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| US ECOLOGY INC. SHEFFIELD, ILLIN0IS LOW-LEVEL WASTE BURIAL SITE By letter dated July 10,1985 (copy enclosed) Dr. Terry Lash, Director, IDNS recuested of Mr. Larry Tcler, District Chief, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that all USGS structures on the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility (LLWDF) be removed or decommissioned by October 31, 1985. | | US ECOLOGY INC. SHEFFIELD, ILLIN0IS LOW-LEVEL WASTE BURIAL SITE By {{letter dated|date=July 10, 1985|text=letter dated July 10,1985}} (copy enclosed) Dr. Terry Lash, Director, IDNS recuested of Mr. Larry Tcler, District Chief, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that all USGS structures on the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility (LLWDF) be removed or decommissioned by October 31, 1985. |
| This recuest was made of USGS without the knowledge or consent of the U.S. | | This recuest was made of USGS without the knowledge or consent of the U.S. |
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| ==Dear Larry:== | | ==Dear Larry:== |
| The Department is actively pursuing decommissioning of the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal site. While the steps necessary to accomplish this decommissioning are still being negotiated by the Department, US Ecology and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC), it is likely that application of a final cap will be required. This will necessitate removal of all structures on the site, in order to eliminate all controllable releases of e M ionuclides. One structure which concerns the Department is the tunnel built by the United States Geological Suryey (USGS) which has been proven to be a conduit for releases of radionuclides,. | | The Department is actively pursuing decommissioning of the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal site. While the steps necessary to accomplish this decommissioning are still being negotiated by the Department, US Ecology and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC), it is likely that application of a final cap will be required. This will necessitate removal of all structures on the site, in order to eliminate all controllable releases of e M ionuclides. One structure which concerns the Department is the tunnel built by the United States Geological Suryey (USGS) which has been proven to be a conduit for releases of radionuclides,. |
| In a letter dated April 17,1978 (copy attached), J.S. Cragwell, Jr., | | In a {{letter dated|date=April 17, 1978|text=letter dated April 17,1978}} (copy attached), J.S. Cragwell, Jr., |
| Chief Hydrologist for USGS made a commitment to use "the best available technology to remove and plug" any USGS structures on the Sheffield site. | | Chief Hydrologist for USGS made a commitment to use "the best available technology to remove and plug" any USGS structures on the Sheffield site. |
| This would include observation wells, the tunnel, and any and all support structures. Since the studies that use these structures will be completed in September,1985, I am requesting that these structures be removed and plugged to prevent the possibility of unnecessary leakage of radionuclides. I am : | | This would include observation wells, the tunnel, and any and all support structures. Since the studies that use these structures will be completed in September,1985, I am requesting that these structures be removed and plugged to prevent the possibility of unnecessary leakage of radionuclides. I am : |
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Category:CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS
MONTHYEARML20126L9041992-07-0808 July 1992 Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents.App F Records Already Available in Pdr.Forwards App G Records Being Made Available in Pdr.Portions of App H Records & All App I Records Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 5 & 6) ML20126A7441992-06-18018 June 1992 Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Encl App C Documents Are Being Made Available in PDR ML20125B1471992-06-17017 June 1992 Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Matter of Us Ecology,Inc.Forwards Documents Listed in App a Which Are Already Available in Pdr.Documents Listed in App B Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 6) ML20244B1901989-04-13013 April 1989 Final Response to FOIA Request for Records.App a Records Encl & Available in PDR ML20195H4811988-06-0808 June 1988 Forwards Draft Memo Re Closure Issues Pertaining to Sheffield Low Level Waste Disposal Site & Draft Technical Position Paper on