nordation of UNC's asnsulting engineer in Ncvenber 1977 after cracking was cbserved. Tne State Engi:uer had no knowledge of that recomendation until,after the breach.

35. How dces the proposed Bokt:n tailings pnd and du cc. pre to the breached LNC dam?

They are sintilar in design; however, the LNC dr.m was not constructed with a full sandy shell as designed to provide adequate drainage. Further:rcre,

foundation at the LNC da:n is a ccmpressive alluvial material whereas the fctrdation at the Bo' ara d.~.m is a rcn-ccmpressive P..ncos shale.

36. hh'n will the UNC Churchrock mil.1 be allcwed to restr.e operations?

The existing dan nust be roiified; upon receipt of fomal plans and specifi-cations for repair and redification we will give them prcr.pt attention.

Please let me kncrs if further discussion would he helpful.

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Thomas E. Baca, M.P.H., Director Radiation Protection Section Sept emb er 21, 1979 H. J. Abbiss, Vice-President Environmental and Safety Services UNC Mining and Milling

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Dear Mr. Abbiss:

Veluce 1 SHH Job. No. E79 1096 contains a section on " Resumption of Operations" and Volume 4, SHJ Job. No. E79-1096, Existing Dam Stability, centains a Section 5.2 " Suggested Concept for the Resump-tion of Operations".

I These sections are considered inadequate for any engineering and techni-cal evaluation. There are significant differences between the two pro-posed concepts. Therefore, it is requested that a comprehensive technical proposal, including engineering plans and analyses, with operational pro-cedures be prepared and submitted to the Environmental Improvement Division on any proposed interim operation of the tailings impoundment facility.

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Fo11 cuing receipt of several letters from United Nuclear Corporation and your letter of 9-4-79, I have a number of questiens about the tailings apill at the UNC Chur.hrock mill.

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L"..y h.ve I'cKinley Ccunty legislaters net been kept abreast of the devcicpconts in this matter by the EID?

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' htt kind of monitors were in existence at the millsite which could hcve furewarned Uh'C per:ennel of the dem breach? If ncne, are any cente: plated for future ute?

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Ecv ther: ugh is the UNC clean-up effort?

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Ltat health and safety problems exist with standing poo]s of water

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that effects have beca noticed in area drinking vater to date?

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L".at offcet has the spill had on tribal unter wells to date?

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Uhtt C:cd are the EID-m.ndated cigns when livectock can not read l

cd ecce crea recidents in the vicinity of the spill can not read?

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In utilizing upstream data as the buckground against which devn-strsan data is cc: pared, is the disch.rged vnter from the Kerr-McGee mines t: ken into cen ideraticn?

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Deano p.1 case crcr/yr.

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Hou ccon vill the radium 226 and therium 230 stabilice?

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Ecv crtencive nust the U"O c1cen-up be?

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<.tct is the current state of restorcticn to backgrcund radictica levels c1cng the course of the epill?

13. Eev do the eletn-up parreeters utili::nd by tilC cc pare to generally cceepted etendards from knculedgeable scurces within the nuclear induct y, including ccientific 1cbs?

14. Ltct is the cpparent effect of the epill cn livectcck?

15. Ltat is tha upptrent effect of the : pill cn hun no, e pecially bene ticcue?

16. khat effcet en clean-up efferta doas the "1cuer th m up:trecs" readfr.ga for celenium, urcium, e nd rsdium 226 hcve?

(recdin;: cf 7-16-79, 7-1e_79,.te,)

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that is the rcle cf the IID in liccuinc cnd repleting a urcium nine - d Are statutcry ch:nges nece:::.ry cc a recult cf the pill?

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- 18. htat is the role of the state engineer, pursuant to question 177

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}. tat is the reputation of beatenite as a sealing agent for cracks in earthen dams?

20. Did' the EID have a representative present with a tape recorder at the August nceting of the interim ec=sittee on Energy & Environ =ent?

21. kty is the EID not also responsible for the clean-up operation in ter=s of manpower?

22. kty has confusion occurred over clean-up procedures candated by the EID when the'Molycorp spills near Questa are handled as a catter of course in a quick and effective manner?

