[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66996-66997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31298]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Notice of Contaminated Sites Listed in NRC Site Decommissioning
Management Plan
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public about the list of contaminated
sites in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Site Decommissioning
Management Plan (SDMP). One of the objectives of the SDMP is to promote
timely and safe decommissioning of contaminated sites that warrant
special NRC oversight because they pose unique or complex
decommissioning issues. NRC established the SDMP in 1990 and updated it
annually thereafter. NRC recently published an updated version of the
SDMP in NUREG-1444 (``Site Decommissioning Management Plan,'' NUREG-
1444, Supplement 1, November 1995).
There are currently 47 sites listed in the SDMP. The table at the
end of this notice provides the current list of SDMP sites by site name
and location. Since 1990, nine sites have been removed from the SDMP
after successfully completing remediation, NRC deferral of oversight to
other agencies, or an NRC determination that the site was not subject
to NRC licensing.
Sites listed in the SDMP vary in degree of radiological hazard,
decommissioning complexity, and cost. Some sites comprise tens of acres
that require assessment for radiological contamination, whereas other
sites have contamination known to be limited to individual buildings or
discrete piles of waste or contaminated soil. Many sites involve active
licenses, but some sites were formerly licensed. SDMP sites also vary
in degree of completion of decommissioning. At some sites, little or no
decontamination work has been done. At other sites on the list,
decommissioning is essentially complete and license termination or site
release is in the offing.
Sites are added to the list if they satisfy one or more of the
following criteria:
(1) Problems with the viability of the responsible organization
(e.g., inability to pay for or unwillingness to perform
decommissioning);
(2) Presence of large amounts of soil contamination or unused
settling ponds or burial grounds that may be difficult to dispose of;
(3) Long-term presence of contaminated, unused facility buildings;
(4) Previously terminated license; or
(5) Contamination or potential contamination of the groundwater
from onsite wastes.
In reviewing the sites against these criteria, the NRC staff also
considers the projected duration of necessary decommissioning actions
and the willingness of the responsible organization to complete these
actions in a timely manner.
Sites are removed from the list if they meet one or more of the
following criteria:
(1) The license has been terminated after acceptable remediation;
(2) For operating sites that have an inactive, contaminated portion
of the site (e.g., contaminated, inactive settling pond or building or
a large volume of contaminated soil), remediation of the area has been
completed and the license has been modified to reflect the remediation;
(3) For unlicensed sites, acceptable remediation has been completed
and the responsible party has been notified; or
(4) Regulatory jurisdiction and oversight are completely assumed by
an Agreement State (a State that has signed an agreement with the NRC
to regulate nuclear materials under section 274 of the Atomic Energy
Act) or by another State or Federal agency (e.g., the Environmental
Protection Agency).
NRC routinely notices removal of sites from the SDMP in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Fauver, Sr. Project Manager,
Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of Waste
Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7F27,
Washington, DC 20555, Telephone: (301) 415-6625.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day of December, 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael F. Weber,
Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division of
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Table 1.--Site Decommissioning Management Plan Site List
Advanced Medical Systems, Inc.; Cleveland, OH
Aluminum Company of America; Cleveland, OH
Anne Arundel County/Curtis Bay; Anne Arundel County, MD
Army, Department of, Aberdeen Proving Ground; Aberdeen, MD
Army, Department of, Jefferson Proving Ground; Jefferson, IN
Babcock & Wilcox; Apollo, PA
Babcock & Wilcox; Parks Township, PA
BP Chemicals America, Inc.; Lima, OH
Brooks & Perkins; Detroit, MI
Brooks & Perkins; Livonia, MI
Cabot Corporation; Boyerton, PA
Cabot Corporation; Reading, PA
Cabot Corporation; Revere, PA
Chemetron Corporation, Bert Avenue; Cleveland, OH
Chemetron Corporation, Harvard Avenue; Cleveland, OH
Clevite; Cleveland, OH
Dow Chemical Company; Bay City and Midland, MI
Elkem Metals, Inc.; Marietta, OH
Engelhard Corporation; Plainville, MA
Fansteel, Inc.; Muskogee, OK
Hartley and Hartley (Kawkawlin) Landfill; Bay County, MI
Heritage Minerals; Lakehurst, NJ
Horizons, Inc.; Cleveland, OH
Kaiser Aluminum; Tulsa, OK
Kerr-McGee; Cimarron, OK
Kerr-McGee; Cushing, OK
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (formerly Remington Arms Company);
Independence, MO
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M); Pine County, MN
Molycorp, Inc.; Washington, PA
Molycorp, Inc.; York, PA
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District/Southerly Plant; Cleveland,
OH
Nuclear Metals, Inc.; Concord, MA
Permagrain Products; Media, PA
Pesses Company, METCOA Site; Pulaski, PA
RMI Titanium Company; Ashtabula, OH
RTI, Inc. (formerly Process Technology of North Jersey, Inc.);
Rockaway, NJ
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Safety Light Corporation; Bloomsburg, PA
Schott Glass Technologies; Duryea, PA
Sequoyah Fuels Corporation; Gore, OK
Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation; Cambridge, OH
Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation; Newfield, NJ
Texas Instruments, Inc.; Attleboro, MA
Watertown Arsenal/Mall; Watertown, MA
Watertown GSA; Watertown, MA
Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Waltz Mill, PA
Whittaker Corporation; Greenville, PA
Wyman-Gordon Company; North Grafton, MA
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