ML20248J412
| ML20248J412 | |
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| Issue date: | 06/02/1998 |
| From: | Huffert T NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | External (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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Dear Members of the ISCORS Sewage Subcommitt^e:
l I invite you to attend the next meeting of the ISCORS Sewage Subcommittee ^ to.
be held on June 9. 1998. from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
The meeting will be held at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.11555 Rockville Pike. Rockville.
Maryland in room 0-1F5.
The purpose of this subcommittee meeting is to discuss progress on the sewage
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sludge / ash survey and the guidance document for POTW operators. An agenda and the summary of the last subcommittee meeting are enclosed.
I look forward to meeting with you on June 9.
If you have any questions about
' the meeting, please call me at (301) 415-6416 or Bob Bastian at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency at (202) 260-7378.
Sincerely.
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Tony Huffert, Senior Health Physicist Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Dear Members of the ISCORS Sewage Subcommittee:
I invite you-to attend the next meeting of the ISCORS Sewage Subcommittee to be held on June 9, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The meetir,g will be held at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,11555 Rockville Pike. Rockville.
Maryland in room 0-1F5.
The purpose of this subcommittee meeting is to discuss progress on the sewage sludge / ash survey and the guidan;e document for POTW operators. An agenda and the summary of the last subcommittee meeting are enclosed.
I look foraard to meeting with you en June 9.
If you have any questions about the meeting, please call me at (301) 415-6416 or Bob Bastian at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency at (202) 260-7378.
Sincerely.
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Tony ffert.b or Health Physicist Low-evel Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Enclesures: As stated l
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Robert Bastian Office of Wastewater Management (4204) 401 M Street, S.W.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Washington.DC 20460 Loren Setlow Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (6602J)
U.S' Environme. ital Protection Agency 401 M Street S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
- Deborah Kopsick Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (6602J)
U.S.. Environmental Protection Agency
'401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460 Mark Doehnert
~ Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (6602J)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
.401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460 Roy Lovett' i
- Directorate for Safety and Engineering ATTN:
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Frederick, MD 21702-i James.Bachmaier U.S. : Department of Er.ergy Mail Stop'EH-412 1000. Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 l
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D'r. Jil'1 Lipoti. Assistant Director for Radiation Protection Programs Division of Environmental Safety. Health and Analytical Programs i
Department of Environmental Protection CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 j
Dale Condra Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education P.O. Box 117 Dak Ridge. TN 37831-0117 Dave Saunders U.S. Environmental Protection Agency /NAREL 540 iouth Morris Avenue Montgon.ery. AL 36116 l
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Enclosures ISCORS SEWAGE SUBCOMMITTEE AGENDA FOR June 9, 1998 MEETING SEWAGE SURVEY (9:00 to 10:15 am)
Status of OMB clearance (Nelson /Huffert)
Comparison of ORISE and NAREL results from test sites (Huffert, Abramson, Condra. Saunders)
Status of Quality Assurance Project Plan (Setlow)
Data sheets from AMSA survey for POTWs used as test cases in NRC/ EPA. survey (Bastian)
Confidentiality of POTWs/ flow of information (Bastian)
List of POTWs for. questionnaire (Bastian)
Briefing for ISCORS members on screenirig levels-(Bastian /Raddatz)
DOSE MODELING WORKING GROUP (10:15 to 10:30 am)
Status report (Setlow/ Powers /Mo)
BREAK.(10:30 to 10:40 am)
POW GUIDANCE DOCUMENT (10:40.to 11:50 am)
Comments on guidance document-(Bastian)
FUTURE ACTIONS-(11:50 to noon)
Summary of. action items' Schedule next subcommittee meeting 1
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DISr.LAIMER l
These ISCORS subcommittee meeting summaries result from interagency discussions.
The Sewage Subcommittee is composed of representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Department of Defense Department of Energy, and the State of New Jersey.
The subcommittee meeting summaries have not been approved by the respective federal agencies and do not represent the official position of any participating agency at this time.
ISCORS SEWAGE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
SUMMARY
Date:
May 6, 1998 Time:
9:00 am to noon Location:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Rockville, Maryland Attendees:
NRC:
Lee Abramson, Tony Huffert Tin Mo, Donna Moser, Robert Nelson, George Powers Charleen Raddatz ORISE: Dale Condra EPA:
Bob Bastian, Mark Doehnert, Loren Setlow, Behram Shroff NAREL: David Kappleman, David Saurders, Scott Telofski, Mary Wisdom Agenda:
Sewage survey Guidance document Summary:
Tony Huffert discussed the ongoing analysis of the results from the test sites.
Dale Condra and Scott Telofski summarized the results of their analyses on single-sample heterogeneity and overall data agreement between the i
laboratories, respectively Dale Condra will send the results of his analysis to NAREL. EPA requested a copy of Lee Abramson's statistical analysis of the test site data.
