ML20127P700

Discusses Progress Being Made Towards Cleanup of Former Gulf Atomics Co Owned Facility at Nuclear Lake Site Near Pawling, Ny

ML20127P700
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Site:	07000903
Issue date:	10/30/1992
From:	Bernero R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Elkins L CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.
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OCT 3 01992 Mr. Lloyd Elkins Vice President, Environniental Affairs Chevron Corporation 225 Bush Street San Francisco, Califoi,'.ia 94104

Dear Mr. Elkins:

I am writing to discuss the progress being made towards the cleanup of.the former Gulf Atomics Company (GAC) owned facility at the Nuclear Lake Site, near Pawling, New York.

As stated in the letter from Richard L. Bangart. U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to John D. Wolff, Chevron, dated August 20, 1991, the responsibility for the cleanup rests with Valley Pines Associates, a Chevron Subsidiary and successor to GAC for this regulatory responsibility.

The cleanup of the Nuclear Lake Site is a high priority for MRC.

The tirtaly cleanup of the Noctear Lake Site will minimize the potential for the spread of contamination and unnecessary radiation exposure to members of the public. NRC's stratagy for promoting the timely cleanup of the Nuclear Lake Site, as well as 45 other contaminated sites, is more fully described in NRC's " Action Plan to Ensure Timely Cleanup of Site Decommissioning Management Plan Sites," which was published in the Federal Recister (57 fB 13389) on April 16, 1992 (see enclosure).

We recently received a copy of an October 23, 1992, letter from John Byrne, National Park Service (NPS), to Mr. Wolff, Chevron, in which NPS stated that it is prepared to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with thevron,.as initially proposed in a Saptember 18, 1992, letter from Mr. Byrne to Mr. Wolff, to cleanup the radioactive contamination at the Nuclear Lake Site.

We understand that this proposal is the result of considerable negotiation betAen NPS and Chevron and in our view, is a reasonable and eq'titable solution to the question of shared responsibility between Chevron and NPS for the cleanup r ~ the Nuclear Lake Site.

We are closely monitoring the progress of the neget.tions regarding the proposed agreement and strongly encourage Chevron to accept the NPS proposal.

If we can provide additional information, or answer any questions, to clarify

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John H. Austin at 301-504-2560.

Legal questions may be addressed to Robcrt L. Fonner at 301-504-1643.

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svbsection let b. or f.et the Act to issue State E sa failed to take neccesary steps.

i A. Byproduct materials as defined in rules, regulations, or orders to protect

%e Commission s,n4ll periodicauy setdon 11e.(1) of the Act; the cornnon defense and security to rMew this Agreemerit a.d actmas B. Source meterials; and protect restricted data of to guard taken by the State under this Agreement C. Special nudear rastetuls in

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his Agreement does not provide for efforts to emperate with the State and effective on Aprill.1W2 and shall discontinuance of ar.y anthenty and the other Agreement States in the remain in effect unless and until such i

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byproduct, source. or special nudear the State and the Commission for tes2.

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E. The land disposal of source, Anjcf, yff Acoscy: Nudear Regulatory

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e ss n and th t e ma crial received from other persons;

.1 al ACTtose Notice of swallability of N'C F. The extraction or concentration of rec gniti n oflicense* for the materials action plan.

source material from source material bsted in artide I licensed by the other suvuAmy.ne NRC tias developed an party r h a}e Comm!ssion and the Action Plan to describe the approach the-Amment State.

ore and the management and dispasal A c rdingly, of the resulting byproduct matenal.

