RAE-42157-002-1
Rev. 1 – Draft
SITING EVALUATION REPORT
(SiER)
FOR PROPOSED DISPOSAL UNDER
URCR R313-25-3
OF CLASS B & C
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
AT ENVIROCARE OF UTAH, INC.
March 16, 2000
Rogers & Associates Engineering
Unit
Dames & Moore Inc.
515 East 4500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 1
FINDINGS
EU-S01 3
EU-S02 4
EU-S03 5
EU-S04 6
EU-S05 7
EU-S06 8
EU-S07 9
EU-S08 10
EU-S09 11
EU-S10 12
EU-S11 13
EU-S12 14
EU-S13 15
EU-S14 17
EU-S15 18
EU-S16 19
EU-S17 20
EU-S18 21
EU-S19 22
EU-S20 23
EU-S21 24
EU-S22 25
EU-S23 27
EU-S24 28
EU-S25 29
EU-S26 30
EU-S27 31
EU-S28 32
EU-S29 33
EU-S30 34
EU-S31 35
EU-S32 36
EU-S33 38
EU-S34 39
EU-S35 40
EU-S36 41
EU-S37 42
EU-S38 & EU-S39 43
EU-S40 44
EU-S41 45
EU-S42 46
EU-S42a 47
EU-S43 48
EU-S44 49
EU-S45 50
EU-S46 51
REFERENCES 52
APPENDIX A: UTAH RADIATION CONTROL RULES A1
R313-25-3 Siting Criteria and
Pre-Licensing
Plan Approval for Commercial
Radioactive
Waste Disposal Facilities
1.
INTRODUCTION
Section 105 of the Utah Radiation
Control Act (the Act) provides that no person may construct a new commercial
radioactive waste treatment or disposal facility until, among other things, the
requirements of Section 104 of the Act have been satisfied. By authority of Section 104 of the Act, the
Utah Radiation Control Board has established criteria for siting commercial
low-level waste treatment or disposal facilities. These regulations are contained in the Utah Radiation Control
Rules (URCR), Section R313-25-3 entitled “Siting Criteria and Pre-licensing
Plan Approval for Commercial Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities.” The requirements of URCR R313-25-3 address
site-related topics such as:
·
Land
Use Designations;
·
Geology;
·
Groundwater
Hydrology;
·
Surface
Water Hydrology;
·
Transportation
Systems;
·
Emergency
Response Plans; and
·
Projected
Risks of Facility Operation.
The complete text of the R313-25-3
regulation is presented in Appendix A of this SiER.
Envirocare of Utah, Inc.
(Envirocare) has commenced the process of obtaining the necessary approvals to
construct and operate a new disposal cell for containerized Class A, B, and C
low-level radioactive wastes at its existing facility in Section 32, T1S, R11W,
SLBM in Tooele County, Utah. In
response to the requirements of URCR Section R313-25-3, Envirocare submitted
its “Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application for a License Amendment Allowing
Disposal of Class B & C Low-Level Radioactive Waste” (Env00a) on January 5,
2000.
Under provisions and authority of
the Act, the Utah Division of Radiation Control (the Division) has reviewed
Envirocare’s application. The Division
employed its contractor, the Rogers & Associates Engineering Unit of Dames &
Moore, Inc. for technical assistance with the review. The Division followed the following approach for review of the
application:
1.
Prepare
draft and final Regulatory Findings that must be addressed in the review of the
Application.
2.
Review
the Envirocare Application.
3.
Prepare
Interrogatories, as necessary, to obtain further information or clarify
information in the Application.
4.
Review
Interrogatory responses, assuming that all required information is contained in
either the initial submittal or responses to the first round of
Interrogatories.
5.
Prepare
draft and final Siting Evaluation Report (SiER).
6.
Attend
and support the Division in related Public Hearings.
7.
Review
and prepare draft and final responses to technical comments received during
Public Comment.
As the work was carried out, the
Division and its contractor prepared and transmitted one round of
interrogatories to Envirocare.
Envirocare prepared and submitted responses and revised text for the
interrogatories (Env00b). The Division
and its contractor reviewed and evaluated Envirocare’s responses to the
interrogatories and found most of them to be adequate for a positive
finding. Several required additional
documentation, however, which was addressed in a teleconference call between
the Division, its contractor, and Envirocare.
Envirocare responded to the remaining items (Env00c) and these responses
were found to be adequate by the Division and its contractor. Envirocare submitted a revised
“Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application for a License Amendment Allowing
Disposal of Class B & C Low-Level Radioactive Waste” (Env00d) on March 15,
2000.