Environ Monitoring of Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities,Per Request.W/O Encl ML20238F3451987-09-10010 September 1987 Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Maxey Flat Waste Disposal Site.Forwards App K & L Documents.Documents Also Available in Pdr.App L & M Documents Partially & Totally Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5),respectively ML20236E0701987-07-28028 July 1987 Partial Response to FOIA Request.App I Documents Re Maxey Flats Low Level Nuclear Waste Burial Site,Encl & Being Made Available in PDR ML20235N7931987-07-0606 July 1987 Forwards General NRC Comments on Draft Remedial Investigation Rept for Sheffield Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. Info About Status of Remedial Investigations & Actions at Sheffield Chemical Site Will Be Appreciated ML20214T1121987-06-0505 June 1987 Submits Citation to Footnote 19,omitted from Staff 870528 Motion to Terminate Proceeding ML20214T2331987-06-0202 June 1987 Advises That Staff 870528 Motion to Terminate Proceeding Contained Three Citation & Punctuation Errors as Stated ML20209E8291987-04-24024 April 1987 Forwards Corrected Version of NRC 870424 Response to Us Ecology Motion for Sanctions & Other Relief.Version Corrects Omission of Line Between Bottom of Page 2 & Top of Page 3 ML20206T3231987-04-16016 April 1987 Advises That State of Il Intends to File Response Under Provisions of 10CFR2.762 to Us Ecology,Inc 870316 Brief in Support of Appeal of Final Decision.Nrc Response to Appeal Brief Will Be Submitted by 870611 ML20212R6731987-01-28028 January 1987 Forwards 870121 Fr Notice,Revising Due Date for Comments on Assessment of Proposed Agreement Between NRC & State of Il. Agreement May Be Executed as Early as 870301 ML20214A7161986-11-12012 November 1986 Advises That 861110 Response Opposing Us Ecology Motion for Summary Disposition Filed w/out-of-date Svc List.Pleading re-served to Correct Svc List.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20215E4801986-08-18018 August 1986 Discusses 860818 Visit to Sheffield Low Level Waste Disposal Site.Appreciation Expressed for Cooperation & Assistance. Detailed Notes Encl ML20197H0341986-04-0909 April 1986 Forwards Final Results of Reconnaissance Evaluation of Hazardous Chemical Migration in Groundwater in Vicinity of Two Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities & Results of Sept 1985 Groundwater Sampling & Analysis,Sheffield,Il ML20197H1181986-04-0707 April 1986 Forwards ORNL Final Ltr Rept, Results of Sept 1985 Groundwater Sampling & Analysis,Sheffield,Il ML20133N3161985-10-0404 October 1985 Requests Monthly & Quarterly Results of Environ Monitoring for Trench Sumps,Ltr Series Wells & Chemical Waste Disposal Facility Licensed by IEPA & Any Results of Analyses Samples from Wells Adjacent to Unlicensed Chemical Facility ML20133D4451985-09-26026 September 1985 Responds to FOIA Request for Info on J Neel & D Gravely Association W/Listed Companies Re Maxey Flats Nuclear Disposal Area.Forwards App B Documents.App a & B Documents Available in PDR ML20135B0111985-08-16016 August 1985 Informs That Decommissioning Activities Not Already Authorized by Existing License or by Commission Regulations Should Not Take Place W/O Prior NRC Approval,Per State of Il,Dept of Nuclear Safety Encl 850710 Request to USGS ML20127P5381985-06-13013 June 1985 Requests Reconsideration of Restriction of Technical Info Exchange Between State of Il & NRC Re Sheffield,Il Radwaste Disposal Site.Restriction Counterproductive ML20132F9611985-04-15015 April 1985 Forwards ORNL 850206 Preliminary Results from Sampling at Sheffield Low Level Radwaste Disposal Site.Rept Covers EPA Proposed Method 8600 for Organic Constituent Screening. Schedule for Future Licensing Activities Requested ML20054H8461982-05-11011 May 1982 Responds to 820407 Request Re BNL Site Visit to Take Trench Sump Water Samples ML20054J4421982-05-11011 May 1982 Confirms 820511 Telcon Agreement That BNL Will Obtain Soil Samples & Perform Necessary Soil Tests at Sheffield Site on 820512-13 ML20126L3651981-05-28028 May 1981 Responds to Re Adequacy of Us Ecology Trench Capping Proposal.Request for Info Necessary for Full Evaluation of Proposal Encl ML20126D9011980-07-31031 July 1980 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violation Noted in IE Insp of License 13-10042-01 Discussed in NRC ML20136B8361979-07-0505 July 1979 Responds to Re Location of Waste Disposal Sites. NRC Licenses Six Commercial low-level Waste Facilities. Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Stored at Commercial Power Plants Around Country ML20136A9951979-06-0707 June 1979 Responds to Re B Ellis Concerns About Facility. No Wastes Have Been Buried at Site Since April 1978 & Evaluation & Planning for long-term Safety Site Are Underway.Discusses State Monitoring Responsibility ML20136A7861979-04-0606 April 1979 Forwards IE Insp Rept 27-0039/79-02 on 790309,16,21-23 & 29 ML20147H1601978-12-15015 December 1978 Requests Info Re Existing low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Near Sheffield,Il Operated by Nuc Engr Co.Info Incl:Location of Buried Chem Wastes,Vol & Types of Chem Buried & Ground Water Observation at Chem Site ML20147G8971978-12-0505 December 1978 Ack Recipt of 780920 Proposed Site Utilization Plan & 780825 Submittal of Expansion Area Field Data.Requests Info Proving Site Acceptability for Storing Radionuclides,Since NRC Finds Trench Bottoms Near Shale Are Unaccepatble ML20126M0481978-04-10010 April 1978 Forwards Extract of SRM & Staff Paper (SECY-A-78-17) on Sheffield Waste Disposal Case for Formal Placement in PDR ML20132A4611978-03-28028 March 1978 Responds to Ltr from L Wiklund Re Comments on Lic Amend for Sheffield Facil.Repts No Pub Health & Safety Problems Have Been Identified Due to Oper of Sheffield Site ML20133D4571976-09-21021 September 1976 Authorizes Use of Trench 18 for Burial of Radwaste Subj to Listed Conditions,Per 760903 Meeting & Jul 1976 Rept. Le Stratton to Jn Neel Encl 1992-07-08
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MONTHYEARML20244B1901989-04-13013 April 1989 Final Response to FOIA Request for Records.App a Records Encl & Available in PDR ML20195H4811988-06-0808 June 1988 Forwards Draft Memo Re Closure Issues Pertaining to Sheffield Low Level Waste Disposal Site & Draft Technical Position Paper on Environ Monitoring of Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities,Per Request.W/O Encl ML20197H0341986-04-0909 April 1986 Forwards Final Results of Reconnaissance Evaluation of Hazardous Chemical Migration in Groundwater in Vicinity of Two Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities & Results of Sept 1985 Groundwater Sampling & Analysis,Sheffield,Il ML20135B0111985-08-16016 August 1985 Informs That Decommissioning Activities Not Already Authorized by Existing License or by Commission Regulations Should Not Take Place W/O Prior NRC Approval,Per State of Il,Dept of Nuclear Safety Encl 850710 Request to USGS ML20132F9611985-04-15015 April 1985 Forwards ORNL 850206 Preliminary Results from Sampling at Sheffield Low Level Radwaste Disposal Site.Rept Covers EPA Proposed Method 8600 for Organic Constituent Screening. Schedule for Future Licensing Activities Requested ML20147H1601978-12-15015 December 1978 Requests Info Re Existing low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Near Sheffield,Il Operated by Nuc Engr Co.Info Incl:Location of Buried Chem Wastes,Vol & Types of Chem Buried & Ground Water Observation at Chem Site 1989-04-13
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MONTHYEARML20126L9041992-07-0808 July 1992 Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents.App F Records Already Available in Pdr.Forwards App G Records Being Made Available in Pdr.Portions of App H Records & All App I Records Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 5 & 6) ML20126A7441992-06-18018 June 1992 Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Encl App C Documents Are Being Made Available in PDR ML20125B1471992-06-17017 June 1992 Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Matter of Us Ecology,Inc.Forwards Documents Listed in App a Which Are Already Available in Pdr.Documents Listed in App B Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 6) ML20244B1901989-04-13013 April 1989 Final Response to FOIA Request for Records.App a Records Encl & Available in PDR ML20195H4811988-06-0808 June 1988 Forwards Draft Memo Re Closure Issues Pertaining to Sheffield Low Level Waste Disposal Site & Draft Technical Position Paper on Environ Monitoring of Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities,Per Request.W/O Encl ML20238F3451987-09-10010 September 1987 Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Maxey Flat Waste Disposal Site.Forwards App K & L Documents.Documents Also Available in Pdr.App L & M Documents Partially & Totally Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5),respectively ML20236E0701987-07-28028 July 1987 Partial Response to FOIA Request.App I Documents Re Maxey Flats Low Level Nuclear Waste Burial Site,Encl & Being Made Available in PDR ML20235N7931987-07-0606 July 1987 Forwards General NRC Comments on Draft Remedial Investigation Rept for Sheffield Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. Info About Status