ML20197G789
| ML20197G789 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/30/1998 |
| From: | Paperiello C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| ML20197G786 | List: |
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| 2.206, NUDOCS 9812100171 | |
| Download: ML20197G789 (6) | |
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[7596n1] l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i I
AGENCY: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ACTION: RECEIPT OF PETITION FOR U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION f ACTION i
i Notice is hereby given that by petition dated October 15,1998, the Natural Resources !
Defense Council (NRDC) has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ,
t exert authority to ensure that the United States Army Corps of Engineers' (the " Corps)
handling of radioactive materials in connection with the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is effected in accord with properly issued license and all other applicable
. i requirements. As NRDC notes in its petition, FUSRAP began in 1974 as a program of the Department of Energy (DOE), and that DOE had identified a total of 46 sites for cleanup under ;
FUSRAP. By 1997, cleanup of 25 of these sites had been completed. There are currently 21 l
sites stillin need of remediation. In October 1997, Congress transferred funding for FUSRAP from DOE to the Corps. NRDC believes that the Corps should obtain an NRC license to !
conduct activities under FUSRAP. At this time, the NRC has not required the Corps to obtain a i
license.
1 The request has been referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety l and Safeguards. A copy of the petition is being sent to DOE and the Corps, and DOE and the Corps are being given the opportunity to comment. Appropriate action will be take on this petition within a reasonable time.
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l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i 1
AGENCY: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l ACTION: RECEIPT OF PETITION FOR U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ACTION i
Notice is hereby given that by petition dated October 15,1998, the Natural Resources ,
i Defense Council (NRDC) has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) exert authority to ensure that the United States Army Corps of Engineers' (the " Corps")
handling of radioactive materials in connection with the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is effected in accord with properly issued license and all other applicable l
requirements. As NRDC notes in its petition, FUSRAP began in 1974 as a program of the j Department of Energy (DOE), ar,d that DOE had identified a total of 46 sites for cleanup under FUSRAP. By 1997, cleanup of 25 of these sites had been completed. There are currently 21 sites stillin need of remediation. in October 1997. Congress transferred funding for FUSRAP from DOE to the Corps. NRDC believes that the Corps should obtain an NRC license to conduct activities under FUSRAP. At this time, the NRC has not required the Corps to obtain a license.
l The request has been referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. A copy of the petition is being sent to DOE and the Corps, and DOE and the Corps are being given the opportunity to comment. Appropriate action will be taken on this j petition within a reasonable time. j
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2 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lusher, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7-J9, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone 301/415-7694. A copy of the petition is available for inspection at the Commission's Public 1 Document Room at 2121 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this D day of hh Z-1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION :
f C)W-Carl J. Paperiell , Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 1
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