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Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Maxey Flats Area of Fleming County,Ky.Forwards App C & D Documents.App C,D & E Documents Available in PDR
ML20215J958
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Site: 07000008
Issue date: 06/16/1987
From: Grimsley D
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To: Minton L
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
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ML20215G205 List:
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FOIA-87-235 NUDOCS 8706250168
Download: ML20215J958 (7)


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J f,tOVESTER Ms. Lucinda E. Minton  ! PART l.-. RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked boxes)

  • No agency records subsect to the request have been located.

No addrtional agency records subject to the request have been located. Agency records sublect to the request that are identef ed in Appendix E are aiready avadaeie fo, pubuc inspection and copying in the NRC Puohe oocument Room, X 1717 H Street, N.W., Washir.gton, DC. 3 Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix C$0 are being made avadable for pubNc inspection and copying in the NRC Pubhc Document X Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, 0C, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name. Tb. nonproprietary version of the proposaitsi that you agreed to accept in a isiephone conversation o,tn a memeer of my staff is now being made avaaabie fo, puei;c inspection l and coying at the NRC Put'ic Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W . Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name. Enclosed is informahon on how you may obtan access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Pubhc Document Room.1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC. f Agency records subsect to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copies of the records provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments section. Records sut, ject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you.

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I in view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated PART ll.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FPOM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Part ll, sec- I tions B. C and O Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withNld are being made avadable for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street. N W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name. Cominents 1 l l slo V f. DIRECTOR, DIVISIO F RULE "O RECORD

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1. 12/74 Project Report, Six Month Study of Radiation Concentrations ano Transport Mechanisms At The Maxey Flats Area of Fleming County, Kentucky. (23 pages) I
2. 1976 Article, " Radioactive Waste Inventory at the Maxey Flats NuclearWasteBurialSite.(9pages)
3. 1/15/76 Memo for Lohaus from Dragonette, subject: Epa Paper )
                  " Preliminary Data on the Occurrence of Transuranium                       i Nuclides in the Environment at the Radioactive Waste Burial Site, Maxey Flats, Kentucky" Received with Letter Dated December 22, 1975'from David S. Smith.-(3 pages)                   1
4. 1/16/76 Newspaper article, "A-Waste ' Leaking' At Kentucky Disposal Site. (1 page)
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5. 1/30/76 Ltr to David Smith from Richard Cunningham. (3 pages)
6. 2/17/76 Ltr to Dr. Harold Houlton from A.A. Moghissi. (2 pages)
7. 4/9/76 Ltr to Honorable John Pastore from Kenneth R. Chapman w/ enclosures (22 pages) {
8. 10/1/76 Amendment Number 27 Amends License Number 16-NSF-1 In Its Entirety.(9pagesT
9. 10/12/76 Ltr to Brian Kiernan from R. Lee Annbruster (3 p6ges)-
10. 7/18/77 Ltr to Peter Conn and Russell McClure from Clifford V.. I Smith w/ attachments. (13 pages)
11. 12/9/77 Memo for Frank Swanberg from Michael J. Bell, subject:  !

Comments on the Noverber 23, 1977 Maxey Flats Research  ; Proposal. (5 pages)

12. 3/78 Ltr to David Smith from Richard'Cunningham. (3 pages) l l
13. 5/23/78 Memo for Michael Bell from Walt Froloff and James Thomas, i subject: Trip Report to Maxey Flats, May 9 1978 (2 pages)
14. 10/30/79 Routing and Transmittal Slip to R. Browing, Sue Gagner and Wayne Kerr from Charles Bishop w/ enclosed general-review of low-level wastes. (9pages) 15, 5-6/80- Artcle, " Inventory (1962-1978) and Projection (to 2000)-

of Shallow Land Burial of Radioactive Wastes and ' comercial Sites: UnUpdate.(9pages)- l

l l i Re: F01A-87-235 APPENDIX C (Continued)

16. 6/1981 Article, ".Characterizatior, of Plutonium in Maxey Flats i

, Radioactive Tranch Leachates. (4 pages) j 1

17. 8/16/82 Memo for Hawkins, Lohaus, Starmer, Pe'nnifill, Thomas from  ;

Siefken, subject: Review of Stabilizatlon and Closure Plan for Maxey Flats Low Level Waste Disposal Site. (1 page) , i

18. 11/18/82 Memo for Hawkins from Pennif tll and Siefken, subject: i Trip Report, Maxey Flats Program Review Meeting, October 26-28, 1982. (4 pages)
19. 7/19/83 LtrtoHigginbothamfromMichaelTaisi.(2pages)
20. 9/21/83 Memo for Rico Conti from Leo B. Higginbotham, subject: .