State agree to use their best efforts W a ency will noe to accelerate the Artic.'e ///

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,cc gon application by the State and (SDMP).ne objective of this plan h to apptoval by the Co.nmission, to include Article VIII communicata the Commission's general the additional area (s) spetWed in article The Commission. upon its own expectation that sites listed in the SDMP II. parag aph E or F whereby the State initiative after reasonable notice and be deaned up in a timely and e*fective -

can exert regulatory control over the opportunity for hearing to the State, or manner.This plan (1) identifies existmg materials stated herein.

upori request o' the Governor of the criteria to guide cleanup of Artic/a Iy State, may terminate or suspend all or contaminated soils, structures, and part of this Agreement aad reassert the equipmen; and emphasizes site-specific Notwithstanding thh Agreement, the licensing and regulatory authority application of the As Low As Commission may from time to time by

- vested in it under the Act if the Reasonably Achievable fAIARA) rule, regulation, or ordu require that the Commission finds that (1) such lertnuple:(2) states the NRC's position manufactu-er. processor, or producer of termination or suspennon is required to on the finality of decommissioning any equipment, device, commodity, or protect the public health and safety, or decluona:(3) describes the NRC's other product containing source, (2) the State has not complied with one general expectation that SDMP site byproduct, or special nuclear mata-tal or more of the requirements of section cleanup will be completed within a 4-shall not transfer pcsteasion u control U4 of the Act.no Commission may year timeframe after operations cears or cf such product except pursuant to a also, pursuant to section rej of the Act, 3 years after the issuance of an initial I cense or en exemption from licensing temporarily suspend all or part of this cleang order;(4) identifies currently issued by the Cocunission.

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i r.haracterization work in support of currently includri in the SDMP (the " ~

Division'of Industrial and Me 8ical decommissioning: and (5) describes the SDMP d es not aclude more toutine NucInr Safety. November 4,1983.

process the NRC staff will vae to decommissioning cases such as nuclear

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• Termination of Operating fJcenses estebhsh and enforca or.hedules for power reactors). The SDMP has beso for Nuclear Reactors," Regulatory Guide timely cleanup on a site. specific basis.

effective in ensuri.e3 coordination and 126, lune 19"4, Table 1. for surface 3

Aonarssts:Otner dncuments resolution of some of the policy and contamination of reactor facility referenced Lt: this notice may be regulatory issues affecting sita etructures. Also Cobalt-60, Cesium-137 reviewed and9r copies for a fee from decommissioning. Prc.gress on ac*ual and Eatopiurn.-152 e at mal exist in the NRC Publ.: Document Room,2120 L site remediation, however, coCnues to concrete, components, and stiuctures Street NW. (Lower Level). Washington, be skw.The limited progress to date '

should be removed so the indoor DC 20555.

has prompted the Commission to direct exposure rate is less than 5 the NRC atoff to initiate actions to '

nucroroentgen per ho'tr above natural FOA FURTHER INFORMaT10M CONTACT; john A. Austm. Chief. Decommissioning

'CC'I'f*I.,e the cieemip of SDMP sites-background at 1 meter with an overall It shou d be noted that this Action dose objective of 10 milhrem pce year and n gu! story Issues Branch, Didsson Plan itself does not contain enisrceable (cf. letter to Stanford University from e

of 1. n h et Was".stanagement and standards and is not intend-d to create James R. Miller. Chief Standardintion Decu.tr.ussioning. OMce of Nuclear new rights or obligations on third parties and Special Projects Branch Divicior of Matenal Safety and Sefeguards. U.S.

r to,neclude litigation of properly Licensing. Office of Nuclear Reactor Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

framed issues in any pendma Regulation. UA Nuclear Regulatory Washington. DC wS55. telephons (301) proceeding Implementation of this ptsn Commission April 2h 1982, Docket No.

504-25 m may result in the estabushment of 50 ul)

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legally binding requirements by order or

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Agency's (EPNs)" Interim Primary enf rced on a site. specific basis.

Dnn% Water Re@tions, 40 CFR l

Over the past several years. the 11 wever n thing in this Action Plan la part 141 (41 FR 38404. July 9.1976). In l

Nucleer Regulatory Commission (NRC) intended to affe:t hearinq rights accordance with FC 83-23, the maximum has ldentified ov er 40 nuclear material ass cisted with such orders or licensee coctaminant leule for redionuclides in sites that warrant sp-cial attention by amendments or the hearing rights ef public drinking water as established by the Commi,sion. These sites have parties to p.esently pendmg the EPA sh;uld be used as referese bui'dmgs, former w aste disposal aress, t

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soil centaminated with lov. levels of U.S C. 553 are not apphcable, each case "". The EPA e,'Pei. s Exposed To s

uranium or thorium (source matenal) or will be judged on its own merits, Transeranium Ele-a inne other radionuchdes. Consequently, they present varying degrees of radio logical it Action Plan Environment" (r 0956; November hazard. cleanup comolexity, and cost.