of Remedial Investigations & Actions at Sheffield Chemical Site Will Be Appreciated ML20215E4801986-08-18018 August 1986 Discusses 860818 Visit to Sheffield Low Level Waste Disposal Site.Appreciation Expressed for Cooperation & Assistance. Detailed Notes Encl ML20197H0341986-04-0909 April 1986 Forwards Final Results of Reconnaissance Evaluation of Hazardous Chemical Migration in Groundwater in Vicinity of Two Low Level Radwaste Disposal Facilities & Results of Sept 1985 Groundwater Sampling & Analysis,Sheffield,Il ML20197H1181986-04-0707 April 1986 Forwards ORNL Final Ltr Rept, Results of Sept 1985 Groundwater Sampling & Analysis,Sheffield,Il ML20133N3161985-10-0404 October 1985 Requests Monthly & Quarterly Results of Environ Monitoring for Trench Sumps,Ltr Series Wells & Chemical Waste Disposal Facility Licensed by IEPA & Any Results of Analyses Samples from Wells Adjacent to Unlicensed Chemical Facility ML20133D4451985-09-26026 September 1985 Responds to FOIA Request for Info on J Neel & D Gravely Association W/Listed Companies Re Maxey Flats Nuclear Disposal Area.Forwards App B Documents.App a & B Documents Available in PDR ML20135B0111985-08-16016 August 1985 Informs That Decommissioning Activities Not Already Authorized by Existing License or by Commission Regulations Should Not Take Place W/O Prior NRC Approval,Per State of Il,Dept of Nuclear Safety Encl 850710 Request to USGS ML20127P5381985-06-13013 June 1985 Requests Reconsideration of Restriction of Technical Info Exchange Between State of Il & NRC Re Sheffield,Il Radwaste Disposal Site.Restriction Counterproductive ML20132F9611985-04-15015 April 1985 Forwards ORNL 850206 Preliminary Results from Sampling at Sheffield Low Level Radwaste Disposal Site.Rept Covers EPA Proposed Method 8600 for Organic Constituent Screening. Schedule for Future Licensing Activities Requested ML20054J4421982-05-11011 May 1982 Confirms 820511 Telcon Agreement That BNL Will Obtain Soil Samples & Perform Necessary Soil Tests at Sheffield Site on 820512-13 ML20054H8461982-05-11011 May 1982 Responds to 820407 Request Re BNL Site Visit to Take Trench Sump Water Samples ML20126L3651981-05-28028 May 1981 Responds to Re Adequacy of Us Ecology Trench Capping Proposal.Request for Info Necessary for Full Evaluation of Proposal Encl ML20126D9011980-07-31031 July 1980 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violation Noted in IE Insp of License 13-10042-01 Discussed in NRC ML20136B8361979-07-0505 July 1979 Responds to Re Location of Waste Disposal Sites. NRC Licenses Six Commercial low-level Waste Facilities. Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Stored at Commercial Power Plants Around Country ML20136A9951979-06-0707 June 1979 Responds to Re B Ellis Concerns About Facility. No Wastes Have Been Buried at Site Since April 1978 & Evaluation & Planning for long-term Safety Site Are Underway.Discusses State Monitoring Responsibility ML20136A7861979-04-0606 April 1979 Forwards IE Insp Rept 27-0039/79-02 on 790309,16,21-23 & 29 ML20147H1601978-12-15015 December 1978 Requests Info Re Existing low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Near Sheffield,Il Operated by Nuc Engr Co.Info Incl:Location of Buried Chem Wastes,Vol & Types of Chem Buried & Ground Water Observation at Chem Site ML20147G8971978-12-0505 December 1978 Ack Recipt of 780920 Proposed Site Utilization Plan & 780825 Submittal of Expansion Area Field Data.Requests Info Proving Site Acceptability for Storing Radionuclides,Since NRC Finds Trench Bottoms Near Shale Are Unaccepatble ML20126M0481978-04-10010 April 1978 Forwards Extract of SRM & Staff Paper (SECY-A-78-17) on Sheffield Waste Disposal Case for Formal Placement in PDR ML20132A4611978-03-28028 March 1978 Responds to Ltr from L Wiklund Re Comments on Lic Amend for Sheffield Facil.Repts No Pub Health & Safety Problems Have Been Identified Due to Oper of Sheffield Site ML20133D4571976-09-21021 September 1976 Authorizes Use of Trench 18 for Burial of Radwaste Subj to Listed Conditions,Per 760903 Meeting & Jul 1976 Rept. 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Assistant Attorney General Environ;r. ental Control Division 10D Wu t Randolph Street, 13th Floor Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Mr. Moran:
SUBJECT:
US ECOLOGY INC. SHEFFIELD, ILLIN0IS LOW-LEVEL WASTE BURIAL SITE By letter dated July 10,1985 (copy enclosed) Dr. Terry Lash, Director, IDNS recuested of Mr. Larry Tcler, District Chief, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that all USGS structures on the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility (LLWDF) be removed or decommissioned by October 31, 1985.
