Planning Directive Project Rulison Postshot Information Plan

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY TABLE OF CONT KITTS III. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES 2 IV. GENERAL PROCEDURES k VI. OPEN FILE AVAILABILITY 7 BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY The purpose of this Planning Directive is to delineate the responsibilities of the Classification and Technical Information Division, other Nevada Operations Office (NV) Divisions and NV supporting agencies and contractors regarding the acquisition, control, reporting and dissemination of tabulated raw monitoring and related data for the well re-entry and testing phase of Project Rulison. Operational or administrative circumstances may necessitate changes in this Directive. In such instances appropriate notice and explanation will be provided to each To implement the AEG plan furnished the Colorado Federal Court in connection with Crowther; et al. V. Seaborg, et al. decision of the Court dated March 16, 1970, The Court’s decision stated in the record (page 62) that to aid its re tention of jurisdiction, ’’the defendants should file with this Court data and reports of the information collected by the surveillance system outlined in Appendix A." (See Attachment 1 hereto.) The subject plan covers not only the data to be dis seminated but also the scheduling for the collection and the estimated time for appearance of covered; data in the Open Files. BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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This Directive is designed to implement all of the above aspects of the plan. By Ti/X dated March 27, 1970, J.S, Kelly, It is not intended that this Directive apply to other informa tion plans or written procedures which the Director of Nuclear Operations (DONO) utilizes in performance of operational activities; nor does this Directive apply to information or data which is not collected by the surveillance system. Ill. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES All participating NV Divisions and their supporting con tractors have the prime responsibility of meeting the object ives of Section II, Specific responsibilities and authorities within NV ore as follows: A. Classification and Technical Information Division (CTID) CTID is charged with the primary mission of arranging methods and procedure's for data reproduction, coding, packing and shipment to each of the Open Pile locations, the Colorado Department of Public Health, the L’,S, District Court for the District of Colorado, and the DONO. The CTID Technical Infor motion Branch is assigned the'responsibility for this task. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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addition, the CT Technical Library will undertake the processing, handling and mailing of this information as it is received. Questions by participating agencies and contractors concerning implementation of this plan should be directed to the Director, CTID. B, Director of Nuclear Operations The DONO is responsible for assuring that supporting con tractors, namely, the Southwestern Radiological health Laboratory (SWRHL), the Eberline Instrument Corporation (EIC), and the Environmental Science Services Administration Air Resources Laboratory (ESSA/ARL) provide CTID with tab ulated raw monitoring and related data as shown in Appendix A of the Court's decision. C, Office of Peaceful Nuclcar Explosives (OPNE) OPNE will provide the necessary funding and make such ar rangements as are necessary relative to participating agency and contractor costs. Work authorizations issued by OPNE will specify fund levels based on estimates and pro vide appropriate fund citations and account codes for participants. Participating agencies and coiitractors are PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY expected to stay within the funding levels specified in work authorizations. Requests for changes nust be requested as early as possible and cite specific reasons as to why D, EPF and Administrative Scrvices Division (EDP/ASD) EDP and Administrative Services Division is responsible for procuring adequate working and storage space for the data reproduction and handling facilities. The present REECo re production facilities in NVOO Headquarters at have been selected as the central reproduction facility. The need for additional storage space will be determined by CTID at a later date, and the requirements made known to EDP/ASD, The target date for an operational information dissemination program is April 16, 1970. Participating agencies, namely, SWRHL, EIC and ESSA/ARL should adhere to General Procedures one through three. The NV Technical Library will adhere to (1) Establish and maintain reporting periods for each activity; for example, a 24-hour air sample collection/re porting period might cover from 1600 hours on April 1 PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY to 1600 hours on April 2. Reporting periods night also cover a 30-day period as for nilk or water samples. The reporting period should be consistent insofar as possible, covering the same tine intervals or number of days each month, (2) Collect all tabulated and other raw data for the re porting period. Place appropriate identification on