Maxey Flats De,omissioning Plan. t1 page)

21. 3/7/85 Ltr requesting one copy of 0F83-0133, "Hydrologeologic Investigation of the Maxey Flats Radioactive Waste Burial 3 Site, Fleming County, Kentucky,". (1 page) )

22, 3/21/85' Ltr to R.J. Starmer from Ramesh Dayal. (33 pages) -

23. 3/29/85 Ltr to Ramesh Dayal from Robert J. Starmer. (2 pages)-
24. 9/17/85 Ltr to R.J. Stamer from Ramesh Dayal. (1 page)_

25, 5/13/86 Ltr to R. John Stamer from Ramesh Dayal. (1 page)

26. 12/10/86 RoutingandTransmittalSlip.(1page)
27. 12/12/86 Davis item of Interest. (1 page)
28. 1/21/87 Maxey Flats Advisory Task Force.-(3 pages) .
29. 2/10/87 Note to Mal Knapp, John Stamer, Maxine Dunkleman'and Kathy Schneider from Dragonette, subject: Price Anderson Claims for EPA Superfund Activities at Maxey Flats. .(3 pages)
30. 2/ 17/ 87 Note to John Stamer from Doyle Mills, subject: Maxey Flats Advisory Comittee. (4 pages)
31. 2/19/87 Handwritten notes on Maxey Flats. '(1 page)
32. 3/10/87 TripReportfromStanNeuder.(1~page).
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1 i Re: F01A-87-235 ] i APPENDIX C I (Continued) ) 33, 4/10/87 Ltr to~ Director, Nuclear Material Safety anc Safeguards l from Peter Keppler, re: Notice of Demand by the l Environmental Protection Agency Under 42 U.S.C. ll 9601 ' et. seq. Nuclear Disposal Site, Morehead, Fleming County, Kentucky. (2 pages)

34. Undated Miscellaneous Charts and Drawing. (33 pages)

'35. .1/17/87 Federal Register Notices. ~(1 page)'  !

36. Undated David Smith from Richard Cunningham.'(4 pages) ,

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37. Undated Miscellaneous Drawings. (3 pages) -l
38. Undated Meeting with Kentucy Representatives, Background on Maxey Flats Kentucky. Commercial Waste Burial Ground Operated by Nuclear Engineering Company. (4 pages)
39. Undated Miscellaneous Notes. (8 pages)
40. Undated Notes, re: Maxey Flats. (1 page)
41. Undated Background on Maxey Flats. (1 page) l
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i l l Re: F0!A-87-235 APPENDIX 0 l

1. February, 1987 Richard and Kirby " Trees as Indicators of Subterranean Water Flow From Maxey Flats" article froin health Physics Society (6 pages).

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2. 1986 Abstracts of Papers relating to Maxey Flats (97pages).
3. October 17, 1985 0'Donnell transmitted note for final re ort " Surface Water Hydrology Maxey Flats" (142-pages
4. September, 1984 0'Donnell paper on " Insights Gained from NRC Research Investigations at the Maxey Flats LLW SLB Facility" a (39pages).  !
5. April 11, 1983 C&EN clipping on "Radionuclide Migration In j Groundwater Charted" (1 page)..  !

1 6._ April 11, 1983 Letter from Mills to Davis providing Maxey Flats wind _ data (16pages), i

7. March 31, 1983 Panel report on " Initial Research Observations at '

Maxey Flats Which are Relevant to Site Closure" (36pages).

