ML20154K797
| ML20154K797 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 09/25/1998 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| ML20154K420 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-98-201-C, NUDOCS 9810190028 | |
| Download: ML20154K797 (2) | |
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NOTATION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET i
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John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
COMMISSIONER MCGAFFIGAN
SUBJECT:
SECY-98-201 - DEFERRAL OF REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT TO THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
. PROTECTION AGENCY Approved I
Disapproved Abstain Not Participating COMMENTS:
See attached coments.
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Commissioner McGaffinan's Comments on SECY-98-201:
.I approve the staff proposal to defer a portion of the oversight of remediation activities at the I
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.1 recognize that in this instance, because the site is listed on NRC's Site Decommissioning i
Management Plan (SDMP) for radiological contamination and EPA's CERCLA National -
Priorities List for non-radiological contamination, it is beneficial to sort out which agency will oversee remediation at various portions of the site. The staff has worked out a rational division
- oflabor that will minimize duplication of federal agency efforts, save NRC resources and promote efficiency. While the Department of the Army is willing to accept the possibility that EPA may require a stricter cleanup standard than NRC for the portions of the radiological remediation EPA will oversee, this site appears to be one where application of EPA's CERCLA guidance and NRC's SDMP criteria plus the ALARA principle yield essentially ~ equivalent results.
I agree with the staff's plan to remove the LCAAP site from the SDMP list once Area 10, Building 3A and the 600-yard bullet catcher are remediated. Consistent with previous Commission direction to the staff on "de-listing" SDMP sites, the staff should provide the Commission, if at all possible, with an assessment of the dose to the average member of the critical group as a result of residual contamination of the NRC-regulated portions of the site. The staff could utilize the DandD code under development as a bounding tool and provide the Commission with'a dose range if necessary. As an additional precaution, I understand that NRC i
will not remove the LCAAP site from the Army's license until NRC has reviewed EPA's basis for its determination that remediation at the remaining portions of the site is complete and has determined that the residual contamination is compatible with NRC's decommissioning criteria.
He staff should inform the Commission ofits decision on this matter.
j While I support this particular deferral, I continue to support the Commission's previous direction to the staff that proposed deferrals to EPA should be submitted to the Commission and that referrals should be a last resort for stalled sites. I do not consider the approach used in this case to be inconsistent with the earlier Commission direction. Rather, in providing its March 31, 1997 direction to the staff, the Commission probably had sites in mind where the contamination is predominantly radiological and our license termination process should be able to bring about satisfactory remediation. Assuming that deferral of a portion of the LCAAP is granted, the Commission will be showing a willingness to consider deferral in similar cases (where non-radiological contamination predominates, the site is already a Superfund site, etc.) without removing the general presumption against deferral except for stalled sites where NRC authorities are inadequate to bring about remediation.
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October 15, 1998 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM TO:
L. Joseph Callan Executi Dir ctor or Operations ehe FROM:
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SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-98-201 - DEFERRAL OF REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT TO THE U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY The Commission has approved the staff's recommendation to defer a portion of the oversight of remediation activities involving radioactive contamination at of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) in Independence, Missouri, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
When the NRC portion of LCAAP is ready to be removed from the SDMP list, the staff should provide the Commission, if at all possible, with an assessment of the dose to the average member of the critical group as a result of any residual contamination of the NRC-regulated portions of the site. The staff could utilize the DandD code under development as a bounding tool and provide the Commission with a dose range if necessary. As stated in the paper, the NRC should not remove the LCAAP site from the Army's license until NRC has reviewed EPA's basis for its determination that remediation at the remaining portions of the site is complete and has determined that the residual contamination is compatible with NRC's decommissioning criteria. The staff should inform the Commission of its decision on this matter.
The staff should. continue to seek Commission approval of such deferrals and referral of NRC licensed sites to EPA. Such actions should generally be considered as a last resort.
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