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Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Forwards Documents Listed in App I.Records Maintained in PDR Under Request Number 98-296
ML20204H065
Person / Time
Issue date: 03/24/1999
From: Racquel Powell
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To: Alkema K
ENVIROCARE OF UTAH, INC.
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ML20204H069 List:
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FOIA-98-296 NUDOCS 9903290001
Download: ML20204H065 (2)
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NRC FO'tM 464 Put i U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l'UIAlt'A RESPONSE NUMBER ta-19e

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  1. RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF

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! I E INFORMATION ACT(FOIA)/ PRIVACY RESPONSE k ACT (PA) REQUEST TYPE g AL REQUESTER DATE i Mr. Kenneth Alkema l PART l. -INFORMATION RELEASED

[-] No additional agency records subject to the request have been located. ,

] Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section.

- APPE'NbtCEs Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appendices are already available for

_ _ _ _ . _ - public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room.

APPENDICES Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appencices are being made available for I public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Do ,ument Room.

' - ~ Encio5edisInformatiori on how you may ob' sin access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public

- Document Room,2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC.

y ##PO.JICES y y Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.

Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been referred to that agency (see comments section) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.

We are continuing to process your request.

See Comments.

PART l.A -- FEES

-AMOUNT' ~~~ None. Minimum fee thieshold not met.

Q You will be billed by NRC for the amount listed.

$ 62.46 You will receive a refund for the amount listed.

Fees waived.

for details PART l.B '-INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE

)) No agency records subject to the request have been located.

Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Part 11.

This determination may be appealed within 30 days by .vriting to the FOIA/PA Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001. Clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is a "FOIA/PA Appeal."

PART l.C COMMENTS (Use attached Comments contir uation page if required)

The actual fees for the processing of your request are:

Professional Search - 4 hrs. prof. search @ $35.67 per hr. = $ 142.68 Professional Reviaw - 2 hrs, prof. review @ $35.67 per hr. = 71.34 Clerical Search - 2 hrs. clerical search @ $17.39 per hr. = 34.78 Clerical Review - 2 hrs.15 mins. @ $17.39 per l'.r. = 39.13 Ouplication - 71 pgs. @ $0.20 per pg. = 14.20 Total 5 302.13 C Received Balance Due 239.67 62.46 b) )

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Re: FOIA-98-296 APPENDIX l RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE PDR UNDER THE ABOVE REQUEST NUMBER NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION /PAGES 1, 10/24/91 Memo for the Commission from James Taylor, subject: SECY 243 - Disposal of Material Other Than Atomic Energy Act of 1954, As Amended, Sec.11e.(2) Byproduct Material into Uranium Mill Tailings impoundments, (15 pgs.).

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Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested July 17,1998 Director, Freedom ofInformation and Publications Services U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission I Washington, D.C. 20555 l l

RE: Freedom ofInformation Act Request

Dear Director,

Freedom ofInformation and Publications Services:

Envirocare of Utah, Inc. ("Envirocare") is requesting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l Commission ("NRC") provide Envirocare with the information, documents and l records requested by this letter pursuant to tb Freedom ofInfonnation Act,5 U.S.C.

552, and 10 CFR Part 9, Subpart A. Envirocare agrees to bear the reasonable costs associated with this request.

This request for documents or records shall mean " Agency Records" as the term has *I been defined by 10 CFR 9.13, including, but not necessarily limited to, Agency Records that are maintained on paper, microfiche, microfilm, electronic storage medir.,"e-mail commu .itions," or other storage medium.

Requested information:

1. All documents relating to the regulation of processing of uranium ores and

" alternate feeds" at the International Uranium (USA) Corporation's (IUC's)

White Mesa Mill located near Blanding, San Juan County, Utah.

2. All documents relating to the regulation of disposal of uranium byproduct
materials and waste residues resulting from the processing of uranium ores and " alternate feeds" at IUC's White Mesa Mill.

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i 3. _ All' documents relating to IUC's license amendment allowing the White Mesa l Mill to process certain " alternate feed" materials (the "Ashland Materials")

from the Ashland 2 site in Tonawanda,- New York. ,

4. All documents relating to the findings and determinations that the Ashland I Materials meet the definition of I le.(2) byproduct material, and that they are substantially similar, radiologically and chemically, to the " alternate feeds"  ;

licensed to be processed at IUC's White Mesa Mill.

5. All docnnants relating to the actual process to be employed in the recycling of  !

the Ashland Material at IUC's White Mesa Mill, including, the technology, i the techniques, the number and qualifications of employees, and the costs l l

associated with processing and disposal.

6. All dowments relating to any findings and determinations of the quality and quantity of uranium, or other valuable ores or materials, expected to be extracted from the recycling of the Ashland Materials processed at IUC's j White Mesa Mill. '

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7. All documents relating to the findings and determinations of economic l feasibility and justification for recycling of the Ashland Materials by processes at IUC's White Mesa Mill.
8. All documents relating to communications between the NRC, other federal agencies, IUC and other licensee's of NRC, White Mesa Mill and other conventional and nonconventional uranium processing facilities, state regulatory agencies, or interested and affected parties regarding the processing of the Ashland Materials.
9. All documents relating to communications between the NRC, other federal agencies, other licensee's of NRC, other conventional and nonconventional
. uranium processing facilities, state regulatory agencies or interested and affected parties regarding license amendments and/or requests for license amendments for rgeycling and processing of" alternate feeds," similar to the Ashland Materials, from the same, or from other locations.

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10. All internal correspondence or documents relating to the recycling and the processing of the Ashland Matcrials and other similar " alternate feeds" at the

. IUC White Mesa Mill, or at other licensed, conventional and nonconventional, uranium processing and recycling facilities.

10. All internal correspondence or documents relating to the determinations that would certify IUC' White Mesa Mill disposal impoundments are in full compliance with CERCLA Off Site Response Actions at 40 CFR 300.440.

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11. All internal correspondence or documents relating to or relied upon by the NRC in findings and determinations of compliance with NRC 's Uranium Mill Facilities, Guidance Documents, spccifically:
  • Final Revised Guidance on Disposal of Non-Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Section 11e.(2) Byproduct Material in Tailings Impoundments; and, e Final Position and Guidance on the Use of Uranium Mill Feed 1 Materials Other Than Natural Ores.

All communications regarding this request should be addressed to Kenneth Alkema, Vice President, Corporate Development.

l Smcerely, Kenneth Alkema

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