Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- REVIEW OF THE SITING PROCESS -- Statewide Exclusionary Screening -- Candidate Area Identification -- Potential Sites Identification -- DISCUSSION -- LESSONS TO BE LEARNED -- 1 Introduction -- WORK PLAN -- SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- 2 Federal and State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Acts -- FEDERAL LLRW POLICY ACT OF 1980 -- FEDERAL LLRW AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1985 -- Implementation of the 1985 Amendments Act -- NEW YORK STATE LLRW MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1986 -- Agency Responsibilities -- Site Development -- Public Participation -- Technical Guidelines -- Implementation -- REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS -- DEC Responsibilities -- Public Participation -- Siting Criteria -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- 3 Overview of the Siting Process -- SITING PLAN -- Screening Criteria -- Disposal Methodology -- Application of Screening Criteria -- Quality Assurance Program -- Public Participation -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- 4 Statewide Exclusionary Screening -- SCREENING CRITERIA -- Criterion 11-Ground Water Hydrology -- Criterion 32-Population Density -- Criterion 36-Federally Protected Lands -- Criterion 38-State-Protected Lands -- Criterion 41-Indian Lands -- DATA SOURCES -- SCREENING RESULTS -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- 5 Candidate Area Identification -- EXCLUSIONARY SCREENING -- INITIAL PREFERENCE SCREENING -- COMPARATIVE PREFERENCE ANALYSIS -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- Criterion 2-Seismic Hazards -- Criterion 4-Existing Mine Exclusion -- Criteria 11 and 12-Protection of Ground Water Resources -- Criteria 12, 13, and 18-Buffers from Water Resources -- Criterion 22-Best Usage of Surface Waters -- Criterion 26-Air Quality Nonattainment -- Initial and Comparative Preference Screening.

SUMMARY -- Screening Criteria -- Screening Process -- 6 Potential Sites Identification -- GIS SCREENING -- QUALITATIVE MAP ASSESSMENTS -- FIELD SURVEYS -- RESCREENING USING ALL CRITERIA -- SITE CHARACTERIZATION -- VOLUNTEER AND OFFERED SITES -- CONTRIBUTED INFORMATION -- SENSITIVITY ANALYSES -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- Criterion 1-Geologic Complexity -- Criterion 3-Subsurface Dissolution -- Criterion 20-Erosion -- Criterion 44-Mineral Soil Groups -- Surface and Subsurface Drainage -- GIS Screening -- Map Assessments -- Field Surveys -- Rescreening Using All Criteria -- Volunteer and Offered Sites -- Contributed Information -- Sensitivity Analyses -- SUMMARY -- Screening Criteria -- Screening -- 7 Discussion and Conclusions -- EXTERNAL CAUSES -- INTERNAL CAUSES -- Ambiguity of Goals -- Technical Problems with Screening Process -- Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance -- Public Participation -- LESSONS TO BE LEARNED -- Public Perceptions of Nuclear Waste -- 8 Responses to Questions in Statement of Task -- QUESTION 1 -- QUESTION 2 -- QUESTION 3 -- QUESTION 4 -- QUESTION 5 -- QUESTION 6 -- QUESTION 7 -- QUESTION 8 -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix B Statement of Task -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix D List of Presenters to the Committee -- Appendix E List of Materials Reviewed -- Additional Materials Reviewed: -- Appendix F The Committee's Questions to New York State -- I. Regulatory Issues -- A. The Siting Plan -- B. Criteria -- C. Application of Criteria -- D. Quality Assurance Program -- E. Process and Procedures -- F. Public Involvement Program -- II. Technical Issues -- A. General -- B. Depth of Mines -- C. Ground Water Aquifers -- D. Wetlands -- E. Air Quality Nonattainment Areas -- F. Population Density.

G. Mineral Soil Groups 1-4 -- I. Regulatory Issues -- A. The Siting Plan -- B. Criteria -- C. Application of Criteria -- D. Quality Assurance Program -- E. Process and Procedures -- F. Public Involvement Program -- II. Technical Issues -- A. General -- B. Ground Water/Aquifers -- C. Wetlands -- D. Other Criteria -- Appendix G Classification of Wastes -- Appendix H Federal and New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Acts -- 1. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 -- Short Title -- Definitions -- General Provisions -- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal -- 2. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 -- An Act -- Title I- -- 3. New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act -- Chapter 673 -- Article 29 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities -- TITLE 1. Siting. -- Title 1 Siting -- Title 3 Commission for Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities -- Title 5 Advisory Committee on Permanent Disposal Facilities Siting and Disposal Method Selection -- Title 7 Financial Assurance -- Article 24-C Information Program on Low-Level Radioactive Waste -- State Operations-Miscellaneous Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Program -- Chapter 674. (See Fiscal Note at end of Chapter.) -- Appendix I Tables of Exclusionary and Preference Criteria -- Appendix J Quality Assurance Documents -- Appendix K Examples of Windshield Survey Forms -- First Impressions -- FIRST IMPRESSIONS.