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JAN 2 4 l~SU <br /> North Carolina <br /> Low-Level RadioactiVe Waste <br /> Management Authority <br /> <br /> G. <br /> M <br /> Governor <br /> James <br /> <br /> In a few weeks, the N. C. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management <br /> Authority will receive a recommendation on a minimum of two sites for <br /> characterization. Our site operator contractor, Chem-Nuclear Systems, <br /> Inc., will present the recommended sites for characterization at a <br /> public meeting tentativel~ scheduled for late February. As part of its <br /> recommendation to the Authority, Chem-Nuclear will submit a report on <br /> the pre-characterization studies conducted on the favorable site areas <br /> in Richmond, Rowan, Union and Wake/Chatham Counties. <br /> <br /> Attached for your reference is a document outlining the detai~ed <br />sequence of steps which the Authority is taking to meet its <br />responsibility to select two or more sites for characterization. As <br />you can see from these steps, a great deal of work must be performed <br />~e~fo~ Chem-Nuclear delivers its report. Technical data must be <br />collected and analyzed; additional information supplied by local <br />officials must be verified and factored into the repor~t. When a draft <br />report is Drepared, it will be reviewed by a technical consultant and <br />analyzed for completeness. Only after the technical consultant has <br />commented on the draft report will it be finalized and ready for <br />presentation at an Authority meeting. <br /> <br /> All of these activities take time and every effort will be made to <br />expedite the process. However, the Authority will not base its <br />decision on sites for characterization solely on Chem-Nuclear's report. <br />Planning is underway for public meetings after the Chem-Nuclear <br />presentation in February at which the Authority will receive public <br />comments on the report and recommendation. Copies of the report will <br />be available for public review. Details of these and other meetings <br />will be announced as soon as our plans are finalized. <br /> <br /> 116 West JonesStreet · Raleigh, N0rthCurolina 27603-8003 · 919-733-0682 <br /> North Carolina Residents Toll Free 1-800-248-6421 <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> <br />