ML20154R204
| ML20154R204 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/13/1998 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Foster M LOUISIANA, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9810260231 | |
| Download: ML20154R204 (2) | |
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October 13, 1998 '
The Honorable M. J. (Mike) Foster, Jr.
Governor of Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9004
Dear Governor Foster:
I am writing to confirm the continued participation of the State of Louisiana in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) State Liaison Officer program. It is my understanding that the most recent State Liaison Officer, William H. Spell, Administrator of the Radiation Protection Division in the Office of Air Ouality and Radiation Protection, has retired. I trust that you share the Commission's belief in the value of this program and will advise us of your new appointee at an early date.
In 1976, the NRC adopted a recommendation of State organizations, including the National Governors' Association, that we request each State to appoint a single person to act as liaison to NRC for the purpose of improving Federal / State cooperation. The NRC looks to the Governor-appointed State Liaison Officers to provide a communication channel between the States and the NRC, to be the key person in the State to keep the Governor completely informed on nuclear regulatory and related public health and safety matters, and to provide NRC with answers to questions posed to the States on particular issues.
The individual you select to pedorm this function should be a State official who can communicate effectively with other Stato agencies on issues related to the regulation of radioactive material. We will keep you informed of our programs and activities through this individual. At the same time, we will maintain our ties to those State agencies with whom we have established relationships for specific issues.
I look forward to continued participation by Louisiana in the NRC's State Liaison Officer program, if you or your staff have any questions or wish additionalinformation, please contact Richard L. Bangart, Director of NRC's Office of State Programs in Headquarters at 301-415-3340 or Charles A. Hackney, our Region IV State Liaison Officer in Arlington, Texas, at 817-860-8267.
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Governor of Louisiana
. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9004
Dear Governor Foster:
l 1 am writing to confirm the continued participation of the State of Louisiana in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) State Liaison Officer program. It is my understanding that the most recent State Liaison Officer, William H. Spell, Administrator of the Radiation Protection Division in the Office cf Air Quality and Radiation Protection, has retired. I trust that you share l the Commission's belief in the value of this program and will advise us of your new appointee at i an early date, in 1976, the NRC adopted a recommendation of State organizations, including the National Governors' Association, that we request each State to appoint a single person to act as liaison to NRC for the purpose of improving Federal / State cooperation. The NRC looks to the Governor-appointed State Liaison Officers to provide a communication channel between the i States and the NRC, to be the key person in the State to keep the Governor completely l . informed on nuclear regulatory and related public health and safety matters, and to provide l NRC with answers to questions posed to the States on particular issues.
The individual you select to perform this function should be a State official who can communicate effectively with other State agencies on issues related to the regulation of radioactive material. We will keep you informed of our programs and activities through this individual. At the same time, we will maintain our ties to those State agencies with whom we have established relationships for specific issues.
I look forward to continued pahicipation by Louisiana in the NRC's State Liaison Officer program. If you or your staff have any questions or wish additionalinformation, please contact Richard L. Bangart, Director of NRC's Office of State Programs in Headquarters at 301-415-3340 or Charles A. Hackney, our Region IV State Liaison Officer in Arlington, Texas, at 817 860-8267.
l l Sincerely, b
Shirley Ann Jackson Originated by: [SDroggitis,SP]