ML20135C034

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Forwards Request from Region III to Determine If NRC Has Any Regulatory Authority Over Chevron Corp Plant C Site on Harvard Ave in Cleveland,Oh
ML20135C034
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Issue date: 06/21/1993
From: Joseph Austin
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Treby S
NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Stuart A. Treby i

Assistant General Counsel for Rulemaking and Fuel Cycle Office of General Counsel FROM:

, John H. Austin, Chief Decommissioning and Regulatory Issues Branch Division of Low-level Waste Management and Decommissioning

SUBJECT:

REQUEST TO DETERMINE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CHEVRON SITE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO Enclosed is a request from Region III to determine if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has any regulatory authority over the Chevron Corporation Plant C site on Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The facility was previously operated by the Harshaw Chemical Company, which made uranium chemicals for the go'vernment in the 1940's and 1950's.

Harshaw also had an Atomic Energy Commission license for possession of up to 50 lbs, of uranium and thorium.

The site has contamination that exceeds NRC and Department of Energy (DOE) limits for unrestricted release. However, DOE indicates that they have no legal responsibility or authority'to perform the remediation.

DOE has notified the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health for appropriate action.

Please review the enclosed documents and provide us i

your response by July 2, 1993.

If you have any questions, please contact T.C. Johnson of my staff'at 504-3603.

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JohnH.Ausfin,CNef Decommissioning and Regulatory Issues Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning

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