ML20199L612
| ML20199L612 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/27/1986 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Thornburgh D PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
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| NUDOCS 8607090492 | |
| Download: ML20199L612 (3) | |
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k UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Cl Al AN The Honorable Dick Thornburgh Governor of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Dear Governor Thornburgh:
It is with pleasure that I inform you that the Cummission has approved the " Memorandum of Understanding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission" regarding methods of cooperation in areas of mutual interest involving nuclear safety.
Six originals of the Memorandum of Understanding are enclosed for your signature, three of which should be returned to the NRC.
On behalf of the Commission, I would like to commend the Commonwealth on its progressive attitude in entering into this important agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Commission looks forward to a long and mutually cooperative relationship with Pennsylvania.
Sincerely,
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Enclosures:
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MEf 0RANDUM 0F UllDERSTANDIllG BETWEEN THE COMM0NWEALTil 0F PENf1SYLVANIA AtlD Tile U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION This Memorandum of Understanding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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(hereafter "Comonwealth") and the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission i
(hereafter "NRC") expresses the desire of the parties to cooperate in the regulation of nuclear activities; it sets forth mutually agreeable principles of cooperation between the Comonwealth and NRC in areas subject to the juris-diction of the Comonwealth or the NRC or both. This Memorandum is intended to provide the basis of subsequent detailed subagreements between the parties.
Close cooperation between the signatories will help assure that the goals and policies of Comonwealth and Federal law will be carried out efficiently and expeditiously without diminishing the responsibilities or authorities of either party.
With the execution of the Memorandum, the Commonwealth and NRC agree to consult regularly 7.nd to cooperate in exploring and devising appropriate procedures to minimize duplication of effort to the extent permitted by Comonwealth and Federal law, to avoid delays in decisionmaking, and to ensure the exchange of information that is needed to make the most effective use of the resources of the Commonwealth and the NRC in order to accomplish the purpose of both parties.
Principles of Cooperation 1.
Toward these goals, the State and NRC agree to explore together the development of detailed subagreements in areas of mutual concern including, but not necessarily limited to, transportation regulation, at a low-level waste disposal site, low-level waste packaging and shipping inspections, confirmatory environmental monitoring and emergency information exchange.
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Subagreements under this Memorandum may provide for activities to be performed by either party under mutually acceptable guidelines and criteria which assure that the needs of both are met.
For activities perfonned by one party at the request of the other party under specific subagreements to this Memorandum, either party may explore means by which compensation can be made available to the other party or by which the costs may be shared by the parties.
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NRC agrees to explore with the Comonwealth W. Possibility of sharing with the Commonwealth proprietary and coner information in NRC's possession that is exempt from mandatory public disclosure.
4 Nothing in this Memorandum is intended to restrict or extend the constitutional or statutory authority of either NRC or the Comonwealth or to aff ect or vary the terms of a future agreement between the Commonwealth and the flRC under Section 274b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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The principal NRC contact under this Memorandum shall be the Director of the Office of State Programs. The principal Commonwealth contact shall be the Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection or his or her designee. Subagreements will name appropriate individuals, agencies or offices as contacts.
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This Memorandum shall take effect upon signing by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice.
FOR THE COMM0NWEALTil 0F PENNSYLVANIA Dick Thornburgh Governor Dated at This day of FOR Tile UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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