ML19142A263
| ML19142A263 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/28/2019 |
| From: | Paul Michalak NRC/NMSS/DMSST |
| To: | Rich E, Sagamo R, Stevens D Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, Elnu Abenaki Tribe of Vermont, Koasek of the Koas of the Abenaki Nation, Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe |
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| Download: ML19142A263 (9) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 28, 2019 Roger Longtoe Sheehan Sagamo (Chief) and Tribal Headquarters Elnu Abenaki Tribe 5243 VT Route 30 Jamaica, VT 05343
SUBJECT:
STATE OF VERMONT FINAL APPLICATION TO ASSUME REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CERTAIN RADIOACTVE MATERIALS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Mr. Longtoe Sheehan:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Agreement State Program allows a State to assume regulatory authority for some types of nuclear material after review and approval of the States program by the NRC. States assume the authority to review and issue licenses and conduct inspections to ensure safety and security for activities involving these materials. On April 11, 2019, the Governor of Vermont sent its final application to the NRC to ask for an Agreement with the NRC to regulate certain types of radioactive materials (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19116A227). The NRC is informing your tribe of this action in accordance with our Tribal Policy Statement at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/tps.html. Additional information on the Vermont Agreement process and links to NRC and Vermont documents related to the Agreement application process can be found on our Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/agreement-states/vermont.html. We periodically update this Web site at each milestone in the Agreement process and provide links to documents related to the Agreement.
The NRC approves an Agreement after finding the States radiation control program is adequate to protect public health and safety and compatible with the NRCs nuclear materials program.
Under the proposed Vermont Agreement, the State would assume regulatory authority over byproduct material, source material and special nuclear material less than critical mass quantities at 36 academic, commercial and medical facilities across the State.
In compliance with the Commissions policy1, the NRC staff prepared a draft assessment of the States final application and anticipates publishing the draft assessment and draft Agreement in the Federal Register. We will inform you when the Federal Register notice is published to afford you the opportunity to provide comments. If an Agreement is finalized, the NRC will discontinue its regulatory authority over radioactive materials covered under the Agreement. The NRC will then transfer regulatory authority and related licenses to the State of Vermont on the effective date of the Agreement.
1 NRC Statement of Policy was published in the Federal Register, on January 23, 1981 (46 FR 7540-7546), a correction was published on July 16, 1981 (46 FR 36969) and a revision of Criterion 9 was published in the Federal Register, on July 21, 1983 (48 FR 33376).
R. Sheehan If you or other tribal officials would like additional opportunities to discuss the Agreement State Program and Vermonts proposed program, please contact Mr. Duncan White in the State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch at (301) 415-2598, or by e-mail at Duncan.White@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Paul Michalak, Chief State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: W. Irwin, VT Department of Health
- via email OFFICE MSST MSST MSST MSST NAME MArribas-Colon DWhite HGonzalez PMichalak DATE 5/22/19 5/22/19 5/23/19 5/28/19 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 28, 2019 Don Stevens, Chief Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe 156 Bacon Drive Shelburne, VT 05482
SUBJECT:
STATE OF VERMONT FINAL APPLICATION TO ASSUME REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CERTAIN RADIOACTVE MATERIALS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Mr. Stevens:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Agreement State Program allows a State to assume regulatory authority for some types of nuclear material after review and approval of the States program by the NRC. States assume the authority to review and issue licenses and conduct inspections to ensure safety and security for activities involving these materials. On April 11, 2019, the Governor of Vermont sent its final application to the NRC to ask for an Agreement with the NRC to regulate certain types of radioactive materials (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19116A227). The NRC is informing your tribe of this action in accordance with our Tribal Policy Statement at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/tps.html. Additional information on the Vermont Agreement process and links to NRC and Vermont documents related to the Agreement application process can be found on our Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/agreement-states/vermont.html. We periodically update this Web site at each milestone in the Agreement process and provide links to documents related to the Agreement.
The NRC approves an Agreement after finding the States radiation control program is adequate to protect public health and safety and compatible with the NRCs nuclear materials program.
Under the proposed Vermont Agreement, the State would assume regulatory authority over byproduct material, source material and special nuclear material less than critical mass quantities at 36 academic, commercial and medical facilities across the State.
In compliance with the Commissions policy1, the NRC staff prepared a draft assessment of the States final application and anticipates publishing the draft assessment and draft Agreement in the Federal Register. We will inform you when the Federal Register notice is published to afford you the opportunity to provide comments. If an Agreement is finalized, the NRC will discontinue its regulatory authority over radioactive materials covered under the Agreement. The NRC will then transfer regulatory authority and related licenses to the State of Vermont on the effective date of the Agreement.
1 NRC Statement of Policy was published in the Federal Register, on January 23, 1981 (46 FR 7540-7546), a correction was published on July 16, 1981 (46 FR 36969) and a revision of Criterion 9 was published in the Federal Register, on July 21, 1983 (48 FR 33376).
