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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.

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Decommissioning Communications – Letters and Memoranda

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

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