ML20210U293
| ML20210U293 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/11/1994 |
| From: | Mccann M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Funk D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML20210U181 | List: |
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| FOIA-98-341 NUDOCS 9908200052 | |
| Download: ML20210U293 (4) | |
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Dates Friday, February 11, 1994 1:46 lan Subj ec t s GOODYEAR ALEGATION D'Ol4 I RECEIVED A CALL-FROM' HE LADY IN AKRON,.OH REGARDING THE ALLEGATION,OF U-235 CONTAMINATION. 8Hi"' DIDN 'T DRIl4G UP ANY lyW ISSUES. SHE-DASICALIY ASKED 1HE SAME QUESTIONS. I ADVISED HElf
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ALLEGATION ACTION PLAN ALLEGATION N0. RIII-94-A-0013 4
Licensee: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation Akron, OH Docket / License No: 070-01489, License No. SNN-1461 Assigned Division: DRSS Attached Pertinent Documents: Undated letter from alleger; memo from McCann(1/31/94)
I. Division Action A. Prepared by: D. G. Wiedeman 2/15/94 Technical Staff Date B. Reviewed by: G NcCa M7[7Y Section Chief C.
roy. upc~ Date Approved by: Gary L. Shear A/,7A,/
Branch Chief Date w II. Alleaation Review Board Action Allegation Review Board embership
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/MApproved with Modifications as Documented in Plan.
/ / Disapproved for Following Reasons:
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{e ALLEGAT' ION / PERIPHERAL ISSUE ACTION PLAN Concerns and any peripheral issues associated with a concern should be documented on a separate page. Each concern and peripheral issue, if any, should be documented-in the followup report as is stated in this plan. If
. there are several concerns in one area, one page can be used. Otherwise, a separate page should be used for each concern.
'/ / Concern No. ., ./ /
Peripheral Issues Associated with Concern No.1 Member of the public moved.to ;
the Akron area and lived near the Goodyear facility (with family) in 1986. . TJe family members have experienced numerous physical problems which they relate to ,
A11eger claims that an unknown exposure substanceto wasa hazardous found in thematerial drinkingand\or substance,io water by h EPA; however, EPA will not provide them with. this information. The alleger is concerned that uranium or toxic chemicals from the former licensee's operations may have contaminated their drinking water and fish.in nearby lakes.
I. Action Evaluation: The following method of resolution is recommended (circle): ;
A. Send to Licensee Requesting Response in Days with RIII Followup
- B. Priority RIII Followup C. Follouup During Routine Inspection Within 60 Days D. Followup with Assistance from 01 E. .No Action - Outside NRC's Charter (describe basis below)
F. No Action - Without Merit-(describe basis below)
G. Refer to -Ohio EPA H. 'Other (s)ecify):: Conduct a comprehensive file review to determine if sign' ficant environmental releases occurred duiing licensed operations, including final decommissioning of the site in 1986.
Further, determine- if adequate. documentation exists . which demonstrates no health or safety issues are present. If weakness are found, DRSS will develop an inspection plan to address these issues.
If it is determined that the environmental releases were ;
insignificant, the allegers concerns should be referred to the I cognizant State agencies, e.g, Ohio EPA and\or Health Department for followup to exposure to toxic chemicals.
- If the proposal is to send to the licensee, the Action Plan should describe the general areas we expect the licensee to address.
II. Insoector's Actions: The following areas at a minimum will be reviewed during the inspection into the above mentioned concern and/or peripheral issue. l A. Ob.iective (1) Determine if- radioactive releases were made to the !
environment during the period that the license was active (1976 to '
1986) (2) Determine if the ORAU report of a confirmatory survey l dated September 1986 has a sufficient number of environmental i samples (analysis) to demonstrate that any release from the facility were below regulatory limits. (3) Determine from Ohio EPA if they i Lhave any results (analysis) from water samples taken from the '
allegers well.
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- 2. Documents and/or activities to be reviewed: License file and September 19f6 ORAU confirmatory survey, if available any other record from the former licensee, State and DOE that may resolve this issue..
- 3. Time period to be covered: 1976 to present.
- 4. Locations / specific areas to visit: If the above referenced
, file review does not provide sufficient information to close l
this issue, an onsite inspection to collect environmental samples will be considered.
- 5. Other areas (specify):
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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. RIII-94-A-0026, Possible Dumping of Radioactive Materials in Landfills On March 2, 1994 I 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 corrupt 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 " Owned 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 past operations.
The alleger is no longer cNfident in the State and Federal agencies involved in the characterization add 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 licenseedumpedradioactjvematerialintheUniontownlandfill.
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, RIII G. Shear, RIII h
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From: George M. >cCann GMM To: DGW '
Date: Monday, Mar fftl(G. @) Ned W h 14, 1994 3:37 pm
Subject:
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that we aren't going to do anything with the Uniod Town Land Fill Dump.
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