D.Stevens If you or other tribal officials would like additional opportunities to discuss the Agreement State Program and Vermonts proposed program, please contact Mr. Duncan White in the State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch at (301) 415-2598, or by e-mail at Duncan.White@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Paul Michalak, Chief State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: W. Irwin, VT Department of Health
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 28, 2019 The Council of Chiefs of the Koasek of the Koas Koasek of the Koas of the Abenaki Nation 188 Allen Bent Road West Braintree Roxbury, VT 05669
SUBJECT:
STATE OF VERMONT FINAL APPLICATION TO ASSUME REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CERTAIN RADIOACTVE MATERIALS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Council:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Agreement State Program allows a State to assume regulatory authority for some types of nuclear material after review and approval of the States program by the NRC. States assume the authority to review and issue licenses and conduct inspections to ensure safety and security for activities involving these materials. On April 11, 2019, the Governor of Vermont sent its final application to the NRC to ask for an Agreement with the NRC to regulate certain types of radioactive materials (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19116A227). The NRC is informing your tribe of this action in accordance with our Tribal Policy Statement at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/tps.html. Additional information on the Vermont Agreement process and links to NRC and Vermont documents related to the Agreement application process can be found on our Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/agreement-states/vermont.html. We periodically update this Web site at each milestone in the Agreement process and provide links to documents related to the Agreement.
The NRC approves an Agreement after finding the States radiation control program is adequate to protect public health and safety and compatible with the NRCs nuclear materials program.
Under the proposed Vermont Agreement, the State would assume regulatory authority over byproduct material, source material and special nuclear material less than critical mass quantities at 36 academic, commercial and medical facilities across the State.
In compliance with the Commissions policy1, the NRC staff prepared a draft assessment of the States final application and anticipates publishing the draft assessment and draft Agreement in the Federal Register. We will inform you when the Federal Register notice is published to afford you the opportunity to provide comments. If an Agreement is finalized, the NRC will discontinue its regulatory authority over radioactive materials covered under the Agreement. The NRC will then transfer regulatory authority and related licenses to the State of Vermont on the effective date of the Agreement.
1 NRC Statement of Policy was published in the Federal Register, on January 23, 1981 (46 FR 7540-7546), a correction was published on July 16, 1981 (46 FR 36969) and a revision of Criterion 9 was published in the Federal Register, on July 21, 1983 (48 FR 33376).
Council If you or other tribal officials would like additional opportunities to discuss the Agreement State Program and Vermonts proposed program, please contact Mr. Duncan White in the State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch at (301) 415-2598, or by e-mail at Duncan.White@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Paul Michalak, Chief State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: W. Irwin, VT Department of Health
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 28, 2019 Eugene Rich, Chief Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi 100 Grand Avenue Swanton, VT 05488
SUBJECT:
STATE OF VERMONT FINAL APPLICATION TO ASSUME REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CERTAIN RADIOACTVE MATERIALS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Mr. Rich:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Agreement State Program allows a State to assume regulatory authority for some types of nuclear material after review and approval of the States program by the NRC. States assume the authority to review and issue licenses and conduct inspections to ensure safety and security for activities involving these materials. On April 11, 2019, the Governor of Vermont sent its final application to the NRC to ask for an Agreement with the NRC to regulate certain types of radioactive materials (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19116A227). The NRC is informing your tribe of this action in accordance with our Tribal Policy Statement at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/tps.html. Additional information on the Vermont Agreement process and links to NRC and Vermont documents related to the Agreement application process can be found on our Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/state-tribal/agreement-states/vermont.html. We periodically update this Web site at each milestone in the Agreement process and provide links to documents related to the Agreement.
The NRC approves an Agreement after finding the States radiation control program is adequate to protect public health and safety and compatible with the NRCs nuclear materials program.
Under the proposed Vermont Agreement, the State would assume regulatory authority over byproduct material, source material and special nuclear material less than critical mass quantities at 36 academic, commercial and medical facilities across the State.
In compliance with the Commissions policy1, the NRC staff prepared a draft assessment of the States final application and anticipates publishing the draft assessment and draft Agreement in the Federal Register. We will inform you when the Federal Register notice is published to afford you the opportunity to provide comments. If an Agreement is finalized, the NRC will discontinue its regulatory authority over radioactive materials covered under the Agreement. The NRC will then transfer regulatory authority and related licenses to the State of Vermont on the effective date of the Agreement.
1 NRC Statement of Policy was published in the Federal Register, on January 23, 1981 (46 FR 7540-7546), a correction was published on July 16, 1981 (46 FR 36969) and a revision of Criterion 9 was published in the Federal Register, on July 21, 1983 (48 FR 33376).
E.Rich If you or other tribal officials would like additional opportunities to discuss the Agreement State Program and Vermonts proposed program, please contact Mr. Duncan White in the State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch at (301) 415-2598, or by e-mail at Duncan.White@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Paul Michalak, Chief State Agreements and Liaison Programs Branch Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: W. Irwin, VT Department of Health