ATTENDANCE/DRAFT MINUTES QUARTERLY CONFERENCE CALL ON SUBPART W

1/5/2010

Reid Rosnick – EPA

Tom Peake – EPA

Helen Burnett – EPA Angelique Diaz - EPA Sharyn Cunningham – CCAT

Paul Carestia – CCAT Lynn Holtz – CCAT Kay Hawklee CCAT Travis Stills – Energy Minerals Law Center Phil Egidi – CDPHE Nick Fragidakis – Ontario Ministry of Environment John Hamrick – Cotter Corp. Kristy Woodward – Denison Mines

Sarah Fields – Uranium Watch

Minutes and Discussion

Welcome - Roll Call

Last call was on 12/3/09. Activity has been sl ow because of the short time since the last conference call, and because of the holidays.

Any changes/comments to December minutes? Send to Reid’s e-mail address.

Discussion - Does the Subpart W website meet expectati ons with respect to type of information placed on website?

Travis Stills – settlement agreement letter and sp irit contemplated a much broader and deeper set of documents on the website, similar to items th at would be requested under a FOIA request. Reid explained that the website is not as comple te as a rulemaking docket, and asked what else

Travis would like to see on the webs ite. Travis stated that the Plaintiffs would like to see all non-privileged documents while preparing Subp art W, and documents for ongoing work. Reid stated that to the best of his knowledge, it’s up on the website.

Sarah Fields – specific documents she woul d like to see posted. CCAT and RMCAA 8/2008 complaint and 10/2006 intent to file suit. A doc ument references a Quality Assurance Program Plan – QAPP should be online as well. Other background documents on microfiche in DC (sheviewed them in DC). Sarah will send all this via e-mail to Reid. Were the people that prepared the documents contractors? Reid told her they are.

Paul Carestia – understands that 12 peopl e on the Subpart W workgroup. Did workgroup

contract out their work ? Who reviewed/approved ? Reid clarified the process, that the workgroup members are all EPA employees. Afte r the contractor produces a document, the workgroup will review, revise or approve the work.

Sarah Fields – thinks radon should be addr essed from other areas besides just tailings

. Reid said

she should e-mail comments/issues to him. Reid told her that he is bound by the provisions of

the Clean Air Act and that we are to look at ra don from mill tailings/ by product. Sarah also

state that there should be a current enforcement action at the White Mesa Mill. There has been new cell construction, and no Subpart A cons truction approval request. 40 CFR Part 70.3b2...Title V. How is rulemaking affected by this?

Travis Stills – asked for an idea of where the Workgroup is and what we will be working on this quarter. (Reid - Research of legacy docket i ssues. Background information. Coordinating the reviews of the UMTRCA rulemaking and Subpart W. Trying to establish a timeline for tribal consultations.) Travis – overlapping documents should be on the website.

Date for meeting in Blanding, UT? No date yet, however, Reid would like to discuss venue with

Sarah Fields.

Travis Stills - Dewatering of impoundments at Cotter. EPA n eeds to get a better idea of what goes on “on the ground”.

Phil Egidi – Surface impoundment is in the closur e process, not operationa l. Cotter is making measurements, supplying reports to CDPH E. Phil is making visits to the site.

EPA Activity before next call

EPA will continue reviewing the risk assessment documents; research the legacy docket issue, the posting of contractor informa tion, and alternatives to Method 115.

Next call date and time

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 11 AM EST

Call-in number: 866-299-3188

Conference code: 2023439563