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Regulatory Framework 2.7 Remediation Plans 3.0 Community Relations 3.1 Goals and Objectives 3.2 Communication Strategy 3.3 Community Background 10 3.4 Community Issues of Concern 10 3.5 Opportunities for Public Involvement 10 3.6 Potential Activities 11 3.6.1 Points of Contact 11 3.6.2 Fact Sheets 11 3.6.3 Media Releases Media Briefings and Editorial Boards 12 3.6.4 Public Notices 12 3.6.5 Information Repository 12 3.6.6 Administrative Record 12 3.6.7 Local Officials Briefings 13 3.6.8 Neighbor Updates 13 3.6.9 Public or Town Meetings 13 3.6.10 Direct Mailings 14 3.6.11 Comment Periods and Comment Responses 14 3.7 Schedule 14 4.0 References 15 Appendix Contact List A-I 99-108Ppm/070199 List of Figures Figure Page Location Map for the Combustion Engineering Site Plan View Map of the Combustion Engineering Site List of Acronyms ABB Asea Brown Boveri AEC Atomic Energy Commission CE Combustion Engineering CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act CTDEP Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection DOE U.S Department of Energy EPA U.S Environmental Protection Agency FUSRAF Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NRC U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 uranium USACE U.S Army Corps of Engineers III 99-IOSPpm/070199 WINDSOR LOCKS WINDSOR ..._ Science Applications International Corporation COMBUSTION ENGINEERING WINDSOR CONNECTICUT NOT TO SCALE ORM1I REV MO./TE 07Oiaa from ORISE 1996 IIOLM Location for the Combustion Lngineering Site Figtre Map 1.0 Introduction to facilitate communication and This Community Relations Plan proposes program of the local community interested information exchange and encourage involvement Sites and remediation of the Formerly Utilized in the environmental characterization in the Combustion CE site Remedial Action Program FUSRAP areas at Engineering Windsor Connecticut Plan Overview 1.1 Community Relations overview of the history of the CE site including past This plan gives an for of in the site the regulatory requirements cleanup government involvement of all the environmental contamination roles and responsibilities parties and remediation and the current status of involved in the characterization activities at the site relations number of options for conducting community The plan also proposes in the current environmental activities activities to involve the local community of the issues and cleanup options and to at the site to ensure understanding for the to be involved in decision making provide opportunities public in 1999 as result of This Community Relations Plan was updated June which were conducted in May 1999 These interviews community interviews of FUSRAP interest level and knowledge the focused on gauging the community Over 20 individuals were materials at the CE site and remediation plans this The and feedback provided contacted and provided input to process input direction on how to with structuring these interviewees gives us proceed by and involvement that are relevant timely community outreach and programs necessary 2.0 Combustion Engineering Site in Windsor government-funded facility CE has operated successful commercially funded by the U.S Department Connecticut for more than 40 years Past operations some residual radioactive of Energy DOE and its predecessor agency produced commercial at the In addition past contamination at several locations facility several locations at residual radioactive contamination at operations produced some the facility 2.1 Site Description Hill Hill Road 1000 Prospect The CE site is located at 2000 Day previously within miles of the Bradley International Road miles north of Hartford and Hartford miles northwest of Windsor in Airport The site is approximately The site of the River Figure County and is located south Farmington 99-108Ppm/O7Ol99 of 600 the area includes mixture consists of approximately acres surrounding The nearest residential areas are residential agricultural and industrial uses is area classified the located within 1/4 to 1/2 mile of the site The site an by Zones for Town of Windsor as an 1-2 Industrial Zone 1-2 Industrial provide include industrial uses Current production facilities general higher intensity characterized and facilities and the area is by more than 30 process support The site is within broad various wooded areas and three ponds Figure called the Connecticut River Valley basin on gently rolling terrain 2.2 Site History CE non-nuclear parts During the late 1940s and early 1950s supplied component the to the to the U.S Atomic Energy Commission AEC predecessor agency nuclear submarine plant DOE In 1955 CE began program to design power the and of fuel element facifity which led to development production fuel CE used subassemblies for the reactor In fabricating elements highly material enriched uranium and other special nuclear for nuclear research and development The CE site was used from 1955 to 1961 fabrication of nuclear fuel for construction of the naval reactor prototype and from of 11 acres was separated government use In 1960 an area approximately This the remainder of the site for government operations government-owned used to naval reactor The SIC site facility the SiC site was operate prototype decommissioned by was shut down permanently in 1993 and is currently being commercial nuclear fuel on the the DOE Office of Naval Reactors CE fabricated the commercial nuclear fabrication CE site after 1961 through 1993 Although Commission ceased in 1993 the site is still licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory NRC for other commercial nuclear activities firm Asea Brown Boveri In 1990 CE was purchased by another engineering site In 1991 ABB which maintains six divisions at the Windsor Connecticut the to the CE discovered uranium residue on the site and reported problem of the CE site State Subsequently CE worked with DOE to designate portions which occurred in 1994 the for remedial action under FUSRAP Specifically and included in the FUSRAP Building following areas are cleanup program with Building the other facilities or areas associated exclusively Building Burial Pit and the Site Brook Additionally Waste Storage Pad the Drum in the U-235 and uranium residues in excess of 20% enrichment isotope in the Site Brook as result of the cobalt-60 or other radionucides present be evaluated under of the Naval reactor SIC site are to operations prototype FUSRAP in Building at the Naval uranium fuel fabrication was historically performed of three sections the north area the center CE site This building consists main such as metal melting and area and the south high bay area Operations housed the in the north area The center area rolling grinding were performed and The south area was the assembly shipping and cutting operations high bay 99-IOSPpm/ 070199 SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY DRUM BURIAL PIT WASTE STORAGE PAD SMALL POND GREAT LEGEND .L4 BUILDING NUMBER Science Applications PONDS International Corporation BUILDINGS AND COMBUION DRUM BURIAL PIT ENGINEERING AREAS SITE BROOK AND ASSOCIATED NOT SLE NDSOR CONCTIC _____ WASTE STORAGE PAD NO.1 1R4N DRNUNES from ORISE 1996 110W Q/0/99 ggofje/IJAGS/Fl _____ Adapted Site of the Combustion Engineering Figure Plan View Map area for the uranium bundles Operations in Building with the exception of the high bay have been discontinued and CE has removed all noncontaminated equipment supplies fixtures etc Building was historically used as waste dilution and pumping facifity for the has floor that liquid streams from Buildings and Building subgrade houses the tank system Ten 2000-gallon retention tanks are situated on the subgrade floor and four 5000-gallon dilution tanks are suspended from the ceiling of the building Currently Building receives small quantities of waste from Building however there is no discharge from Building CE is operating portable evaporator to process and dispose of the liquid waste contained hi the Building storage tanks Three separate drainage line systems exist at the CE site including the hot system the industrial system and the sanitary system The hot drains were used to transport radioactive waste water from Building to Building for monitoring and dilution prior to the water being released to the industrial lines that discharge to the Site Brook The sanitary sewer drainlines were to have been used only to discharge non-radioactive waste water to the sanitary waste water treatment plant From the treatment plant