each sheet so as to allow rapid sorting and ultimate retrieval. The coding is to be unique to the origi nating organization and is to clearly identify the data as to kind, date and location. (3) After collecting and identifying the data, place it in a single envelope or container so as to make a single shipment for each reporting period at the Rulison site. EIC and ESSA/ARL should report daily. Their data is to be air mailed to the Classification and Technical In formation Division, NV Technical Library, be marked; Attn; Rulison Information Program To Be Opened by Addressee Only, SWRHL at Grand Junction, Colorado, will transmit data daily to SWRHL, Las Vegas, who in turn will deliver it rather than mail it to NV, PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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It is recognized that from to time the quantity and type of information nay vary. Also samples taken on different days nay be counted on the same day. In ad dition there may be time intervals between sample col lection and counting to allow for natural background decay. There may be requests for additional informa tion or for certain sampling stations to increase or decrease their sampling frequency; therefore, proper identification and prompt forwarding of information consistent with established reporting periods for each activity are necessities. Detailed procedures are to be developed by EIC, ESSA/ARL and SWREL as necessary to cover their respective activities and will be appended to this Directive. (A) As appropriate original and reproduced data will be re ceived by CTID and will be catalogued and/or reproduced (eight copies). A daily set of all data will be sent to each of the Open File locations, the Colorado Department of Public Health, the U. S, District Court for the District of Colorado and the DOh'O. Each packet will be mailed with in 2A hours of the receipt of the incoming data by CTID, Every effort will be made to insure that the information will be received by the recipients within the time periods PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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describec! in the AEG plan appended to the Court's decision. However, as pointed out in the On and Off-Site Radiological Safety Plan, there are varying sample collection and counting periods. Special procedures covering these samples will be developed The cost estimates shown below ore predicated on the basis of PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY Equipment and Supplies 5,000 Storage and Uork Space 1,200 Special Handling - Open Files 4,000 To insure that access to or copies of the Rulison data are avail able to any interested party, CTID will make the following (1) The Denver Open File location will receive duplicate sets of all Rulison data. If sufficient interest is PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY established at Bartlesville, it too will receive a (2) Any person upon identifying hirnself may borrow these documents for reproduction at his expense. (3) Uhere temporary use is desired, an Open File custodian may release the documents to individuals on a loan (4) In the event additional copies of data are needed at any Open File location, the custodians are to telephone NV and request additional copies. CflD will promptly provide additional copies to the Open File location. 1, Appendix A - Procedures for Public Dissemination of Project Rulison Raw Monitoring and Related Data 3, Rulison Data Recipients PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY G. R. Luetkehans, CER Geonuclear Corp., Las Vegas, Nev. G, W. Frank, Senior Vice Pres., Austral Oil Co., Houston, Tex. P. W. Allen, Chief, Air Resources Lab., ESSA, Las Vegas, Nev. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev. Sam Sheppard, USBM, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colo. V. Vern Hutchison, USBM, Petroleum Research Center, Bartlesville, Okla. R. D. Duncan, Dir., EDP & Adm. Serv. Div., NV t j PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PROCEDURES EOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT RULISON RAW MONITORING AND RELATED DATA In order that the public and the scientif.’ and industrial com munities might be kept informed on joint Industry-Government Plowshare projects, the Open-File System was established on October 23, 1968. Open Files were established in Denver, Colorado; Los Vegas, Nevada; and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Open-File data on the first joint IndustryGovernment Plowshare project, Project Gasbuggy, included preliminary unevaluated data and data analyses. Final reports, published and dis seminated through AEG and technical-journal channels, are also displayed at the Open Files, Set forth below is a description of the raw monitoring and related data for the well re-entry and testing phase of Project Rulison which are planned to be placed in the Open Files, and the procedures relating thereto. In addition to the data described below, the Project Rulison final reports, containing evaluations of the subject data and other project information, will also be displayed at the Open Files after their publication. These reports entail extensive analysis and interpretation of project data which, in turn, dictates the time required for their preparation and publication. The data described below and the final project reports will, in addition to Open-File placement, be provided to the Colorado State Public Health Department _/and to Judge Alfred A. Arraj, United States District Court, Denver, Colorado/ when they first become available. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY BEST AVAILABLE COPY ~

