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Legitimate CERCLA ARARs for the Tonawanda Site:

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Branch Technical Position on Disposal or Onsite Storage of Thorium or Uranium Wastes from Past Operations
• NRC Summary of Radiological Cleanup Criteria, November 1992
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's Technical Administrative Guidance Memorandum 4003 (TAGM-4003)
• Current NRC regulations for the control of source material and 11e.(2) byproduct material (10 CFR Part 40)
• Current NRC regulations and criteria for siting a uranium/thorium dump (10 CFR Part 40, Appendix A)
• EPA's radium cleanup regulations (40 CFR 192)
• Original U.S. Atomic Energy Commission regulations for the control of source material
• Summary of draft RI/FS-EIS cleanup alternatives
• Additional References

Public Review Process Comments:

• Comments on Proposed Rulemaking to amend 6 NYCRR Part 380 (Rules and Regulations for Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Radioactive Materials, March 24, 1994), James Rauch, April 2, 2001
• F.A.C.T.S. comments on NRC's Uranium Recovery Facilities rulemaking, February 9. 1998
• F.A.C.T.S comments on "Proposed Plan for the Ashland 1 and Ashland 2 Sites, Tonawanda, New York, November 1997, Final, USACE/OR/21950-1029", January 20, 1998
• F.A.C.T.S. comments on "Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Building 30 at Praxair, November 1996, U.S. Department of Energy", December 20, 1996
• F.A.C.T.S. comments on "Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Praxair Interim Actions, January 1996, U.S. Department of Energy", March 12, 1996
• "Comments on RI/FS-EIS for the Tonawanda, New York FUSRAP Site", 2-10-94, James M. Rauch

Documents Establishing Liability:

• DOE's Authority Review for the Ashland/Seaway properties
• What FUSRAP Is and Is Not
• Linde Manhattan Project contract excerpt establishing federal ownership of wastes
• F.A.C.T.S. legal brief

New York State Documents:

• Health Study around Linde Air Products / Praxair Inc.
• Federal Connection Volume I (scanned copy) page 1 to 172

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  Federal Connection Volume I (scanned copy) page 173 to 274

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• Federal Connection Volume II (scanned copy)

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U.S. Department of Labor:

• Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act

• Comments on Regulations to implement the Energy Employees Compensation Program: Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction and Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation
• F.A.C.T.S. response to May 1, 2000 editorial by USACE's Ballard, 5-4-00
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to NRC Chairman Jackson, 5-26-99
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to USACE's Michael Conrad, 1-1-98
• F.A.C.T.S. Letter to J Owendoff (DOE) 4-29-97
• DOE reply to F.A.C.T.S. letter of 4-29-97
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to DOE Site Mgr. Dave Adler, 3-4-97
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to NYS Dept. of Labor Commissioner John Sweeney, 3-3-97
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to NRC's Richard Bangart, 12-27-96
• Reply from J. Owendoff, 11-7-96
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to Congressman J. LaFalce 9-30-96
• F.A.C.T.S. letter to DOE's James Owendoff, 9-28-96
• ROLE letter to DOE Secretary Hazel O'Leary, 8-24-94
• Reply from DOE's Richard Guimond, 12-7-94
• Communication to the Media

• Rattlesnake Creek After Remediation
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• Rattlesnake Creek Before Remediation
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• Aerial Photo of Ashland 1,Ashland 2,Seaway D and Rattlesnake Creek
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• Linde/Praxair, Excelsior Steel Ball Company and New Fenced Contaminated Area
  • June 16, 2003 Photos
• Toxic Bus Tour
  • Bus Tour Photos listed by index sheet
• Linde Air Products, Union Carbide Corporation / Praxair Incorporated /Contaminated Dirt in Railroad Cars
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• Linde Air Products, Union Carbide Corporation / Praxair Incorporated / Lifting Contaminated Dirt
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• Linde Air Products, Union Carbide Corporation / Praxair Incorporated / Building 30 Demolition
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