23. re EID order # 3

a. kty is page 1 of ycur letter dated 8-13-79 (a Fbnday), page 2 dated 8-10-79 (a Friday) and the last two pages dated 8-13-797

b. tTas the intent to give UNC four days or seven days to implement this order?

c,. kten was this crder received by WC7

24. re EID order # 2, please define " recover to the extent practicable".

25. khat volume of contaminants have been cleaned up to date?

26. 1 hat is the magnitude of the UNC verk force assigned to cican up the spill?

27. iTnat effect does Ecrr-McGee water have on the epill and elecn-up?

28. L'as your office aware of the Gic data dated 8-9-79 rogarding the che:ical content of spill vater ss=ples in light of cubparcgraph 3 (3) in your letter of 8-13-797

a. kty was there an extension to 8-27-79 for radium 226, lead 210, and thorium 230 when the accu =ulation of these ele cats was re-ported in a UNC spill vater sample curvey dated 8-9-797

29. re subparagraph five (5) of your letter of 8/10-13/79, why is UNC required to bear the burden for en analycia of fature water dis-charge northward into the San Juan Basin when Kerr McGee veter is also a factor?

30. re subparagraph six (6) of the sane letter, 'Jhat is the duration of the campling crder for rainstorms of 0.1 inch er =cre? Are sncv-storms censidered as rainstor=s for this purpose? bhat effect will snow have on the centcnincnts alcng the path of the erill?

31. re the EID news release of 7-27-79, is the EID cuggecting in the final paragraph of the release that UNC will be unable to purcue total elecn-up efforts until nearly tvalvo vecks after the spill due to neecscary studies?

- 32. khat was the rcle of the EID and the state engineer in alleving (Sited Nuclear Corporatica to not maintain a stad beach in frcnt of the tailings pend dca prier to the treach of 7-16-797 33 itat role is 1bther Nature taking in the clean-up campaign?

34 Lto supplied Jack Andercon, cyr.diccted colu=niet, with the material which he quoted in his natienvide radio brocdcast? that rcle has the EID had in supplying current facts cnd infe stion about the spill to the public, both directly cnd through the news media?

- 35 E:V does the proposed Sch:1 tcilings pond cr.d dcs cc ;;re to the t eached EiC da=?

~ 36. Ltcn vill the C:C churchreck =111 he ellowd to recure c;cr:tiens?

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Itr. Tom Baca page 3,-9-5-79' It has been extremely difficult for me to answer questions posed of me by constituents when I have not'been fully infor ed of the magnitude of the tailings spill. During the past two weeks, I have been receiving significant infor=ation from Gic, and most recently frem you.

As -I suggested in =y previous letter to you, the econc=ies of Churchrock, Gallup, and McKinley County are significantly effdcted by the UNC oper-atiens at Churchrock. The Gallup-McKinley County school district and the State of New Mexico. also realize censiderable tax revenue from this oper-ation.. The full valuatica of the facility, according to McKinley County tax records, is $61 5 nillion. The assossed valuatien is $21.5 million.

This generates a min 4== of $1.29 million in ad valorem taxes under the twenty =111' levy.

Consideratien :Itst be given i==ediately to the employment future of WC persennel. Surely the state does not expect WC.to continue operatiens s

without the =illing capacity at Churchrock! The EID and state engineer chould give innediate consideration of the economic impact of the WC Churchreck operatiens upon the McKinley County payroll, income taxes, property taxes, severence taxes, and other revenue generated by the facility. A ciceed facility will be of very little benefit to the i

various parties concerned.

Ferhaps the bottom line in this matter is the current and future i= pact of the epill upon the public health, velfare, and safety of the people of the State of New Mexico. I appreciate the ti=o which you, Bill, and Ruccell took to meet with me in Gc11up. I lock foz.rard to ycur written reply to =y quecticns. Perhaps the State Engineer could cesist in an-swering questions not in your juricdiction.

Should cry other individuals wish a copy of your vritten respcases to

=y questiens, please feel free to provido them.

Sinc ely, Qet h-S-Stephen W. Kennedy Stcte Representative cc: Charles N. Crelt, WC Steys Reynolds, State Engineer Ea: :est Eecenti, Churchrock Chapter President Paul IhCollum, Gc11up City tbnager r

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