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NOTE TO: The File JOBunting

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FROM: Joseph 0. Bunting, Chief

Policy and Program Control Branch

Division of Waste Management

SUBJECT: MEETING WITH MR. JAMES HOVIS, ATTORNEY, YAKIMA INDIAN NATION

On Monday, April 29, 1985, I received a letter (dated April 25, 1985) from Mr.

James Hovis, Attorney for the Yakima Indian Nation, requesting a meeting with

me as an adjunct to the NCSL Meeting to be held in Charleston, South Carolina

on May 4-5, 1985. The purpose of the meeting with me was to explore the

possibility of a Memorandum of Understanding between NRC and the Yakima Indian

Nation regarding participation in NRC high-level waste activities pursuant to

10 CFR Part 60, Subpart C.

I did attend the NCSL meeting and met with Mr. Hovis. Mr. Hovis explained

that his clients wanted to assure their participation and consultation in all NRC

activities concerning BWIP. Mr. Hovis was somewhat concerned about some recent

NRC and NRC/DOE meetings where his clients were notified about the meetings at

the last minute, were not given the necessary materials for participation and

were told they would be observers and not participants. The Tribe has determined

that the optimal way to achieve this participation is through a written MOU

with NRC pursuant to Subpart C. I explained to Mr. Hovis that we had not yet

negotiated such an agreement with any state or indian tribe because we had not

received any requests. However, we would be willing to work with him and

the Tribe in order to negotiate such a document.

I told Mr. Hovis that we (NRC) would be receiving the Project Decision

Schedule from DOE sometime in June and that this might be a good vehicle for

determining the points where the Tribe would want to work with NRC. This

would also work to our advantage because we would know, in advance, that the

states/tribes wanted to have input and could factor that into our long-range

scheduling and planning. Mr. Hovis agreed that this would be a good starting

point and said he would wait to hear from us to set up such a meeting.

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NOTE TO: The File

FROM: Joseph 0. Bunting, Chief

Policy and Program Control Branch

Division of Waste Management

SUBJECT: MEETING WITH MR. JAMES HOVIS, ATTORNEY, YAKIMA INDIAN NATION

On Monday, April 29, 1985, I received a letter (dated April 25, 1985) from Mr.

James Hovis, Attorney for the Yakima Indian Nation, requesting a meeting with

me as an adjunct to the NCSL Meeting to be held in Charleston, South Carolina

on May 4-5, 1985. The purpose of the meeting with me was to explore the

possibility of a Memorandum of Understanding between NRC and the Yakima Indian

Nation regarding participation in NRC high-level waste activities pursuant to

10 CFR Part 60, Subpart C.

I did attend the NCSL meeting and met with Mr. Hovis. Mr. Hovis explained

that his clients wanted to assure their participation and consultation in all NRC

activities concerning BWIP. Mr. Hovis was somewhat concerned about some recent

NRC and NRC/DOE meetings where his clients were notified about the meetings at

the last minute, were not given the necessary materials for participation and

were told they would be observers and not participants. The Tribe has determined

that the optimal way to achieve this participation is through a written MOU

with NRC pursuant to Subpart C. I explained to Mr. Hovis that we had not yet

negotiated such an agreement with any state or indian tribe because we had not

received any requests. However, we would be willing to work with him and

the Tribe in order to negotiate such a document.

I told Mr. Hovis that we (NRC) would be receiving the Project Decision

Schedule from DOE sometime in June and that this might be a good vehicle for

determining the points where the Tribe would want to work with NRC. This

would also work to our advantage because we would know, in advance, that the

states/tribes wanted to have input and could factor that into our long-range

scheduling and planning. Mr. Hovis agreed that this would be a good starting

point and said he would wait to hear from us to set up such a meeting.

jjcy C4-'- 1

ph 0. Bunting, Chief

sion and of Program Waste Management Control Branch