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Department of Energy
Office of Legacy Management
DEC 1 0 2009
Mr. Dane Finerfrock, Director
State ofUtah Department ofEnvironmental Quality
Division of Radiation Control
P.O.Box 144850
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-48500
Dear Mr. Finerfrock:
Recently the U.S. Departmentof Energy Office of Legacy Management (DOE-LM) sent a copy
of our Title II Transition Process to both your office and to Rio Algom Mining in anticipation of
transfer ofthe Lisbon Valley site to DOE. In order to prepare all the players in this rather
involved process, we would like to get all the parties together to discuss roles and
responsibilities, the timeline, and any site-specific issues.
For Lisbon Valley, many people are based far apart, and it may be easier to set up a conference
call or for a few to meet in Moab and have the others call in. The people we would like to get
together would be Rio Algom (RAM), the Stale ofUtah, DOE, S.M. Stoller (DOE contractor),
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Anny Corps of Engineers, and the county. Ifyou can think of
others who may be involved, please let us know. We have several people working various
transition tasks who would be involved, such as our realty services, hydrology, well sampling,
data, mapping, and so on. Entities such as pipeline or power companies with easements across
the site can be contacted later to discuss issues with our respective realty staffs.
In previous face-to-face meetings we have had everyone introduce themselves, state what their
role in the process would be, give a schedule of their activities, and let other groups know what
input is necessary. When we all kjiow what is expected and when things will happen, the
transfer process can be executed with minimal disruption. Sending out a common map, email
addresses, points of contact, and other perlinent information has proven helpful during other
transitions.
It should be pointed out during this meeting that the State ofUtah is the regulator, and DOE does
not have a role to play other than that we will eventually own the site, and, as such, need to have
it in a condition ready for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to license us by
accepting a Long-Term Surveillance Plan (LTSP). When the State terminates the RAM license,
the NRC by accepting the LTSP, in effect issues a new license to the DOE-LM. As this needs to
happen more or less simultaneously, all of our documentation is required to be in order in the
LTSP to allow for a timely transition.
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DEC 1 0 2009
Mr. Dane Finerfrock -2-
We would welcome the opportunity to have an initial conference call between the State ofUtah
staff, Rio Algom, and the DOE to set a date for this meeting or conference call between all the
players. Is there a time we could call each o±er and get the process started? Perhaps we can
decide if a face-to-face meeting is preferred or discuss other issues and options.
Sincerely,
Richard P. Bush
Site Manager
cc:
T. Fletcher, Rio Algom Mining
T. Pauling, DOE-LM
S. Schiesswohl, DOE-LM
C-Bahrke, Stoller (e)
D.Traub, Stoller (e)
M.Widdop, Stoller (e)
File: LIS 000 (A) (Roberts)
bgsh/lisbon vallcy/l 1-30-09 Umisfer-lisbon r^viscd.doc