January 22, 1999

Ms. Ruth E. McBurney, CHP, Director
Division of Licensing, Registration and Standards
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of Health
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3189


Re: Request for confirmation required by 25 TAC §289.202(ff)(5) on transfer to Waste Control Specialists LLC (Radioactive Material License No. L04971 and Log No. 1998- 12-1066) of incident-related Cs-137 contaminated electric arc furnace dust request

Dear Ms. McBurney:

In reference to your January 8, 1999 letter to Mr. Minor Hibbs requesting confirmation on the matter referenced above, this letter confirms that the transfer for disposal of electric arc furnace dust (United States Environmental Protection Agency designation K061) contaminated with 220 millicuries of incident-related cesium-137 (Cs-137) to Waste Control Specialists LLC will not result in the permitted hazardous waste disposal facility (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Permit No. HW-50358) exceeding 1 curie of incident-related Cs-137.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. William McCabe of the Underground Injection Control & Radioactive Waste Section at 512/239-2252, or mail code MC131.

Sincerely,
[signed]
Dale Burnett, Director
Permits Division

DB/WM/jb

cc: Mr. William McCabe