ML20141H652
| ML20141H652 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/18/1997 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Zawmon MARYLAND, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9708010059 | |
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July 18, 1997 CHAIRMAN Ms. Merrylin Zaw-Mon, Director State of Maryland Air and Radiation Management Administration Department of the Environment 2500 Broening Highway Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Dear Ms. Zaw-Mon:
I am responding to your letter of May 7,1997, regarding State participation in the Commission's efforts on the extemal regulation of the Department of Energy (DOE). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and DOE recently agreed to focus on a pilot program, pending legislative clarification or authorization, of simulated regulation of three DOE nuclear facilities over the next guar. The points of contact for this program are Carl J. Paperiello for NRC, and Ray Bembe and John Tseng for DOE.
Although we currently do not anticipate any of the pilot facilities being within the State of i
Maryland, NRC intends to ensure a coordinated approach with the affected States on the tasks related to this undertaking. The importance of State involvement was also emphasized by the State participants in the Commission's Strategic Assessment process. These participants indicated that the States may be establishing a special committee to adoress the extemal regulation of DOE issue. It would be very helpful to our coordination efforts if a central point of contact with the States were designated. We will be contacting the Organization of Agreement States and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors to discuss the best structure for coordinating with the States. In the meantime, we appreciate your interest in this matter, and we believe that our efforts to coordinate with the States can serve to address some of your concems. You should recognize, however, that the question of long-term extemal oversight of DOE facilities ultimately must be determined by the Congress. We will be working with DOE (and coordinating with the States) over the next year to provide information that will assist the Federal agencies and the Congress in making their determination.
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