Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process (1996) / Chapter Skim
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F: The Committee's Questions to New York State
F: The Committee's Questions to New York State
Pages 189-204
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site at Taylor North? Inasmuch as the site contained mineral soils groups 1-4 (an exclusionary criterion at the site screening stage, Step 3)
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It was stated specifically that a preliminary PA would be done for volunteered sites prior to selection of potential sites and reconnaissance evaluation. Were PAs done for the five potential sites?
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c. To what extent were the nonperformance-based exclusionary criteria used to reduce the number of potential sites (e.g., the criteria for nonattainment of air quality standards)
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7. Although not specifically described in the site selection plan, sensitivity analyses of the impact of selected exclusionary criteria upon
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Although the Groundwater Hydrology siting factor uses the terms "primary public water supply aquifer", and "principal aquifer," there is no definition of the term "aquifer." a. How is the term "aquifer" defined in the Siting Commission's usage: by permeability, degree of saturation, extent, etc.?
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Do these same criteria become weighting factors later in the process, or are they always fatal flaws regardless of evaluation stage?
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Although the Part 382 glossary defines "primary public water supply aquifer" and "principal aquifer" in nonquantitative terms, there are quantitative implications. In this context, how do you determine what is "highly productive," "substantial recharge," "potentially abundant source of water," without quantitative guidelines?
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Since wetland definitions have been changing at the federal and state levels, please define wetlands as they have been used by the Siting Commission in the site screening process. What quantitative considerations were used, e.g., areal extent, duration of wet condition, etc.?
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2. What data were used to determine that all of Nassau County did not meet EPA air quality standards?
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Were all the exclusionary criteria derived from the regulations? Were criteria and procedures used in the site selection process that are not specified in either the regulations or the site selection plan?
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c. To what extent were the nonperformance-based exclusionary criteria used to reduce the number of potential sites (e.g., the criteria for nonattainment of air quality standards)
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3. Why did the SC choose the Intergraph GIS system that was a Weston proprietary system?
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F.13 is explained in the 6. Although not specifically described in the site selection plan, sensitivity analyses of the impact of selected exclusionary and preference criteria upon identification of potential sites were summarized in the ROPSI (Section 4~.
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If so, which? Do these same criteria become weighting factors later in the process, or are they always fatal flaws regardless of evaluation stage?
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Although the Part 382 glossary defines "primary public water supply aquifer" and "principal aquifer" in nonquantitative terms, there are quantitative implications. In this context, how do you determine what is "highly productive," "substantial recharge," "potentially abundant source of water," without quantitative guidelines (volume, thickness, areal extent of aquifers, nature of confining units)
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The Siting Plan makes reference to an executive order of 1977 and ECL Article 24 for the definition of freshwater wetlands. Since wetland definitions have been changing at the federal and state levels, please define wetlands as they have been used by the Siting Commission in the site screening process.
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