ML20217P011
| ML20217P011 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/22/1995 |
| From: | NRC |
| To: | NRC |
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| FOIA-99-336 NUDOCS 9910290185 | |
| Download: ML20217P011 (4) | |
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i MEETING
SUMMARY
h+e/ Time of Meetino:
February 22, 1995', 1:00 p.m.
Location of Meetina:
Two White Flint North Room T6A-1 Attendees:
The meeting was held at the request of the Department of Energy (
discuss disposal of tailings from the Naturii.a, Colorado Uranium Mi Radiation Control. Act of 1978 (UMTRCA) Title I site.
ngs Naturita were also in attendance.Umetco, the State of Colorado, U and the town of from the Naturita site in-a new impoundment to be constructe Burbank Quarry at the Umetco-Minerals Corp. (Umetco) UMTRCA Titl Uravan, CO.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff of their strong pr at disposal option.
DOE for Naturita tailings must be reviewed and concur i
requirements of Title I of UMTRCA.
i ways in which the NRC review and concurrence process could be e
00E questioned why NRC would not consider that the transfer of the tailings'to Uravan constituted completion of the UMTRCA Title I requir The tailings.and their disposal would then be regulated by Colorado ents.
Agreement State, under Title.II of UMTRCA.
as an DOE's primary concern wa,s that to
' prepare andLsupport the documents called for in the project.
e ay NRC explained that its reading of Title I required it to concur in the authority in either UMTRCA or the Atomic Energy A to delegate that concurrence to an Agreement State.
,(AEA) must concur in three 00E documents:responsibil niesLunder UMTP,CA a
, NRC a Remedial Action Plan Completion Report, and a Long-Term Surveillance Plan (LTSP) (RAP), a 00E'was conc'erned that the preparation of the RAP for disposal at Ura j
the potential for delaying.the process.
DOE stated that it would have to of 'a RAP similar to those provided for other Title I disp 1
n addressing the clean up of the disposal site has already hen prepare The RAP and received by NRC.
NRC suggested that the RAP for disposal does not necessarily need to be prepared by DOE or its primary Title I contractors.
prepared documentation for the State of Colorado that contains the sameUmetc information that would be in a RAP. NRC stated that DOE can use the documentation prepared by Umetco, as the RAP, proposed Upper Burbank Quarry design.
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NRC under a DOE cover letter, as the DOE RAP.
NRC agreed to expedite the review of the RAP, when received from 00E. NRC also agreed to discuss, and meet if necessary, with Colorado to help resolve technical issues about the site and the RAP.
j At the conclusion of the meeting, NRC and DOE representatives documented and signed a summary of the agreements reached in the meeting (Attachment 2).
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February 22, 1995 Agreements Reached g
contof*'k'C 1.
Under Title I of UMTRCA, NRC must concur in a Remed 1 Action Plan (RAP),
aCompletionReport,andaLong-TermSurveillancePJan(LTSP)foraDOE Title I remedial action.
NRC can not delegate its/ responsibilities to Colorado.
The RAP, Completion Report, and LTSP must come to NRC from DOE.
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DOE can use material prepared by Umetco in providing the required documents to NRC.
Specifically, if the report prepared by Umetco for Colorado is sufficient to show that the applicable Title I standards are met, DOE can send that to NRC, under a DOE cover letter, as the DOE RAP.
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NRC will expedite the review of the RAP and meet and discuss technical matters with Colorado to expedite the NRC RAP review.
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Joseph Holonich for NRC for DOE
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NRC/ DOE AIEETING ON NATURITA TAILINGS DISPOSAL OFI' IONS Afeeting Attendence List February 22,1995 NAME ORGANIZATION PHONE NUMBER Charlotte Abrams NRC-NMSS/DWM 301-415-5808 Carolyn Bean Town of Naturita 303-865-2877 l
Chuck Cormier DOE /AL-UMTRA 505-845-4039 Tom Crandall DOE /EM-451 301-427-1808 Jeffrey Deckler.
CDPHE 303-692-3387 Myron Fliegel NRC-NMSS/DWM/HLUR 301-415-6629 l
Robert L. Fonner NRC-OGC 301-415-1643 i.
John Greeves -
NRC-NMSS/DWM 301-415-6708 Joe Holonich NRC-NMSS/DWM/HLUR 301-415-6643 Windsor Laing Rep. Scott McInnis 202-225-4761 i
Keith Landolt DOE / Office of Chief Counsel 505-845-6940 i
Ralph G. Lightner DOE /EM-45 301-427-1787 i
l Dave Mathes DOE /EM-45 301-427-1806 l
Patrick Morgan UMETCO Minerals Corporation 203-794-6135 l
Curt Sealy UMETCO Minerals Corporation 303-245-3700 l
Don Simpson (via Telephone)
Colorado Dept. of Health 303-692-3066 l
Dennis Sollenberger NRC-OSP 301-415-2819 l
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