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Discusses from Alleger to Us Dept of Health & Human Services,Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry Implying Displeasure with Agencies Decision on Certain Matters Involving Uniontown Landfill
ML20210M649
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Issue date: 04/12/1994
From: Wiedeman D
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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FOIA-99-163 NUDOCS 9908100139
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April 12, 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR:

Allegation Files FROM:

Der.. Wiedeman, Senior Health Physicist W 1 Facilities and Decommissioning Section

SUBJECT:

Receipt of Mail from Alleger on April 12, 1994 AMS-No. RIII-94-A-0026, Possible Dumping of Radioactive Materials in Landfills (Uniontown,0H)

On April 12, 1994, I received copies of letters from the alleger to the U. S.

Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Tuxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) dated 4/7/94 which was in response to their letter dated 3/29/94. This letter im)1ies displeasure with that agencies decision on certain matters that involve tie Uniontown Landfill. Certain statements such as "How two-faced can you be" and "this failure is inexcusable for a health agency charged with protecting health" and the last page references a congressional investigation into the agencies work performed at Superfund sites.

I am not sure why the alle request this information; however,ger sent this information to me, nor did I due to the sensitivity of this issue, I sent copies of this memo and the attachments to Gene Pawlik, Region III 01.

As a side i pue, during a telephone conversation on April 6, 1994 with the alleger, she y tated to Mike McCann and me that Qhe did trust the U. S. EPA f

Inspector'Geherals office and felt that any investigation they do will be biased in favor of the EPA. iSh'e(also implied that a staffer from one of the Ohio congressman office made The same statement. We relayed this information to Gene Pawlik and Bruce Berson; however, they did not feel this statement constituted a new allegation.

ltr dtd 3/29/94 y)ocu.m46T6 MMO attachment:

ltr dtd 4/7/94 Water Analyses undated (1992) cc w/ attachments:

D. Funk G. Pawlik cc wo/ attachments:

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