8. October 2, 1983 Louisville, M Courier Journal article " Radioactivity i Called Normal at Maxey Flats." j
9. September 8, 1982 0'Donnell note to Polzer transmitting tritium data from vegetation sampling at Maxey Flats (8 pages).
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10. August 10, 1982 Conner to McDonough letter regarding evapotranspiration data for Farmers, Kentucky (5pages).
11. July 21, 1982 Williamson letter to McDonough regarding evapotranspiration data for Kentucky (4 pages).

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12. July 19, 1982 Handout prepared by Doyle Mills for an informal l W eting at NRC/RES (8 pages).
13. December, 1980 Polloch and Zehner article on "A Conceptual Analysis
                         ,of the Ground-Water Flow System at Maxey Flats" (17pages).
14. June 5, 1979 Letter from Robertson to Perkins regarding experimental trenches at Maxey Flats (4 pages).

n. l-I l 1 Re: F01A-87-235 APPENDIX 0 (Cont'd)

15. 1979 USGS Open File Report 79-1329, Preliminary Hydrogeologic Investigation of Maxey Flats (1 page).
16. 1979 Draper, Fry, and Razor paper on Tritium in the.

Environment Around Maxey Flats (7 pages).

17. September,'1978 EPA-520/5-78-011 Supplementary Radiological..

Measurements at Maxey Flats 1976-77 (39 pages). . J

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18. December, 1977 Dames and Moore report on Health Ph l USGS-Maxey. Flats Drilling Program-(ysics 13 pages). Aspects of
19. March, 1977 Dames and Moore report on Levels, Origin, and j Transport Routes of Radioactivity Measured at Maxey.

Flats (9 pages).

20. December, 1976 Kentucky Dept. Human' Resources report on Radioactivity Concentration at Maxey Flats (50 pages). j i
21. February 6, 1975 EMCON report on Geotechnical Investigation and Waste Management Studies at Maxey Flats (104 pages). ,

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22. October, 1973 Clark article on History and Preliminary Inventory Report on Maxey Flats-(7 pages).
23. May 31, 1972 EMCON Report on Preliminary Site Investigation of I MaxeyFlats(18pages). -!

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24. September 12, 1962 lan Walker report on Geologic and Hydrologic Evaluation of a Proposed Site for Burial of l

1 Radioactive waste -in Fleming County, Kentucky  ; (36pages).

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l I L Re: F01A-87-235 APPENDIX E

1. NUREG-0216 Public Coments and Task Force Responses Regarding Eviron )

Survey of Reprocessing and Waste Management Portions of i LkR Fuel Cycle (h0 REG-0116). I l

2. NUREG-0217 NRC Task Force Report on Review of the Federal / State Program for the Regulation of Commercial Low Level Radioactive Waste Burial Grounds.  !

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3. NUREG-0782 Draft Environmental Impact Statement on 10 CFR Part 61:

Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.

4. NUREG-0945 Final Environmental Impact Statement on 10 CFR Part 61: l Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
5. NUREG/CR-1289 Evaluation of Isotope Migration- Land Burial: Water Chemistry at Commercially Operated Low Level Radwaste Disposal Sites. Status report through September,1979.
6. NUREG/CR-1793 Study of Chemical Toxicity of Low Level Wastes.
7. NUREG/CR-0028 Proceedings of the Symposium on Lew-Level Waste Disposal:

Site Suitability Requirements.

8. NUREG/CR-0570 Technology, Safety, and Costs of Decomissioning a Reference Low Level Waste Burial Ground. $
9. NUREG/CR-3993 Gecchemical Investigation at Maxey Flats Radioactive Waste }

Disoposal Site. j

10. NUREG/CR-2383 Radionuclide Distributions and Migration Mechanisms at SLB Sites.
11. NUREG/CR-2589 A Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Maxey Flats LLW Disposal Site, KY.
12. NUREG/CR-3607 Radionuclide Distributions and Migration Mechanisms at SLB 4 Sites Annual Report for 1982.  ;
13. NUREG/CR-1759 Vol. 1 Data Base for Radioactive Waste Management.
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14. NUREG/CR-1832 Research Program at Maxey Flats and Consideration of Other SLB Sites, r

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REGISTERED MAIL pgf-hh Director, Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4 y l Washington, D.C. 20555 ) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

