ML20141B163

Refers to 970609-10 Insp in Response to CAL 97-001 Re Provisions of 10CFR150.10 & 10CFR150.11.Insp Revealed Possession of SNM in Excess of Limit Defined by Formula

ML20141B163
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/12/1997
From:	Merschoff E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	ENVIROCARE OF UTAH, INC.
References
CAL-R4-97-1, CAL-RIV-97-01, CAL-RIV-97-1, NUDOCS 9706230305
Download: ML20141B163 (6)

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!- CAL 97 001 l JLN I 2 SW I- Charles A. Judd, President Envirocare 'of Utah, Inc.

. American Towers Commercial ,

j 46 West Broadway, Suite 240 i Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER i

Dear Mr. Judd:

I This refers to our inspection at your f acility near Clive, Utah, on June 9-10,1997, during which we reviewed your possession of special nuclear material (SNM) in regard to the l provisions of 10 CFR 150.10 and 10 CFR 150.11. The inspection revealed that you have 4 received and have been in possession of SNM in excess of the limit defined by the formula in 10 CFR 150.11 in that you received and possessed more than 350 grams of j uranium-235 in waste materials that had not been placed in a disposal cell at your site. At l the conclusion of the inspection, we estimated that you had in excess of 2,400 grams of '

uranium 235 in your possession which had not been disposed of. )

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l Pursuant to a telephone conversation between you and Ms. Linda Howell of this office on I

! June 11,1997, it is our understanding that you will take the following actions: l 1

l 1. Effective June 11,1997, Envirocare will discontinue receipt of SNM at its facility, )

l except as described below, until such time as Envirocare has disposed of sufficient quantities of SNM material presently at the site such that it is able to accept additional material without exceeding the limit in its Agreement State license and j 10 CFR 150.11. This applies to mixed and non mixed waste containing SNM. )

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2. For shipments of SNM currently enroute to the Envirocare f acility, those which are l - already in transit may be received at the f acility. l l

l 3. Envirocare will submit to the Region IV office for approval, by June 16,1997,a written plan for the removal from, or disposal at, your site waste materials containing SNM to the end that the sum of all SNM at the site not placed in the j disposal cell will not exceed the formula quantity prescribed by 10 CFR 150.11 and your Agreement State license. The plan will specify the sum of SNM currently on site and will be calculated to include all waste materials that have been offloaded l from vehicles that delivered the materials to the site and material which remains on l , vehicles at the site but which is under Envirocare's control and within the restricted area. The plan willinclude provisions to ensure that further receipt of waste

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materials at the site will not result in your possession of SNM in excess of the formula quantity at any time. This plan willinclude a timetable providing for j completion of these actions no later than June 25,1997.  ;

CERTIFIED Mall - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 9706230305 970612 i PDR STPRC ESGOEN l PDR ,.

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b Charles A. Judd The hRC Region IV Office will review the plan upon receipt and wih notify you in writing if the plan is approved.

4. Envirocare will submit to the Region IV office, by June 25,1997, written confirmation that the actions prescribed by the approved plan have been completed.

Pursuant to Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act,42 U.S.C. 2232, you are required to:

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1. Notify me immediately if your understanding differs from that set forth above;

2. Notify me if for any reason you cannot complete the actions within the proposed schedule and advise me in writing of your modified schedule in advance of the change; and

3. Notify me in writing when you have completed the actions addressed in this Confirmatory Action Letter.

Issuance of this Confirmatory Action Letter does not preclude issuance of an order formahzing the above commitments or requiring you tot take other actions; nor does it 4

preclude the NRC from taking enforcement action for violations of NRC requirements that may have prompted the issuance of this letter. In addition, failure to take the actions addressed in this Confirmatory Action Letter may result in enforcement action.

5 The responses directed by this letter are not subject to the clearance procedures of the i Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96 511.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the .NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the POR without redaction. However, if you find it necessary to melude such information, .you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legel basis to support your

. request for withholding the information from the public.

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l Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Mr. Ross Scarano of l my staff at (817) 860 8106.

Sincerely, Ellis W. Merscho  ;

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l C ESRO ADC A ST J NO. DATE TIME DESTINATION STATION PO. OURATION MODE RESULT .

l 32693 6-13 19:17 701 328 5200 4 O*01'44' NORM.E OK  !

32694 19:20 503 731 4081 4 O*01'43" PORM. E OK 32695 19:22 401 277 2456 4 0"O3'00" NORM.E OK 32696 19:25 8037377412 4 O'01*49" NORM.E OK 32697 19:27 615 532 7938 4 O*01'50" NORM.E OK 32698 19:29 5128346708 4 O'Ol'51" NORM.E OK 32699 19:31 801 533 4097 4 O*02'09" NORM.E OK 32700 19:34 360 753 1496 4 O'01'43* NORM.E OK 32701 19:36 518 457.2225 4 O'Ol'49* NORM.E OK 32702 19:38 518 457 5545 4 O*01'59" NORM.E OK 32703 19:40 NEW YORK CITY 4 O*01'50" NORM.E OK 32704 19:43 502 227 7862 4 O*02'06" NORMAL OK 32705 19:45 AECB <613) 995-5086 4 O*01'57" NORMAL OK 4

l 32706 19:47 WASHINGTON DC O*01'44" NORM.E OK -

32707 19:50 7996726 4 O'01'47" NORM.E OK 32708 19:52 217 782 1328 4 O*O2'09" NORM.E OK 32709 19:54 512 239 6362 4 O*O1*53* NORM.E OK l 32710 19:56 4024714840 4 O*02'38" NORt1AL OK 32711 19:59 912 262 3143 4 O*02'05" NORMAL OK l 32712 20:04 6024370705 4 O*02'33" NORMAL OK l 80 O'40'19' l l

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l 32676 18:36 303 343 3697 4 O*01'59' NORM.E OK 32677 18:39 904 487 0435 4 O*02'01* NORM.E OK 32678 18:41 404 362 2653 4 O*01'46" NORM.E OK l 32679 '18:43 217 524 4724 4 O*01'52" NORM.E OK

! 32680 18:45 515 242 6284 4 O*01'47" NORM.E OK 32681 18:47 913 296 0984 4 O*02'02" NORM.E OK ,

32682 18:50 502 564 6533 4 O*01'45" NORM.E OK 32683 18:52 LOU!S!ANA 4 O'Ol*56* NORM.E OK -

32684 18:54 MAINE 4 O*02'41" NORMAL OK 32685- 18:57 410 631 3198 4 O*02'02" NORMAL OK i

32686 18:59 601+354+6167 4 O*02'40' NORMAL OK 32687 19:02 402 471 9449 4 O'01'45* NORM.E OK 32688 19:05 7026875751 4 O'02'42* NORMAL OK 32689 19:08 603 225 2325 4 O*01'52" NORM.E OK

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10 5058271544 4 O*02'37" NORMAL OK

! 32691 19:13 518 458 6434 4 O'01'50" NORM.E OK 32692 19:15 919 571 4148 4 O*01'50" NORM.E OK j 100 O*52'51" l

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(301) 415-3502 NUMBER OF PAGES: 4 including this page i

4 DATE: June 13,1997

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RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM DIRECTORS IN AGREEMENT STATES OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA FROM: PAUL H. LOHAUS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR

OFFICE OF STATE PROGR.AMS

SUBJECT:

ATTACHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION IS A CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER RECENTLY  !

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