Correspondence

Letter to the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management providing Board questions about DOE’s new program approach (i.e., Scenario A) that the Board intends to discuss at its July 12-13, 1994, meeting.

Letter to the Secretary thanking her for inviting the Board to designate someone to serve on an intermediary panel to oversee a financial and management review of the project and declining her offer to maintain the Board’s independence.

Letter to the Chairman, Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, commenting on the committee report on appropriations and urging that any multipurpose container concept should be evaluated for transport, storage, and disposal.

Letter from the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting DOE’s response to recommendations in the Board’s Fifth Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy issued in June 1992.

Letter from the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting DOE’s response to recommendations in the Board’s Fourth Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy issued in December 1991.

Letter to the Secretary expressing the importance of “getting underground” and describing the most effective underground excavation design, including an exploratory studies facility down to the repository level and potentially deeper.

Letter from the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting DOE’s response to recommendations in the Board’s Third Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy issued in May 1991.

Letter to Executive Director Loux thanking him for participating in the Board’s April 26, 1991, meeting, his conclusion that the Board has interjected a positive element into DOE’s program, and noting his comments on the Board’s independence.

Letter from the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting DOE’s response to recommendations in the Board’s Second Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy issued in November 1990.

Letter providing a response to the Senator’s letter of December 11, 1990, on Board involvement in socioeconomic issues and in discussions of the Environmental Protection Agency Standard, 40 CFR 191 and Board interactions with the public at its meetings.

Letter conveying the Board’s initial response to Senator Bryan’s December 11, 1990, letter.

Letter from Chairman Don U. Deere to Mr. Gertz providing the Board’s Structural Geology and Geoengineering Panel’s early reactions and a consultant’s report, on DOE’s exploratory studies facilities alternatives (ESF-A) study.

Letter to the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting the Chairman’s letter to Carl Gertz on the Board’s Structural Geology and Geoengineering Panel’s early reactions to DOE’s ESF-A study.

Letter from Senator Bryan inquiring about Chairman Deere’s views on aspects of the Board’s organization and activities, which may exceed the Board’s authority under the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, and the Board’s treatment of the public.

Letter to Chairman Carr conveying concerns related to environmental standards and regulations and suggesting the need and opportunity for a jointly negotiated rule making regarding 40 CFR 191 and 10 CFR 60.

Letter from the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management transmitting DOE’s response to recommendations in the Board’s First Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy issued in March 1990.