Dear Sir:

3 This is a request for documents'and records pursuant to i the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. SS 552 el sea. ~In ) this request, the term " record" is used as defined in 10 C.F.R'. l 5 9.3a. The term " document" is used to mean the following:  ! All reports, records, lists, intra-agency f memoranda, ihter-agency memoranda, data, l correspondence, telegrams, schedules, i photographs, sound reproductions, ledger , books, log books, data sheets, graphs, l catalogues, computer tapes, printou*.s, notes, records of telephone coversations, meeting agenda, attendance lists, minutes of meetings, statements or-other handwritten, typewritten, printed, recorded or graphic material of any kind or description whatsoever. The following~ records and documents are sought by this request: l

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1. Any and all documents ar records from 1960 to the present concerning, related to, describing, or evaluating the Maxey Flat waste disposal site in Fleming County, Kentucky, includirig, but not ,

limited to, the following: 1 1

a. Any and all documelts or records l concerning, relatetl to or j describing the selection of the q
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b. Any and all documents or records' concerning, related to, 1 describing or evaluating the i licensing and regulatory _ status j of the site, including copies of d licenses; 1 i
c. Any and all documents or-records ,

concerning, related to, 't describing or evaluating operations at the site;

d. Any and all documents or records l concerning, related to, '

describing or evaluating. financial assurances.or insurance for the site, including copies of insurance policies;.

e. Any and-all documents or records l concerning, related to or i describing materials that we're or a may have been disposed of.at the site;
f. Any and all documents or records; concerning, related to_or describing entities that disposed of or.may have disposed of_

material at the site and what fthey may'have contributed to the site;

g. Any and all documents or recor'ds I concerning, related to~,-

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t 1 describing or evaluating j conditions at the site and any j threat to public health, safety 1 or welfare or to the environment i that is or was posed by the site;  ! and

h. Any and all documents or records concerning, related to, I describing or evaluating actions j or measures that could be, should j be or were undertaken to reduce  :

or eliminate any possible threats j to public health, safety, or j welfare or to the environment posed by the site, including, but l not limited to, recommendations or requirements for supervision, monitoring, modeling, operational changes, remedial activities, , financial assurances, insurance, l security, personnel or management , or for any other actions or j measures at or concerning the j site.

2. Any and all documents or records concerning, related to, describing or evaluating the Agreement between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Atomic Energy Commission pursuant to section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including, but not limited to, any and all documents or records concerning, related to, describing or evaluating provisions for, regulations of or oversight of disposal of source, I

by-product and special nuclear material in Kentucky. Include any documents or records describing requirements, criteria or guidelines by which the performance of the Commonwealth of Kentucky pursuant to this agreement could, should, or would have been evaluated or measured.

i [ ' J{ L H UNTON & WILLI AM S E l - l i If.the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decides to withhold any documents or records responsive to this. request, then I request that you furnish me with a detailed statement of the reasons for denying ~ access to each document or record 1 withheld'and the following information regarding each such i document or record in order to enable me to consider whether to I pursue this request further:

a. the date of each such document or record;
b. the identity and affiliation of the author or ,

authors of each such document or record; I

c. the identity and affiliation of all persons in the l "

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Atomic Energy. l Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency,

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the Commonwealth of Kentucky or:elsewhere who have-  ! received copies of each such document or record;

d. the genera'l nature and subject matter of each such document or record;
e. the title of each such documentaor record; and
f. whether each such document or record contains any factual information, including, but not limited to, data, descriptions, and critiques of methodologies, or statements of policy.

Please note that I am willing to pay the appropriate costs or fees attributable to this request, am also willing to make whatever arrangements to pay as may be appropriate, and need no prior notice of the amount of those costs or fees unless they exceed 5500.00. If estimated copying and search l fees exceed $500.00, please call me before proceeding. I respectfully request a response within ten working days of receipt of this request pursuant to 5 U.S.C. , 5 552(a)(6)(A). j

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l Finally, I ask that you call me if you have any ) questions regardiog this request, i l Very truly yours, , dMWL f /N cinda E. Minton / ' l l l I m_}}