Lee Abramson suggested that additional information be provided for statistical analyses, such as estimates of sample heterogeneity and systematic differences between laboratories.
In this regard, Mark L
Doehnert recommended that the subcommittee consider developing a 0 APP for l
. assessing the data.
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It was proposed that an independent laboratory send spiked sewage samples to ORISE and NAREL for analysis.
The goal would be to check laboratory performance in 61alyzing samples in a sewage matrix and to resolve questions about sample heterogeneity influencing the test site data.
EPA staff recommende'd that the subcommittee rely on the U.S. DOE / Environmental Measurements Laboratory's (EML) 0AP studies instead of sending spiked sewage samples to ORISE and NAREL for analysis.
Both laboratories agreed to examine the sample matrices and radionuclides supplied in the EML OAP and determine their applicability in gauging laboratory performance for the sewage survey.
Regarding OMB clearance of the sewage survey. OMB completed its initial review in April, but requested' additional information on six minor issues before.
j granting formal clearance. Robert Nelson discussed OMB's requests and stated that NRC has assigned a high priority to the response.
The information OMB requested is listed below:
submit a copy of the revised sampling protocol; confirm in wr"
+ hat two POTW representatives will participate on the ISCORS Sewer -vu;nenittee:
provide more detail en the practical utility of the survey (i.e., how
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NRC will use the results to support rulemaking):
' explain the reason for deleting tritium analyses during the survey:
confirm that a letter will be sent to those POTWs to which questionnaires are sent but not selected for analysis of samples: and
' commit to send a copy of the final report to the POTWs that are sampled.
- Loren Setlow and Mary Wisdom summarized the status of the Quality Assurance Project' Plan (0 APP) for the survey.
Loren Setlow is reviewing NRC and other comments on the OAPP and will forward the results of his' review to Mary Wisdom.
Regarding coordination with AMSA and WEF. Bob Bastian will develop a letter inviting two designated AMSA representatives to participate in the Sewage:
Subcommittee meetings.
NRC staff requested that NRC concur on the letter.
It was agreed that the designees would be invited to the next Sewage Subcommittee
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As a fo'llow-up to the ISCORS meeting on March 12. 1998, NRC and EPA staff recently assembled a draft list of reference radionuclides concentrations to determine which survey results are elevated.
The subcommittee members agreed to discuss the draft table in a telephone conference during the week of May 18, 1998.
Loren Setlow summarized the progress of EPA's NORM contractor in assembling a list of POTWs associated with industries that discharge radionuclides, but are not NRC licensees and POTWs in high NORM areas.
The contractor will also review and recommend changes to the draft POTW guidance document.
Loren Setlow will send a copy of the Statement of Work for these tasks to NRC (Huffert).
In turn, NRC (Abramson) will send EPA (Setlow) a copy of NRC's Statement of Work developed for obtaining statistics technical assistance during the sewage survey.
The dose modeling working group did not meet in April, but agreed to meet during the weck of May 18, 1998. George Powers Tin Mo, and Loren Setlow will participate in the discussions.
The next subcommittee meeting will be held at NRC in Rockville, Maryland on June 9, 1998. At this meeting, the subcommittee will discuss the report on the test sites, the status of OMB clearance, the list of POTWs to be sent the questionnaire, comments on the guidance document. the results of the dose modeling working group meeting, and the status of the table of reference radionuclides values.
Action Items:
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Tony Huffert will respond to OMB's request for additional information on the sewage survey.
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Lee Abramson will submit to EPA a copy of his statistical analysis of the test site data and the Statement of Work he developed for obtaining statistics technical assistance during the sewage survey.
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Dale Condra will send to NAREL the results of his sample heterogeneity analysis and the revised data on plet:nium analysis.
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Dale Condra and Dave Saunders will review data from the EML QAP and determine whether the sample matrix and radionuclides are applicable in gauging laboratory performance for the sewage survey.
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Loren Setlow and Mary Wisdom will continue to review and incorporate comments on the OAPP.
Action Items: (continued)
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Bob Bastian wi_11 develop and submit to NRC for concurrence a letter inviting two designated AMSA representatives to participate in the Seware Subcommittee meetings.
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Loren-Setlow and Charleen Raddatz will schedule a conference call for the' week of May 11. 1998, to discuss the table of reference radionuclides concentration.s.
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Loren Setlow will send a copy of the applicable Statement of Work for
. EPA's NORM contractor to Tony Huffert.
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George Powers. Tin Mo. and'Loren Setlow will meet to discuss. dose ~
modeling during the week of May B,1998.
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Since DCD and DOE-representatives did not attend this meeting.:000 and DOE will suomit at the next subcommittee meeting the' lists of POTWs associated with their agencies' facilities (or lists of the D00 and DOE-facilities so Bob Bastian can identify the POTWs).
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