MINUTES
(Verified
with meeting transcript)
CENTRAL INTERSTATE LLRW COMMISSION
ANNUAL MEETING
JUNE 25, 2003, WEDNESDAY, 9:00 A.M.
In compliance with Commission Bylaws and Rules, a meeting
notice announcing the date, time, location and agenda availability was mailed
to the interested public May 26, 2003.
The Annual Meeting of the Central Interstate LLRW Commission
was held Wednesday, June 25, 2003, to take action on: meeting minutes, reports, export
applications and fee schedule, Administrative Budget, US Ecology Funding
Request, election, and to take necessary action on all business to come before
the Commission.
The Chair called the
meeting to order and roll was called.
Responding to the roll call was:
Oklahoma Commissioner and
Commission Chair, Catherine Sharp; Arkansas Commissioner, Laura Gilson (a.m.
session); Arkansas Alternate Commissioner, Bernie Bevill (p.m. session); Kansas
Commissioner, James J. O’Connell; Louisiana Commissioner, Michael Henry;
and Nebraska Commissioner, Dr. F. Gregory Hayden.
Also present were Administrator,
Rita Houskie; Temporary Secretary, Audrey Richert, and the court reporter.
The Chair began with the Rule 23
agenda item, indicating that this was noted as a commissioners-only
matter. The Commissioners had previously
received evidentiary submissions that they had reviewed in preparation for
deliberation, in open session, of their findings. After a lengthy discussion, the Commissioner from Kansas offered
a preamble to a motion as follows:
Motion by Kansas, second by Arkansas
“It is hereby moved that the
Commission, having received written and oral argument, explanation and evidence
from the State of Nebraska, witness testimony, sworn deposition testimony, and
exhibits, together with the memorandum and Order of the U.S. District Court for
the District of Nebraska, all in Case No. (this recites the case number), trial
and appellate briefs related to said case and other pertinent documents, at and
subsequent to its meeting of April 10th, 2003, each commissioner having
thereafter adequate opportunity to review and consider said materials, and on
this 25th day of June, 2003, having met, discussed and deliberated,
adopts as its findings and decision the following:" Adopt the language from Option 3, Items A
through L of the document entitled, “June 25th, 2003, Memorandum of
Rule 23 Decision”.
Motion passed 4-1 (Nebraska voting no)
The Chair introduced the second part of the Rule 23 agenda
item that dealt with possible sanctions.
The Commissioner from Arkansas opened the discussion with a motion to
adopt sanctions 2,3,6 and 7. The
Commissioners discussed the possible sanctions that resulted in the following
motion.
Motion by Arkansas, second by Kansas, to approve Sanctions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with modification to the
language in Sanction 6 to read: “Nebraska shall take no action to interfere
with or otherwise deny the continued availability of the proposed site near
Butte, Nebraska, for possible licensing and disposal of low-level radioactive
waste, until such time that a new, alternative, regional facility is developed
and operational within the Central Interstate Compact region, and it shall in
no way interfere with the Commission’s efforts in those matters.”
Motion passed 4-1 (Nebraska voting no)
One major generator spoke during the public comment period
for the NRC Petition - Partial Agreement State Status Revocation agenda
item. The major generator
representative summarized a written statement submitted to the Commission that
essentially stated their support of the Commission's action provided that the
petition not be filed before the litigation is complete and would not imply any
commitment of funds.
Three members of the public spoke during the general public
comment period.
The Commission received
oral reports from the Commission Administrator, Legal Counsel, and US Ecology.
No reports were heard from
the Village of Butte, the Host State, the Boyd County Local Monitoring
Committee or the Litigation Committee.
Motion (Resolution
1- part 1) by Kansas, second by Louisiana, to approve the January 22, 2003 Mid-Year Meeting and March
14, 2003 Special Meeting minutes.
Motion passed 4-0-1 (Nebraska abstaining)
Motion (Resolution
1- part 2) by Kansas, second by Louisiana, to approve the April 10, 2003 Special Meeting minutes.
Motion passed 5-0
Motion (Resolution
2) by Kansas, second by Arkansas, to approve US Ecology Funding Request for Fiscal Year 2003-2004.
Motion passed 5-0
Motion (Resolution
3) by Arkansas, second by Kansas, to approve export applications from Beta Chem (KS) and RADS S.L. Inc.
(LA).
Motion passed 5-0
Motion by Kansas, second by Arkansas, to extend for one month beyond end of the Commission’s fiscal year, all
export application approvals issued in the current fiscal ear and to authorize
the administrator, upon request, to notify those generators who need to ship
after June 30, that they are authorized to do so.
Motion passed 5-0
Motion (Resolution
4) by Oklahoma, second by Louisiana, to approve Commission
Administrative Budget Adjustments for fiscal year 2002-2003.
Motion passed 5-0
Motion (Resolution
6) by Kansas, second by Arkansas, to approve Commission Administrative Budget fiscal year 2003-2004.
Motion passed 4-1
Motion (Resolution
5) by Arkansas, second by Louisiana, to approve Export Fee Schedule fiscal year 2003-2004.
Motion passed 5-0
The Chair asked for
nominations for commission chairman for the coming year.
Motion (Resolution
7) by Kansas, second by Louisiana, to approve the election of the Oklahoma Commissioner, Catherine Sharp,
as Chairperson of the Commission for FY 2003-2004.
Motion passed 4-0-1 (Oklahoma abstaining)
The Commissioners set the date for the Mid-Year Meeting of the Commission as
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Chair recessed the meeting at approximately 3:38 p.m. to
go into executive session for the administrative review. The Chair called the
meeting back to order at 3:58 p.m. and it was stated that no action in
executive session other than to complete a personnel evaluation of the
administrator and to make an appropriate adjustment in her compensation.
Motion by Kansas, seconded by Arkansas, to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed 5-0
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:59 p.m.