In accordance with the overalj 30.19~). This du.mrt provides Some of the sites are still under the objecthe of ensuring timely and guidelines for acceptable levels of transuranium elements in soil.

control of actin NRC bcenses. whereas effective cleanup of SDMP sites. the bcenses for other sites may have NRC staff will review site. specific plans The enteria of this section will be considered Jn establishing site-specific already been terminated or may have and take decommissioning actiona ALARA levels for each of the SDMP neser been issued. At some sites, consistent with the followmg elements:

q licenses are financially and technically sites la license amendments and orders.

I capable of completing cleanup in a A. C/conup Cnteria rvasonable tin-eframe, whereas at other Pending NRC rulemaking on generic 7

sites. the hcensee or responsible party is radiological entena for The NRC's decision to terminate a unable or ua wilhng to perform cleanup.

decommissioning, the NRC will continue license will relieve the licensee from any la addition the sites are currently in tn cor sider existing guidance, cntena, further obligsilon to the NRC to conduct various stages of decommissioning. At and practices listed below to determine additional cle anup, as long as the c

some sites. licersees have initiated whether sites have been sufficiently licensee decmommissioned the site in decommissioning. whereas at other decontaminated so that they may be full accordance with an approved sites. decommissioning has not yet been released for unrestricted use, pursuant decommissioning plan. The licensee a'ill planned or initiated.

to, or consistent with, the demonstrate compliance witi. the l i The NRC behes es that the best deconunissioning rules in 10 CFR 30.38, cleanup levels desenbed in the I

approach for miramizing the potential 40.42,50 82. 70.38, and 72.54. These decommissioning plan by performing a fur unnecessary radiation exposures and cleanup criteria will be applied on a rediologic suney of the site prior to ermronmental contaronation in the site. specific basis with emphasis on license termination.ne NRC usually future is to ensure that tlase sites are residual contamination levels that are conducts an independent survcy to i

cleaned up in a timely and effective ALARA.

confirm the accuracy of the licensee's manner. In 1990. the NRC imple tented

1. Options 1 and 2 of the Branch termination survey.nerefore,if a l

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NRC and hcensee activities deahng with Facilities and Equipment Prior to additional cleanup in response to NRC p?

the clear:up and closure of contaminated Rele.se f or Unrestricted Use or criteria or standard established.sfter nuclear material facihties over which Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, NRC approval & the plaa. An exception L

the NRC I,as jurisdiction _ %e appendix Source, or Special Nuclear Material."

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immediately effective orders to compel C3ntinued de'eued statistics af racial and ethnic d

actions by licensees cr other responsible composition of the construct >on parties if nece:sary NRC willIsme sne nom.

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orders requiring payment ollunds into a Respondents-Construction Q(

decommiss!oning escrow account when Hameyandwwnn

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Upon written requed copy evadable NRC may seek court idunctions to estuwa com no w compel enforcement of Geoe orders.

from. Securities and Exchange Commission. Office of Fdmgs.

d Deted at Rodulle.1Lr) land this 10th day Information and Consumer Serdces.

