ML20238E031
| ML20238E031 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/14/1986 |
| From: | Browning R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Philips J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
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| ML20238E005 | List: |
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| FOIA-87-506 NUDOCS 8709140069 | |
| Download: ML20238E031 (2) | |
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L' AUG I4 893 MEMORANDUM FOR:
John Philips, Chief Rules and Procedures Branch Division of Rules and Records
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Office of Administration FROM:
Robert E. Browning, Director Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
. POLICY STATEMENT ON RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE BELOW REGULATORY I
. CONCERN,~SECY-86-204 Enclosed is a notice for publication in the Federal Register.
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directed changes concerning an advance notice of proposed rtilemaking and Commission approval of proposed and final rules have.been made. Enclosure 1 is the notice for forwarding to SECY for signature.
Congressional letters are enclosed to be forwarded to Congressional Affairs (CA).
We understand that CA will hold the letters _until they receive a signed copy of the notice'from SECY and then dispatch them.
N Please inforn Public; Affairs when the notice is to be published so that they can-forward the notige to editors.
.The only date inserfion is on the second page in the "Date" section.
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the Federal Register to facilitate copying for distribution to licensees, states, and others as indicated in SECY-86-204.
$"dYhYh Robert E. Browning, Director Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safepuards
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f i pg.cv Statement on' Radioactive Was'.e Below Reoulatory Concern ib 4fL lhe Commission pMicy statement concerning~ radioactive waste below regulatory i
' concern should be published the weel of September 1,1986 in the Federal i
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cNasteManagementatkended'nadhocindustrymeetingonAugust 21, 1986 in a
.'olumbia, Maryland.
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' Edison' Electric Institute, and Atomic '1'naustrial Forum) met to discuss the f
industry's interest in generic rulemakiob to permit the disposal of
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particular very low-level waste streams from nuclear power piants (e.g.,
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i compacted trash, fsecondary resins or contaminated soils). > Waste Management
, briefed the. attendees on the policy statement and staff implementation plan.
s' The attendees seemed to be very interested in both petitions for rulemaking and-individual proposals for_ alternative disposel methods under 10 CFR 20.302.
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FBI Criminal Histary Rule
, g. y OnAugust18thifr.WilliamMcDonald,DeputyEDO,(Infor$ationResources 1
l' Management), and' representatives from NM55, SEC, GC, and RM met with the FBI to discuss interface processing requirements / reimbursement procedures, and FBI l
' comments on the draft NRC rule.
It was decenthnd that electronic processing was impractical.
A subsequent meeting of KRC staff was held on August 19th to discuss draft procedures for handling and tracking the status of incoming fingerprint carVs.
In a related matter, GC will pursue initiating an t
amendment to the FY87 Appropriations Act to enable NRC to receive fees from licensees, retain a portion of our costs and r% imburse the FBI for theirs.
SeouoyahFuelsCorporation, Gore,Okikhoma i
.On. July 18, 1986, Sequoyan fuels Corporation (SFC) requested approval to perform limited cleanup activities a3 the Sficryah Fuel Facility near Gore, I
This request was based on the need to reduce liquid inventories to i
allow accfss to equipment for essential' maintenance and repair.
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these inventories yeuld also allow SFC to resum decontamination activities l
which had been stopped because of lack of storage space for the liquid generated during cleanup.
After discussions with Region IV, EPA and the State i
of Oklahoma, the AM55 staff, agreed on August 22, 1986, to allow limited i
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