ML20209B652
| ML20209B652 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/30/1999 |
| From: | Greeves J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Clay Johnson NEW YORK, STATE OF |
| References | |
| REF-PROJ-M-32 SECY-98-251-C, SECY-99-057-C, SECY-99-57-C, NUDOCS 9907070336 | |
| Download: ML20209B652 (2) | |
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June.30, 1999 Mr. Carl Johnson, Deputy Commissioner New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Air & Waste Management -
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Dear Mr. Johnson:
By letter to you dated May 6,1999, the Chairman cornmitted to inform you of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) decisions regarding decommissioning criteria for
-West Valley (SECY-99-057 and SECY-98-251). The Commission's staff requirements memorandum, dated June 3,1999, regarding these decisions is enclosed. The NRC will issue a draft policy statement for comment regarding its decisions on decommissioning criteria for West Valley later this year. If you have any questions, please contact Jack Parrott I
at 301-415-6700.
Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Johnson:
By letter to you dated May 6,1999, the Chairman committed to inform you of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) decisions regarding decommissioning criteria for West Valley (SECY-99-057 and SECY-98-251). The Commission's staff requirements memorandum, dated June 3,1999, regarding these decisions is enclosed. The NRC willissue
. a draft policy statement for comment regarding its decisions on decommissioning criteria for West Valley later this year, if you have any questions, please contact Jack Parrott at 301-415-6700.
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l WASHINGTON. D.C. 20$65-0001 June 3, 1999 SECRETARY MEMORANDUM TO:
William D. Travers Executive Director for Operations
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Karen D. Cyr General Counsel FROM:
Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-98-2 1 - DECOMMISSIONING CRITERIA FOR WEST VALLEY and SECY-99-057 - SUPPLEMENT TO SECY-98-251,
" DECOMMISSIONING CRITERIA FOR WEST VALLEY" The Commission has approved applying the License Termination Rule (LTR) now as the decommissioning criteria for the Department of Energy West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). Furthermore, the LTR eventually should also be applied to the New York State Energy
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Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) site once the NYSERDA heense is reactivated.
The staff should publish a draft policy statement on the Commission decision on the '.WDP decommissioning criteria for a 60-day public comment period. To ensure that all interested parties are afforded an opportunity to express their views prior to finalization, the staff should schedule a public meeting to solicit public comment on the draft. The staff should ensure that both the draft and final policy statements are provided to the Department of Energy and all relevant parties, including appropriate State agencies, Congressional committees and interested Members and citizens' groups.
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(SECY Suspense (draft policy statement):
9/3/99) j l
The staff should enter into an office-level cooperative agreement with the New York State l
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) regarding the West Valley site. A copy l
of the cooperative agreement should be provided to DOE for information purposes. The staff l
should consider issuing the draft cooperative agreement for public comment before it is finalized.
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(SECY Suspense:
6/2/2000)
As follow up to recent Commission correspondence, the staff should inform the New York State I
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes of the Commission's decision in these matters.
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