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY All of the following data and samples will be collected by the Eberline Instrument Corporation (EIC) at the Rulison site on a daily basis. Direct data from samples will be derived by EIC at their Rulison site facilities. The subject data then will be mailed to the Open Files through the Nevada Operations Office, It is expected that these data will reach the Open Files about one week following collection. The extent of the sampling effort to be conducted will be contingent upon the rate of flaring, relevant meteorological conditions, and the results of previous sampling and monitoring, These digital data, along with applicable conversion factors and measured gas flow rates, will permit calculations of Tritium and Krypton quantities flowing out of the flare stack. 2. Particulate Samples from Gas Stream Derived data from these samples will permit identifica tion of any particulate radionuclides. 3. Gross Gamma Radioactivity in Flare Stack Continuous recordings allow detection of gamma emitting nuclides in the gas stream. 4. Water and Hydrocarbon Condensate Sampling Sampling of water and other condensates from the gas stream separator will provide data on total radio activity content prior to injection into the flare. *As used herein, the term "on-site" refers to an area within a radius of approximately 1000 feet of the well. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY 5. Special Gas Samples from Flare Stack Data from these samples will permit identification of gamma emitting nuclides whenever the gross gamma detector indicates their presence. The purpose of these daily samples is to permit detec tion of alpha, beta and gross gamma radiation in the air of the work area. Filters will be recounted five and twelve days after collection of samples to allow for decay of naturally occurring radionuclides. Data from TLD’s will show 30-day cumulative exposure of on-site personnel to beta and gamma radiation. 8. Vegetation and Soil Samples This data will allow detection of radionuclides deposited in the soil and taken up by vegetation after 30 days The Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory (SWRHL) of the U. S. Public Health Service will collect off-site data and samples as set forth in the Radiological Safety (Public) section, pages 2.6 to 40, of NVO-61. As indicated in that section, and discussed below, the data and samples will be collected on a schedule determined by the nature of the monitoring and the state of actual operations. The monitoring and sample collection schedules given below are based on expected, normal operating conditions. If unusual conditions should be encountered, special procedures would be initiated for accelerated collection, analysis and dissemination of data. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED BEST AVAILABLE COPY Fixed and mobile air sampling stations will be operated continuously during flow periods. Readings will be on a daily basis until data accumulated, as related to flar ing operations, warrants less frequent readings. These air sample readings will yield data on radioactivity concentrations in the atmosphere and provide a basis for determining external radiation exposure to off-site population. This data should be in the Open File within a week of reading. ^- Atmospheric Moisture Samples In addition to the data described in 1 above (Air Samples), moisture samples will be collected from about five stations located predominantly in the downwind direction from the site. These samples will provide specific data on Tritium concentrations. The collection and processing of these data will be the same ns for the air sample data. 3. Water Samples from Battlement Creek Samples of this potable water source will be taken for the detection of possible radionuclides. Sampling will be conducted on a daily basis until data accumulated, as related to flaring operations, warrants collection on a less frequent basis. Since the water samples will require a laboratory analysis for determination of radioactivity concentration, a longer period of time will be required for the resulting data to reach the Open Files. It is expected that this can be done within two weeks. 4. Other Water Samples The SURHL water surveillance network, as described on pages 37 and 33'of NVO-61, will be activated during the post shot flaring operations. Samples from this network will be collected on a monthly basis during flaring. Due to the number of samples involved in this operation, the analysis will require several weeks. It is expected that the data from these samples should be in the OpenFile System in about 30 days from the date of collection. Milk from local dairy and family-owned cattle will be sampled as discussed on pages 35-37 of HV0~61, These samples will be taken on a monthly basis and the data BEST AVAILABLE COPY

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