ML16153A207

E-mail U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor Environmental Assessment Review

ML16153A207
Person / Time
Site:	U.S. Geological Survey
Issue date:	05/27/2016
From:	Opila J State of CO, Dept of Public Health & Environment
To:	Wertz G A NRC/NRR/DPR/PRLB
Wertz G A
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TAC ME1593
Download: ML16153A207 (2)

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From: Opila - CDPHE, Jennifer To: Wertz, Geoffrey

Subject:

[External_Sender] Re: U.S. Geological Survey Research Reactor RE: State of Colorado Review of the draft Environmental Assessment Supporting License Renewal Date: Friday, May 27, 2016 11:13:20 AM Mr. Wertz, The contact information you have for me is correct.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this document.

I have no comments and agree with the NRC's determination that there are no significant environmental impacts from the

proposed action, and the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the

quality of the human environment.

Jennifer T. Opila, MPA Radiation Program Manager P 303-692-3403 l F 303-691-7841 l C 720-666-4074

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246-1530 jennifer.opila@state.co.us l www.colorado.gov/cdphe/radiation On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Wertz, Geoffrey <Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov

> wrote: Hello Ms. Jennifer Opila, This email is a follow-up to the voice message I left earlier today:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is nearing the completion of our review of the license renewal application (LRA) for the U.S. Geological Survey

TRIGA Research Reactor (GSTR) located on the property of the U.S. Denver

Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado.

The NRC review of the GSTR LRA includes the issuance of an Environmental Assessment (EA), which involves a

radiological review of the proposed continued operation of the GSTR facility for an

additional 20 years from issuance of the renewed license (which is anticipated later

this year).

One of the final steps in the EA development process is an opportunity for a review of the draft EA by the facility's state.

Please review the attached draft EA and contact me with any comments, questions or concerns.

We will attempt to resolve

any issues to your satisfaction in order obtain your acknowledgement that our EA is

acceptable.

We request an email response within 30-days in order to maintain our

review schedule.

Please note that your email response will be referenced in the

final EA and a copy of the email will be publicly-available in our document

management system in accordance with the NRC policy for openness.

Since the EA is pre-decisional (i.e., in draft form), we request that you do not release it to public.

A public version of the final EA will be noticed in the Federal

Register prior to the issuance of the renewed license.

Finally, for our records, please confirm the accuracy of the information below:

Jennifer Opila

, Program Manager Hazardous Materials & Waste Management Division Department of Public Health and Environment

HMWM-RAD-B2

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246-1530

PH (303)692-3403 FX (303)759-5355 Jennifer.opila@state.co.us Thanks in advance for your support.

Geoffrey A. Wertz, P.E.

Project Manager

Research and Test Reactors

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(301) 415-0893 geoffrey.wertz@nrc.gov