ML20210J960
| ML20210J960 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/03/1994 |
| From: | Wiedeman D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Mccann M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| FOIA-97-218 NUDOCS 9708190096 | |
| Download: ML20210J960 (1) | |
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March 3, 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Mike Mc Cann, Chief, fuel Facilities and Decommissioning Sites Section FROM:
Darrel G. Wiedeman, Senior Health Physicist
SUBJECT:
Allegation AMS No. Rill-94-A-0026, Possible Dumping of Radioactive Materials in Landfills On March 2, 1994 1 contacted the alleger to discuss the allegations made to the NRC Region III office on February 22, 1994 (See Memo to D. Funk from S. Mc Duffie, dated February 23, 1994).
The purpose of the call was to have the alleger clarify the allegations.
I was informed by the alleger that this site is on the U.S. EPA Superfund List.
The former landfill was a 30 acre industrial waste disposal site during the period 1960-1978.
The alleger stated that a lot of the disposed material was fly-ash from fossil fuel plants.
The alleger acknowledged that the U.S. EPA is the cognizant agency to oversee the remediation of the site; however, the alleger stated that she is no longer confident that the U.S. EPA has the technical expertise to do an acceptable job of remediation of the Uniontown Landfill.
The alleger also stated that their organization feels that the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are inept and corrunt along with the U.S.
EPA.
The alleger further stated that their organization has asked for a congressional investigation into this matter.
The alleger continued that the former landfill owner / operator was Mr. Hyman Budoff; however, the landfill property is now listed on the county road maps as "0wned and controlled by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
The alleger stated that a U.S. EPA mobile van was on site doing some sampling ??
several months ago.
The alleger provided me the name of an individual that could confirm that during the 1969-70 time frame this person saw dump trucks with Georgia license plates, radioactive tri-foil symbols on the back of the vehicles, dumping truck loads of material during the night time hours.
Attached to this memo is a copy of an announcement to a public meeting. held July 20-21, 1993 from U.S. EPA. This notice indicates that U.S. EPA has placed the Uniontown Ohio landfill on their Superfund list and plan to conduct further investigation into illegal dumping of radioactive material during 'ast operations.
The alleger is no longer confident in the State and Federal agencies involved in the characterization and remediation of this site and would like to see the NRC intercede.
In my review of the various documents I received regarding this site, I could not find any direct connection that a former or current NRC licensee dumped radioactive material in the Uniontown landfill.
To ensure that I had properly interpreted the allegers concerns, I called the alleger on March 3, 1994 and summarized the contents of this memo.
The alleger concurred on it's content and stated that their concerns were properly characterized.
cc: D. Funk, Rlll G. Shear, RIII a
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