Decommissioning Communications – Letters and Memoranda

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• NRC/EPA MOU on Consultation and Finality for Decommissioning Sites
• Notification Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
• U.S. EPA Responses on Notification Letters to U.S. NRC
• U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Notification Responses
• U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on License Termination of MOU Sites
• Consultation Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
• U.S. EPA Responses on Consultation Letters to U.S. NRC
• U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Consultation Responses
• Other Memoranda

NRC/EPA MOU on Consultation and Finality for Decommissioning Sites

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the NRC on Consultation and Finality on Decommissioning and Decontamination of Contaminated Sites (NRC/EPA MOU)
• Letter from P. Holahan, NRC to B. Lowery EPA re: Request for confirmation that uranium recovery facilities and uranium mill tailings sites decommissioned under 10 CFR 40 Appx A are outside the scope of the 2002 NRC/EPA MOU
• "Letter from B. Lowery, EPA to P. Holahan re: Confirmation that uranium recovery facilities decommissioned under 10 CFR 40 Appx A are outside of the scope of the 2002 NRC/EPA MOU)” dated August 11, 2020
• "2020 Memorandum of Understanding with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the regulation of in-situ recovery (ISR) and process of uranium extraction" dated 7/13/2020.

Notification Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU

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Date	Description
03/05/2004	Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA
03/05/2004	Letter concerning Kirtland Air Force Base, NM
03/05/2004	Letter concerning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT
10/27/2004	Letter concerning Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK
10/27/2004	Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Site, OK
10/27/2004	Letter concerning Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN
01/17/2008	Letter concerning Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN
06/22/2012	Notification of the Decommissioning of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Plum Brook Reactor Facility

U.S. EPA Responses on Notification Letters to U.S. NRC

Date	Description
06/07/2004	Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA
06/07/2004	Letter concerning Kirtland Air Force Base, NM
06/07/2004	Letter concerning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT
12/21/2004	Letter concerning Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK
12/21/2004	Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Site, OK
12/21/2004	Letter concerning Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN
04/15/2008	Letter concerning Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN

U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Notification Responses

Date	Description
08/03/2004	Letter concerning the Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA, the Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, and the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT
02/23/2005	Letter concerning the Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK, the Kaiser Aluminum Site, TN, and the Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN
05/19/2008	Letter concerning the Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN

U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on License Termination of MOU Sites

Date	Description
11/29/2005	Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA
05/24/2006	Letter concerning the Kerr McGee – Cushing Site, OK

Consultation Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU

Date	Description
10/18/2005	Letter concerning Kerr-McGee Cushing, OK
03/10/2006	Letter concerning Cabot Site, Reading, PA
12/21/2006	Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Site in Tulsa, OK
03/23/2007	Letter concerning Batelle Memorial Institute's West Jefferson Ohio Site
08/24/2007	Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, CA
06/16/2008	Letter concerning ABB Incorporated Site in Windsor, CT
03/23/2009	Letter concerning the NWI Breckenridge site in Breckenridge, MI
06/22/2009	Letter concerning the Mallinckrodt Inc. Site in St. Louis, MO
02/22/2011	Letter concerning the Hematite Former Fuel Cycle Facility in Festus, Missouri
03/22/2012	Memorandum of Understanding Consultation on the Decommissioning of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Low Level Radioactive Burial Site, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland
12/19/2012	MOU Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Former UNC Naval Product Site in New Haven, CT
05/10/2013	Letter concerning the Completion of Decommissioning Activities at the ABB, Inc. Site – Windsor, CT
07/07/2014	Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3, in Eureka,  California.
08/24/2016	Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Zion Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2, in Zion, Illinois.
12/17/2017	Consultation on the Decommissioning of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor in Genoa, Wisconsin.
11/17/2021	Completion of Scheduled Decommissioning Activities at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Near Eureka, California (License No. DPR-7)
06/26/2023	Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 in Washington County, Nebraska
11/14/2023	Completion of Decommissioning Activities at the Zion Nuclear Power Station site outside the boundary of the on-site independent spent fuel storage installation (Nuclear Regulatory Commission License NOS. DPR-39 and DPR-48)

U.S. EPA Responses on Consultation Letters to U.S. NRC

Date	Description
12/13/2005	Letter concerning Kerr-McGee Cushing, OK
05/10/2006	Letter concerning Cabot Site, Reading, PA
03/21/2007	Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Specialty Products
06/21/2007	Letter concerning Battelle Memorial Institute
10/18/2007	Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, CA
09/16/2008	Letter concerning ABB Incorporated in Windsor, CT
06/12/2009	Letter concerning NWI in Breckenridge, MI
09/09/2009	Letter concerning Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc. in St. Louis, MO
05/21/2012	Response regarding the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Low Level Radioactive Burial Site, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland
03/27/2013	Letter concerning the United Nuclear Corporation Naval Products (UNC Naval) Site – New Haven, CT
12/22/2016	Letter concerning Zion Nuclear Power Station – Zion, IL
03/18/2018	Letter concerning La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor – Genoa, WI
09/28/2023	Letter responding to the NRC’s request for a Level 1 consultation for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 in Washington County, Nebraska

U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Consultation Responses

Date	Description
05/14/2007	Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Site in Tulsa, OK
01/23/2008	Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station in Herald, CA
01/23/2008	Letter concerning Cabot Performance Materials Site in Reading, PA
10/08/2008	Letter concerning ABB Incorporated in Windsor, CT
07/14/2009	Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the NWI Breckenridge Site in Breckenridge, Michigan
10/21/2009	Letter concerning Mallinckrodt Incorporated in St. Louis, MO
06/22/2012	Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Low-Level Radioactive Burial Site in Beltsville, Maryland
05/06/2013	Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the Former UNC Naval Products Site in New Haven, CT

Other Memoranda

• MOU between the NRC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Coordination on Cleanup and Decommissioning of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Sites with NRC-Licensed Facilities (ACE/NRC MOU)
• MOU between NRC and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Best Practices for Effective Public Involvement in Restricted-Use Decommissioning of NRC-Licensed Facilities. Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Institute for Environment Conflict Resolution this report was produced on effective public involvement in facility decommissioning.