ML20127B592

Submits Proposed Mods to 840305 Crbr Site Redress Plan. Redress Plan Should Be Revised to Reflect Alternative Use If Site Retained.Doe Should Rept Status of Site Prior to Starting Final Filling,Grading & Redress

ML20127B592
Person / Time
Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	04/30/1984
From:	Ballard R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	King T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20127B595	List: ML20127B592 ML20127C294 ML20128R000 ML20128R016
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APit a u bo4 Docket No. 50-537 -

HD10RANDUf1 FOR: T. Y,ing, Acting Chief CRBR Program Office FR0t:: - Ronald L. Ballard, Chief Environmental & Hydrologic Engineering Branch, DE

SUBJECT:

REVIBl0FPROPOSEDCLINCHRIVERBREEDERREACTOR(CRBR)

SITE REDRESS PLAN We have reviewed the CRBR site redress plan submitted March 5,1984. We find the proposed course of action generally acceptable but reconmend that DOE consider two modifications.

The proposed action addresses site specific concerns in an acceptable nanner.

• Existing erosion and sediment control facilities will remain in place and will be maintained until the site is completely redressed. Site redress will commence this year on those areas that will not foreclose the option of developing the site for generalized industrial use. The site will be subject to inspection by USEPA for compliance with NPDES pemit requirements.

In granting an exemption for 10 CFP. 50.10 pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12 to initiate site preparation the Connissioners' Memorandum and Order of August 17, 1982 accepted DOE's clain that the site was redressable and therefore the Conmission could grant in part the requested exenption. The redress plan sutmitt6d on March 5,1984 is not identical to the site redress plan provided to the Connission in the DOE Site Preparation Activities Report of June 1932, because all facilities proposed at that time and pemitted (by Ccnmissioners' fienorandir and Order of 8/17/82) have not been completed or even begun. The main differences are: (1) the barge facility and sewage treatment plant were not even started; (2) the area for the quarry was cleared and grubbed but quarrying was never started; and (3) the railroad bed was cleared, grubbed and leveled, but the ballast was not applied.

The two reconnended modifications to the redress plan are: (1) DOE should report to NRC on the status of the site prior to starting the final filling, grading and redress since completion of redress will likely be delayed. The report at that tine should include a schedule for specific final redress of the site, and (2) the redress plan should be revised as appropriate to reflect consideration of alternative use if the site is retained by DOE. If another

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user is not found, the immediate use of the site will be to incorporate it into Oak Ridge's Forestry Management Program. This usage might merit some revision to the redress plans. For example, optimal forestry usage might make it desirable to retain one or more of the sedimentation ponds. These ponds would also be beneficial for wildlife. Additionally, for forestry management objectives, certain areas, such as the craft parking lot, might be of greater potential value if covered with soil to an appropriate depth rather than if left covered with limestone aggregate.

A second visit to the site was made on April 24, 1984 to accompany the intervenor's representative, Dr. Edward E. Clebsch. Also,present on this site visit was Mr. John Wojtowicz, a water quality expert with the State of

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Tennessee, Mr. George Edgar, lawyer for the applicants, Mr. Peter Gross and Mr. Jerry Wing of the CRBR Project Of fice, and Mr. Paul Leech, NRC. This tour did not result in the identification of a need for a change in the redress plan.

This review was performed by G. LaRoche.

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