ML20206G303
| ML20206G303 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/12/1986 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Gardner B WASHINGTON, STATE OF |
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| ML20206G294 | List: |
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| REF-WM-34 NUDOCS 8606250165 | |
| Download: ML20206G303 (2) | |
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WASHING TON, D. C. 20555 e,,,s June 12, 1986 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Booth Gardner Governor of Washington Olympia, Washington 98504
Dear Governor Gardner:
We are in receipt of your letter dated April 25, 1986, recommending certain procedures for scheduling future Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) meetings between the Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulatery Commission (NRC).
The NRC agrees that it is vital to the high level waste (HLW) repository program that affected States and Indian Tribes not only be kept informed of DOE /NRC interactions, but also participate in those interactions.
Since 1982, there have been at least sixteen BWIP site specific technical meetings and/or workshops.
Of this total, five were conducted in the Washington, D. C. area, and the remainder were conducted in Richland, Washington.
To the extent practical, the NRC will continue to conduct as many BWIP related meetings as possible in Richland, Washington.
Regarding your request for periodic briefings on matters discussed at generic meetings conducted in Washington, D.
C.,
the States and Indian Tribes have, and will continue to receive summary meeting minutes of all DOE /NRC meetings.
Additionally, periodic meetings will be held with affected States and Indian Tribes to allow their participation in resolution of generic items and site specific issues as appropriate.
As an example, the NRC held a meeting in April, 1986 with all involved States and Indian Tribes in Las Vegas, Nevada to discuss generic items of interest such as streamlining the licensing process and a demonstration of the licensing support system.
Your contacts will be notified when additional meetings are planned.
The NRC agrees that improvement is needed in the area of timely dissemination of pre-meeting material.
It is for this reason that Waste Management Policy No. 34 was developed.
Please find enclosed for your reference a copy of this policy.
As is stated in the document, NRC will normally provide notification and furnish substantive new pre-meeting documents four weeks prior to the meeting.
In any case, a minimum of ten working days will be given for notice and distribution of materials.
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We agree that full cooperation and communication is vital to the success of this program.
Should you have further questions or require additional information, please have your staff contact Joseph Bunting, Chief, Waste Management Policy and Program Control Branch, (301) 427-4590, who is the designated NRC contact for interactions with States and Indian Tribes on HLW matters.
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W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 JUL 2 1985 WM Policy #34 MEMORANDUM FOR: Waste Management Division Staff FROM:
Robert E. Browning, Director Division of Waste Management
SUBJECT:
WM POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR MEETINGS WITH 00E WITH STATE AND TRIBAL PARTICIPATION The NRC regulation 10 CFR Part 60 and the NRC/00E Procedural Agreement accord the States and Tribes the opportunity for full participation in 00E/NRC meetings on the high-level waste repository program. Participation by the States and Tribes means that there is sufficient time for them to obtain and review pertinent materials, decide whether to attend, and make travel arrangements.
The lead responsibility for establishing meetings between NRC and 00E is the Chief, Repository Projects Branch (WMRP).
Meetings with 00E will be scheduled to afford the States / Tribes sufficient time to prepare themselves comparable to the tiine NRC staff requires to prepare itself.
Therefore, NRC will normally provide notification and furnish States / Tribes any material developed for the meeting 4 weeks prior to the meeting when new substantive documents require review.
Shorter notice may be appropriate for meetings requiring the review of smaller or more familiar documents.
However, in any case, a minimum of 10 working days for notice and distribution of material will normally be given.
Final agreement for both agenda and participants normally will be reached a minimum of 10 working days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting.
The NRC will announce upcoming meetings related to its high-level waste management program through a telephone recording service and issue a weekly notice to identified representatives of the potential host States and affected Indian Tribes.
As soon as 00E and NRC propose tentative dates for meetings, WMRP will contact the Section Leader of the Program Control and Analysis Section in WMPC and the appropriate individuals in WMEG and WMGT, so there will be adequate notification to all involved parties.
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