ML18029A072

FOIA/PA-2017-0581 - Resp 3 - Final, Agency Records Subject to the Request Are Enclosed. (9612060170)

ML18029A072
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Issue date:	01/17/2018
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Hampton Newsome WNP9.DMS4, WNP9.PHL 10/29/96 10:46am Tonowanda Letter Attached is the c:kle tewrite of the placeholder letter to FACTS on Tonowanda.

Please let me know if you see any significant problems with it. Otherwise, we have no ltgel obJec11on to *aendinl II out Thanks. CC: FXC 9612060170 961112 PDR STPRQ ESQQEN PDR ' sl .. * * * ,, * * * ' ' ' ' ,, ' ' . . ' 1 / 11' ' ' ' * ' * ' ' I ' ,'I ' I * "

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,..,._,,.,1 Aprt 1 23, 1996 Paul J. Merges, Ph.D. Chief, Bureau of Pestfcfdes

& Radtatfon Of~tston of Solid & Hazardous Materials New York State Oeparblent of Envfronaental Conservation SO Wo 1 f Road, ROOIII 402 Albany, NY 12233-7255

Dear Dr. Merges:

In your letter dated February 29, 1996, you requested that we provide a wrftten response either conffnning your understanding of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory COlllfssfon's (NRC) posftfon relative to exercising fts regulatory control over Atoafc Energy Act (AEA) Section lle(2) 11aterfal, or explain the NRC's role and practice relative to this material.

The current NRC practice of not licensing 1,1?;gt~rhls at fonully Utilized Sites Rlllldtal Action Program (FUSRAP) sites has ~e.n the NRC's practice since the creation of the NRC in 1975. We are cut"rently searching the archives for the fo~l docueentation of this practice.

This letter will serve as an interi* response to your request until that information becoaes avail4ble.

Relative to the Section lle(2) material you described, ind the conditions under which ft currently is situated in a Tonawanda, New York landfill, we believe the material in question does not represent an iaaediate health and safety hazard. We acknowledge that, under the Agreement between the NRC and New York, you do not exercise total regulatory jurisdiction over the Material.

However, the State has regulatory authority over radtological constituents other than lle(2) miterial, non-AEA 1111terial, and non-radiological constituents, and should take action dee111ed appropriate to protect the health and safety of the public. This includes evaluating potent;ally hatardous environaentae conditions at the site and exerting ippropriate controls until the U.S. Department of Energy colll)let1s its responsibilities under FUSRAP. If you have any questions, please contact ine. Sincerely,~

~~"~t: -~/'°rdon gional State Agree111ents Officer cc: R. Kfrk, US DOE R. Aldrich, NYS Oepartaent of Labor K. Rtaawi, NYS Energy Research & Development Authority H. Surgin, NYS OepartS11nt of Law