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Department of Environmental Quality Land Quality Division Wyomings Progress on Becoming an Agreement State Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 29, 2016 Todd Parfitt, Director Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) 1


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Department of Environmental Quality Land Quality Division

Wyoming’s Progress on Becoming an Agreement State Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 29, 2016

Todd Parfitt, Director Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ)

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Wyoming Limited Agreement Commission Decision SECY 16-0084

  • Limited Agreement per SECY16-0084 would include regulatory authority
  • ver the possession and use of source material involved in the extraction and

concentration of uranium and thorium in source material and ores at milling facilities, and the management and disposal of byproduct material as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act.

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Agreement Timeline

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3Q15 4Q15 2007 1Q17 2007 2Q17 2015 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 3Q17 4Q17 1Q18 2Q18 3Q18

House Bill HB0027 passed providing funding to the program February 27th , 2015 Governor Mead sent letter to NRC to pursue an agreement with the NRC Uranium Recovery Program staffing begins Statutes revised giving authority over source material from recovery or milling Draft regulations before the Land Quality Advisory Board Draft regulation presented to the Environmental Quality

  • Council. Formal rulemaking

begins. Draft Agreement sent to the NRC 10/29/16 Training of Uranium Recovery Program staff completed Formal Agreement sent to NRC Wyoming enters Limited Agreement with the NRC

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Program Staffing

  • Program Manager (July 2015)
  • Assistant Attorney General (July 2015)
  • Paralegal (July 2015)
  • Engineer (August 2015)
  • Geologist/Hydrogeologist ( June 2016)
  • Health Physicist (August 2016)
  • Geologist/Hydrogeologist (3Q18)
  • Administrative Assistant (4Q16)
  • 3 FTE from existing LQD Personnel

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NRC Collaboration

  • Statute Language/Scope of Limited

Agreement

  • ML16274A240 October 11, 2016
  • Ml16911A129 September 26, 2016
  • ML16089A241 July 5, 2016
  • Ml15324A391 November 19, 2015
  • Ml15295A065 October 20, 2015
  • ML15266A385 September 28, 2015
  • Regulations
  • ML16229A259 October 13, 2016
  • Ml16123A034 October 3, 2016
  • ML16120A433 July 25, 2016
  • ML16194A168 July 8, 2016
  • ML16095A093 March 29 , 2016
  • ML16035A488 March 15, 2016
  • ML16014A133 January 11, 2016
  • Wyoming Trespass
  • Ml16201A431 October 7, 2016
  • ML16162A136 June 8, 2016
  • NRC December 8, 2016 letter
  • ML15324A391 November 19, 2015
  • Inspection Accompaniments with

Region IV

 January 26, 2016 Nichols Ranch  July 26, 2016 Willow Creek  August 2, 2016 Nichols Ranch  September 20, 2016 Sweetwater Mill  September 21, 2016 Shirley Basin  September 22, 2016 ExonMobile  September 27, 2016 Lost Creek  November 15, 2016 Smith Highland

  • Transfer of UMTRCA Title II sites
  • Ongoing conversations on how these sites will

be transferred

  • Programmatic Agreements between

NRC and local Native American Tribes

  • Ongoing conversations on how these

agreements will be transferred to the State

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