This recuest was made of USGS without the knowledge or consent of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC).
I remind you, and hope that you will remind Dr.' Lash, that the NRC continues to be the primary regulatory authority for the Sneffield LLWDF. Further, as you well know, there is currently a legal proceeding before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board involving decommissioning to which the State of Illinois, the NRC and the site licensee, US Ecology Inc., are parties. For these reasons the NRC has a regulatory interest in any decommissioning activities associated with Sheffield. We are disturbed that IDNS has chosen to make this request of USGS without consultation with the NRC.
Decommissioning activities that are not already authorized by the existing 11.ms: Or ':j Cacdz;b, a:s ',etion3 stivoid not take piace without prior NRL approval.
In particular, some of the facilities which would be decommissioned as a result of Dr. Lash's request, particularly USGS monitoring wells, are, in the opinion of the NRC staff, an integral part of the post-closure activities associated with site decommissioning. The NRC's mandate for pr:to:tkr # pdlic health and safety, and the environment therefore dictates that we exercise our regulatory authority and not approve the removal of any facilities that we deem necessary for the protection of public health and safety.
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i Members of the NRC staff met with the USGS Office of Hazardous Waste Hydrology in Feston, VA on July 30, 1985. The staff indicated to USGS which of their monitoring locations are considered by NRC to be an integral part of the site closure plan. This information is attached.
I look forward to your full cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions about the contents of this letter please do not hesitate to contact me.
4 Sincerely, Robert L. Fonner, Deputy Director Regulations Division Office of the Executive Legal Director Counsel to NRC Staff
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- 1. Ltr to L. Toler from T. Lash dtd 7/10/85
- 2. USGS Monitoring Well Locations cc. Dr. Terry R. Lash
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STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPART.TIENT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY tc35 OUTER PARK DRIVE SPRINGFIELD 62704 (217) 546-8100 TE=Av R Lt ss DAN L. WILUAMs D aE *U oE*UTY olRECTOR July 10, 1985 Mr. Larry Toler, District Chief United States Geological Survey 102 East Main Street, 4th Floor Urbana, IL 61801
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Dear Larry:
The Department is actively pursuing decommissioning of the Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal site. While the steps necessary to accomplish this decommissioning are still being negotiated by the Department, US Ecology and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC), it is likely that application of a final cap will be required. This will necessitate removal of all structures on the site, in order to eliminate all controllable releases of e M ionuclides. One structure which concerns the Department is the tunnel built by the United States Geological Suryey (USGS) which has been proven to be a conduit for releases of radionuclides,.
In a letter dated April 17,1978 (copy attached), J.S. Cragwell, Jr.,
Chief Hydrologist for USGS made a commitment to use "the best available technology to remove and plug" any USGS structures on the Sheffield site.
This would include observation wells, the tunnel, and any and all support structures. Since the studies that use these structures will be completed in September,1985, I am requesting that these structures be removed and plugged to prevent the possibility of unnecessary leakage of radionuclides. I am :
further requesting that these activities be completed by the end of October, '
1985.
In this regard, please submit within 60 days to this Department a plan for removing and plugging the USGS structures on the Sheffield site. This plan should provide detailed information on the technologies you plan to use to accomplish this task.
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". July 10, 1985 If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. David Flynn of the Department's Office of Environmental Safety. Thank you for your continued cooperation.
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USGS Monitoring Well Locations Considered to be an Integral Part of Post Closure Monitoring and Surveillance of the Sheffield LLWDF USGS Well Number Location 511 or 548 West of Site 519 Vic. Tr. 18 520 Vic. Tr. 18 513 North of Site 514 North of Site 515 North of Site 518 North of Site 554,555,556,557,516(oneonly) North of Site 535 or 55.' North of T-23 539 or 538 North of T-14 549 or 529 South of T-14 531 South of SW Corner 530 South of Trench 11 510 South of SW Corner 523 South of. Trench 11 524 South of Trench 11 527 South of Trench 11 l 537 East of Site 504 East of Site 505 East of Site 564 NE of Site 5-6 Wells in Preferential Migration Pathway NE of Site 3-4 Wells, including 602, between SE corner of site and strip mine pond Note: These USGS wells in conjunction with other wells on and in the vicin!ty of site would be part of a post closure monitoring plan. Sampling locations may be reduced at the end of a post-closure observation period.
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