ML20196J401
| ML20196J401 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/12/1998 |
| From: | Dicus G NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| ML20196J381 | List: |
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| SECY-98-192-C, NUDOCS 9812100041 | |
| Download: ML20196J401 (2) | |
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NOTATION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET TO:
John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
COMMISSIONER DICUS
SUBJECT:
SECY-98-192 - RESOLUTION OF ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT STATE PROGRAMS Approved I Disapproved Abstain i
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Commissioner Dieus' comments on SECY-98-192:
I approve Option 3 modified as follows. Allegations concerning employee wrongdoing, except that of the radiation control program (hCP) director, should be initially referred to the RCP
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director. It is inappropriate to not refer such allegations to the RCP director since that individual I
has first line responsibility for the conduct of employees in the program. Should NRC subsequently find the matter to not have been appropriately followed up, the matter can be re-i referred by the NRC to the line management over the RCP director or to the State IG or AG.
t Option 3 strikes a proper balance between the need of the NRC to follow up and be responsive to allegations concerning the Agreement States and the need to recognize the fundamental difference of the relationships between NRC and its licensees and NRC and the Agreement States. While oversight of the latter is our responsibility, the States themselves are regulatory entities having standards for performance and ethics. While proceduralimplementation of the States' standards may not necessarily be identical with that of the NRC, the standards have in common the goal of creating and maintaining public confidence and trust in the States' programs. Option 3 provides a policy that is in keeping with the NRC coal of striving for a performance based approach in our programs by providing flexibility when dealing with l
Agreement State allegations.
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