Press Release-I-01-017, NRC to Meet with New Jersey Company to Discuss Site Remediation Plans

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Press Release-I-01-017: NRC to Meet with New Jersey Company to Discuss Site Remediation Plans
ML010810185
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Issue date: 03/15/2001
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Press Release I-01-017
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 No. I-01-017 March 15, 2001 CONTACT: Diane Screnci (610)337-5330/ e-mail: dps@nrc.gov Neil A. Sheehan (610)337-5331/e-mail: nas@nrc.gov NRC TO MEET WITH NEW JERSEY COMPANY TO DISCUSS SITE REMEDIATION PLANS Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will meet with representatives of Heritage Mineral, Inc., on Tuesday, March 20, to discuss the status of cleanup plans at the Heritage Minerals site in Lakehurst, N.J.

The meeting, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will be held in the public meeting room at the NRC Region I office, 475 Allendale Road, in King of Prussia, Pa. It is open to the public for observation.

The site has been used for mining and processing local monazite ores to extract heavy minerals.

ASARCO, Inc., began operation at the site in 1973, followed by Heritage, which ceased processing operations in August 1990. The processing of the ores resulted in a waste pile containing natural thorium and uranium in sufficient quantities to require an NRC license. The company has begun decommissioning the site and will discuss plans to complete the process.