August 3, 2009

Hawaii - US Army's depleted uranium environmental monitoring plan

The US Army has submitted plans for security and environmental monitoring pertaining to depleted uranium from the M101 Spotting Round. Site-specific Environmental Radiation Monitoring Plans were also submitted for Schofield Barracks and the Pohakuloa Training Area. NRC expects to complete its review by the end of January 2010.

NRC distribution list for info on this project includes:
* Brenda J. Ford, Hawai'i County Council
* Mark M. Nakashima, State House of Representatives
* Representative Clift Tsuji, Chair House Committee on Agriculture
* Cory Harden, Sierra Club
* Tommie Suganuma, Legislative Service Manager

The Army contact for this submittal is:
Lieutenant General Robert Wilson
Department of the Army
US Army Installation Management Command
600 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0600

The NRC contact for this submittal is:
Rebecca Tadesse, Branch Chief
Materials Decommissioning Branch
Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing
Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs
(301) 415-5928
John.Hayes@nrc.gov

[Source: Rebecca Tadesse (NRC Branch Chief), letter to Lieutenant General Robert Wilson, "ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF GENERIC AND SITE SPECIFIC SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING PLANS", August 3, 2009 - NRC ADAMS ACN ML092150316]

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