Upon resolution of all technical
issues to the satisfaction of the reviewers, the Division prepared this Siting
Evaluation Report (SiER) to summarize the information Envirocare submitted in
its initial submittal and in its responses to interrogatories. The information summarized in this SiER
demonstrates that each individual siting criterion is satisfied. This SiER is the vehicle by which the
Division shows its rationale for concluding whether the applicable regulatory
requirements are satisfied and that a particular licensing action is
justifiable under provisions of the Act and the regulation (URCR R313-25-2).
The Executive Director of the
Radiation Control Board is ultimately responsible to determine whether all
applicable regulatory requirements are satisfied and to recommend a licensing
action to the Radiation Control Board. This required recommendation appears
under separate cover. Copies of this
SiER are available to interested parties upon request to the Division.
FINDING:
EU-S01: The
pre-licensing plan approval application does adequately demonstrate that the
treatment and disposal facilities are not located within a national, state, or
county park. (URCR
R313-25-3(3)(a)(i))
BASIS:
The Envirocare of Utah, Inc. Site is
located in Section 32, about 2.6 miles south of Interstate-80 and 7.5 miles
east of the Knolls interchange on I-80, between Wendover and Salt Lake
City. The application lists and
includes the following materials in Appendix A:
(A1) a 1998 map of land ownership for
a 1-mile distance around the Envirocare site;
(A2) a 1988 USGS 1:500,000 scale
topographic map of Utah;
(A3) a 1995 Utah “Official Highway
Map” from the Utah Department of Transportation;
(A4) a 1994 1:100,000 scale Bureau
of Land Management map, “Bonneville Salt Flats”;
(A5) a 1979 1:100,000 scale USGS
topographic map, “Bonneville Salt Flats”;
(A6) sections B-3a(1) and B-3a(2) of
Envirocare’s 1990 RCRA Part B permit application; and
(A7) a March 3, 2000 letter from J.
Raymond Johnson, P.E., Director of Tooele County Department of Engineering.
The 1995 Highway Map (A3) gives
adequate authoritative evidence that the subject site in Section 32 is not
located within a National Park, based on the map’s lists and locations of
National Parks, none of which is at or contiguous with the proposed
facility. The letter from J. Raymond
Johnson verifies that the site is also not located within a state or county
park, the nearest of which is located more than 35 miles from the Envirocare
Property.
REFERENCES:
Pre-Licensing Plan Approval
Application for a License Amendment Allowing Disposal of Class B & C
Low-Level Radioactive Waste, Envirocare of Utah, Inc., January 5, 2000, Section
R313-25-3 Siting Criteria.
“Official Highway Map”, Utah
Department of Transportation, 1995.
(copy in Appendix A, Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application)
Letter from J. Raymond Johnson,
P.E., March 3, 2000, to William Sinclair, DEQ (copy in Appendix A,
Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application)
FINDING:
EU-S02: The
pre-licensing plan approval application does adequately demonstrate that the
treatment and disposal facilities are not located within a national, state, or
county monument. (URCR
R313-25-3(3)(a)(i))
BASIS:
The Envirocare of Utah, Inc. Site is
located in Section 32, about 2.6 miles south of Interstate-80 and 7.5 miles
east of the Knolls interchange on I-80, between Wendover and Salt Lake
City. The application lists and
includes the following materials in Appendix A:
(A1) a 1998 map of land ownership
for a 1-mile distance around the Envirocare site;
(A2) a 1988 USGS 1:500,000 scale
topographic map of Utah;
(A3) a 1995 Utah “Official Highway
Map” from the Utah Department of Transportation;
(A4) a 1994 1:100,000 scale Bureau
of Land Management map, “Bonneville Salt Flats”;
(A5) a 1979 1:100,000 scale USGS
topographic map, “Bonneville Salt Flats”;
(A6) sections B-3a(1) and B-3a(2) of
Envirocare’s 1990 RCRA Part B permit application; and
(A7) a March 3, 2000 letter from J.
Raymond Johnson, P.E., Director of Tooele County Department of Engineering.
The 1995 Highway Map (A3) gives
adequate authoritative evidence that the subject site in Section 32 is not
located within a National Monument, based on the map’s lists and locations of
National Monuments, none of which is at or contiguous with the proposed
facility. The letter from J. Raymond
Johnson verifies that the site is also not located within a State or County
Monument, the nearest of which is located more than 35 miles from the
Envirocare Property.
REFERENCES:
Pre-Licensing Plan Approval
Application for a License Amendment Allowing Disposal of Class B & C
Low-Level Radioactive Waste, Envirocare of Utah, Inc., January 5, 2000, Section
R313-25-3 Siting Criteria.
“Official Highway Map”, Utah
Department of Transportation, 1995.
(copy in Appendix A, Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application)
Letter from J. Raymond Johnson,
P.E., March 3, 2000, to William Sinclair, DEQ (copy in Appendix A,
Pre-Licensing Plan Approval Application)
FINDING: