ML20237C529
| ML20237C529 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/26/1997 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20237C505 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-98-149, FOIA-98-A-9 NUDOCS 9808210252 | |
| Download: ML20237C529 (1) | |
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November 26, 1997 S*
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Chairman Jackson GNO-FROM:
Hugh L Thompson, Jr.
Deputy Execubve Direct Ftegulatory rog s
SUBJECT:
STATUS OF INTERACTI
, WITH THE ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, REGARDING THE PROPOSED ATLAS RECLAMATION Per your letter of September 5,1997 to Kathleen McGinty, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Qua ity (CEQ), I was designated as the NRC representative to CEQ led discussions of uranium mill tailings at the Atlas site in Moab, Utah. The purpose of this memorandum is to bring you up to-date on recent events related to the staff review of Atlas Corporation's proposed reclamation ofits uranium mill site near Moab, Utah. As a result of i
several meetings arranged by the Council on Environmental Quality, the three principal parties (the Department of the Interior, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Atlas) agreed to a l
data-collection and analysis effort consisting of five tasks to be performed by the Grand Junction office of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNUGJ). It was agreed that the ORNUGJ l
work will be completed within 60 days from receipt of funds, which occurred on November 10, 1997. A revised draft biological opinion will be prepared by the Fish and Wildlife Service within another 30 days, followed by a 10< fay comment period, with the final biological opinion (FBO) issued within another 30 days. The first four ORNUGJ tasks are being funded by the Department of Energy and involve data collection regarding the existing contaminant plume.
The last task, which NRC is funding, involves analysis to confirm the staff's eariier estimate of the seepage rate of contaminants from the tailings after stabilization. As a result of the l
agreements reached, FBO is planned to be issued by the end of March 1998. NRC would then be able to finalize and issue the Final Environmental Impact Statement by mid-summer.
The key personnel representing the various organizations involved in these discussions include:
(1) Mr. Bradley M. Campbell, Associate Director, CEQ,' (2) Ms. Molly McUsic, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of interior; (3) Mr. Daniel Berkowitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Policy and Budget, Department of Energy; (4) Mr. Richard E. Blubaugh, Vice President, Atlas Corporation, and (5) myself representing the NRC.
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