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noncompliance with the plan, is found cf decommissioning through licenee reviewed regardmg general aspects of

. indicating s significant threat to public amendrents or orders.nese schedules site characterization activities: -

health and safety. Noncompliance will provide flexibility to allow a 1." Survey Procedures Manus) for the would occur with a licensee or licensee or responsible party to ORAU Environmental Survey and Site responsible party does not comply with demonstrate good ccuse for delaying Assessment Program." Oak Ridge an approved decommissioning plan. or clt anup based on technical and risk Associated Universities March 1990.

provides false information.

reduction considerations. t r for reasons t *l.aboratory Proceoutes Manual for The NRC willinform EPA about beyond their control NRC recogidzes the Envirow antal Survey ar.d Site specific decommissioning actions at that at sites containi'.g haza*dous Assessment Provam," Revision 5. Oak sites. NRC Cll also inform State and chemical wastes, scnedules will depen.l. Ridge Associated t>dversities, February local agencies that have jurisdiction at 1(ast in part, on the necessary

1990, over aspects concerning reviews and approvals by other

3. " Quality Assurance Manual for the decomrnissioning actions.

responsible agencies (e g. EPA cr S' ate Oak Ridge Associated Universities' C. Timing

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Environmental Survey and Site i

• 7 E ChC#8C'#fi23#IO8 Assessment Program," Revision 3. Oak ne NRC staff will address the timing of SDMP site cleanups on a case-by.

Inadequate site characterizatii n has Ridge / ssociated 1 niversities, February 1**

case basis, with the eqectation that been one of the technicalissues that has cleanup generall) be comp!eted within delayed timely approval and

4. " Monitoring for Compliance With about 4 years after operations that implementation of sit sapecific Decommicaioning Termination Survey caused the contamination cease or 3

'decommiasioning actions. Therefore, the Criteria," NUREG/CR-2082,8 June In81.

years after issuance of an initial cleanup NRC is developing new guidance on the

5. Cuidance on the Applics. tion of order.To achieve this objective, major content of acceptable site Quality Assurance for Characterizing a decommissionmg milestones should be characterization programs conducted in Low. Level Redioactive Waste Disposal established witbin the following support J decommissioniq actiona.

Site,"NUREG-1383 October 1994 timeframes:

The NRC has developed a crah E Procedures to Compel Timely

1. As soon as practical, but generally

" Guidance Manual for Conducting Ceaup not later than 12 months after -

Radiological Surveys in Suppc:1 of nold! cation by the NRC that License Termination"(NUREC/CK-The NRC staff will seek voluntary decommissioning is expected to 5849) i thmugh Oak Ridge Assocwted cooperation by licensees o: other commenct., the licensee or responsible Universities. This draft manual, which responsible parties in establishing and party identified by the NRC should will be published for interim use snd implementing decommissioning plans in submit to the NRC an adequate site evaluation in April 1992, should be accordann with the objectives of this characterization report,if that has not consulted regarding general aspects of Action Plan. For sites witn act.ve NRC yet been completed. 'I*ne NRC site charactarization activities. In licenses, an cpproved decommissioning encourages early and substantive addition, th.s draft manual should be plan that includes appropriate schedules i

co,rdination and commur ation used by licensees when conducting and cleanup levels will be inccrporated s

b tween the licensee or.e.pnsible radiological surveys in support of into the license by amendment through party in planning for site license terminations in the interim until normallicensing procedures. 7or sites charaeterization, includmg NRC review the manual is fir.alizett. NRC is with )olut licenses (i.e.. facil3 ties that of site characterization plans.

developing additional guidance on possess both a materials and a non-

2. As scon as practical. but generally specific aspects of site characterization, power rea': tor license), a coordinated not later than 6 months aftei NRC such as hydrogeologic assessment of approach under both licenser, will be approval of the site characterization contaminated sites.

taken in estWishing approp-iate report. the licensee or responsible party Until specific NRC guidanca on site schedules and plans for should submit to *he NRC a site c.bracterization is developed. licensees decommissioning. If a site is not under decemmissioning plan for approval should continue to review relevant an active license, the NRC may impose a band on the site charactentation information from existing documents on decommissioning plan by order, results The decommissioning plan ette characterization such as those In cases where voluntary cooperation should include schedules for completing identitled below. AlthouglNRtl is ineffective in establishing acceptable site decommissioning work in a timely recognizes that these documenta do not schedules for completing and effective manner. including plana to unpletely address site characterization decommissioning actions, the NRC wid

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