Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Federal Facilities

1998/2001 Archive Correspondence and Program Documents:

January 25, 2001 -- Letter from Paul Liebendorfer to Carl Gertz, Environmental Restoration Division U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Nevada Operations Office -- The letters address the State concerns about disposal of low level waste at NTS shipped from the the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State. The States contends the waste in commercial in origin and thus not eligible for disposal in a defense LLW facility.
April 12, 2000 -- General Accounting Office Report (GAO) on Low-Level Radioactive Waste titled: Department of Energy Has Opportunities to Reduce Disposal Costs -- 86 pages Download Adobe PDF file 5.660 KB or Text File at 131 KB
February 25, 2000 -- Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program -- PEIS/ROD for Treatment and Disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste and NTS Amendment of the Record of Decision for the Nevada Test Site
July 7, 1998 -- Letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to DOE - Nevada Operations Office: The letter conveys EPAs formal "Determination of Acceptability Pursuant to the CERCLA OffSite Rule for the Department of Energy, Nevada Test Site
Agreement -- "Joint DOE/State Low-Level Waste Oversight Program" This is a final draft agreement that is being proposed as an attachment (addumen) to DOE's Agreement in Principal (AIP) with the State of Nevada
March 12, 1998 -- DOE Memorandum "Guidance for Discussion with State of Nevada on Low-Level Waste Disposal Operations at the Nevada Test Site.

1997

November 21, 1997 -- Memorandum from Carl P. Gertz, Acting Assistant Manager for Environmental Management (DOE Nevada) to Mark W. Frei, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste Management, DOE/HQ (EM- 30). [ The memorandum address Joint Oversight Responsibilities with the State of Nevada at the Nevada Test Site(NTS)]
October 21, 1997 -- Letter from Alvin L. Alm, DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, to Lew Dodgion, Administrator, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. This letter reaffirms the Secretary's commitment to pursue a Federal/State joint oversight program of LLW disposal operations at the NTS.
June 30, 1997 -- Governor Bob Miller's Letter to DOE Secretary Alvin Alm
June 11, 1997 -- Letter from Alvin L. Alm, DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, to Governor Bob Miller. The Secretary's letter proposed a strategy for implementing a State oversight program for DOE low-level waste disposal activities at the Nevada Test Site.

1996

October 3, 1996 -- Governor Bob Miller's Letter To DOE Secretary Alvin L. Alm