[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22040]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 040-8801]
Organization, Functions, and Authority Delegations; West Lake
Landfill
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Deferral of Regulatory Oversight to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency for the West Lake Landfill, Bridgeton,
Missouri, and Removal of West Lake Landfill From SDMP List.
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This notice is to inform the public that, on June 16, 1995, the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) deferred regulatory
oversight to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the
remedial actions at the West Lake Landfill site in Bridgeton, Missouri.
The site contains both hazardous and radioactive waste, is currently
being remediated by EPA, and does not hold a current NRC license.
NRC and EPA conduct regulatory programs for site remediation under
the Atomic Energy Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), respectively. Based on the
reviews to date, NRC concluded that the remedial program being
administered by EPA at the West Lake Landfill site under CERCLA is
adequate to protect the public and the environment from the risks
associated with the radioactive contamination at the site. Therefore,
NRC oversight of remediation at the site would be burdensome and
duplicative. Consequently, NRC is deferring to EPA regulatory oversight
of the remedial actions at West Lake Landfill. In addition, the West
Lake Landfill site will be removed from NRC's Site Decommissioning
Management Plan list. NRC staff does not plan to take any further
action on the West Lake Landfill site unless specifically requested by
EPA. Any questions regarding NRC's deferral decision should be
forwarded to Ron Uleck by mail at Mail Stop T8F37, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 or by phone at (301) 415-
6722.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of August 1995.
For the U.S. 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.
[FR Doc. 95-22040 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]
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