ML19210D562
| ML19210D562 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/08/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Brooks J HOUSE OF REP., GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
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| Download: ML19210D562 (1) | |
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e flovember 8,1979 OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chainnan Committee on Government Operations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
On March 30, 1979. the Comptroller General of the United States submitted a report entitled " Areas Around fluclear Facilities Should Be Better Prepared for Radiological Emergencies". One of the recommendations for the flRC in that report was:
"The Chairman, Nu, lear Regulatory Commission, should establish an emergency planning zone of about 10 miles around all nuclear power plant:, as recommended by the Environmental Prc'.ection Agency /Muclear Regulatory Commission Task Force, and require 'icensees to modify their emergency plans accordingly."
In my response to you on June 26, 1979, I stated that the Commission would give careful consideration to the recommendations of the NRC/ EPA Task Force Report.
I now wish to inform you that the Commission has accepted and endorses the guidance contained in the task force report and we have published a Federal Register t'otice announcing this endorsement (enclosure 1). We have directed the staff to begin to incorporate the guidance into existing documents and to incorporate it into a proposed new rule on emergency planning.
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Joscph M. Hendrie Chairman
Enclosure:
As stated.
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