ML20202J603
| ML20202J603 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/13/1997 |
| From: | Lohaus P NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | GENERAL, OHIO, STATE OF, OKLAHOMA, STATE OF, PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
| References | |
| SP-97-079, SP-97-79, NUDOCS 9712110192 | |
| Download: ML20202J603 (14) | |
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%.....! November 13, 1997 ALL AGREEMENT STATES OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA TRANSMITTAL OF STATE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM INFORMATION (SP-97-079)
Your attention is invited to the enclosed correspondence which contains:
INCIDENT AND EVENT INFORMATION.... ....
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION....
TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION... . ........
n TECHNICAL INFORMATION........... ....... ........ <
OTHER INFORMATION............. ...... .. . . .. ...XX REVISED IMPEP QUESTIONNAIRE Supplementary Information: Enclosed for your informa%n and comment is the revised
" Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire" which includes the new ' Materials Requested To Be Available for the Onsite Portion of an IMPEP Review" list. The questionnaire has been revised to reflect the new Management Directive 5.6, IMPEP, and will be undergoing OMB clearance.
The onsite review request list is a new document that describes specific material Agreement States and Regions are requested to have on hand when an IMPEP team is conducting the onsite portion of their review. During the interim implementation of IMPEP, several States requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) indicate whien material should be available during review to facilitate the onsite IMPEP review.
Please review the material and direct any comments you may have by December 19,1997 to:
POINT OF CONTACT: Kathleen N. Schneider Office of State Programs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 03H-20 Washington, D.C. 20555. !
TELEPHONE: (301)415 2520 FAX:
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SP.97 079 2 Il0V 1 3 1397 This information request has been approved by OMB 3150 0029, expiration April 30, 1998. The estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request is 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />.
Forward any comments regarding the burden estimate to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,
',. 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0052), Office of Management and -
Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503. If a document does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information. I' v
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H. Lohaus, Deputy Director l Office of State Programs
Enclosures:
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This information request has been approved by OMB 3150-0029, expiration April 30, 1998. The
, estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request is 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />. ,
Forward any commente regarding the burden estimate to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,
20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0052), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503. If a document does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information.
OriginalSigned By:
FAULH,LOHAUS Paul H. Lohaus, Deputy Director i Office of State Programs
Enclosures:
As stated Distribution:
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- Ste previous concurrence DOCUMENT NAME: G:\LJRt SP97079.LJR;G:\KXS\lMPQU 97,K S; G:\KXS\ REQUEST.LST To receive a copo of this document, Ind6cate in the box: "C" = Cooy wdhout attachtrent/endos re k. E' _
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OFFICE OSP l OSP il GSl%qQ NMSS l OSP:Qb NAME LRakovan:gd/nb KSchneider N' PHLodids" \ CJPaperiello RLBangaltWV DATE 10/30/97* 10/ W97 10lf '/97 11/04 /97* 11/ 0/97 OSP FILE CODE: SP-A-4 f
SP 2 This information request has been approved by OMB 3150-0029, expiration Maj 30,1998. The estimated burden per response to co y with this voluntary collection request is 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />.
Forward any comments regarding the rden estimate to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. N ar Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,
20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Redu ion Project (3150-0052), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503, if a d ment does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or spon or, and a corson is not required to respond to, a collection ofinformation.
Paul H. Lohaus, Deputy Director Office of State Programs
Enclosures:
As stated Distnbution' - - -
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SDroggitis PDR (YES/)
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2 If yo have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me or the individual name low.
pol OF CONTACT: Kathy Schneider TELEP NE: (301)415-2589 FAX: (301) 415-3502 INTERNET: KXS@NRC. GOV This information request as been approved by OMB 3150-0029, expiration May 30,1998. The estimated burden per res se to comply with this voluntary collection request is 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />.
Forward any comments reg ing the burden estimate to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,
20555-0001, and to the Paperw k Reduction Project (3150-0052), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503. If a document does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct r sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information.
Paul H. Lohaus, Deputy Director Office of State Programs
Enclosures:
As stated Distribution:
DIR. RF DCD (SP03)
SDroggitis PDR (YES/)
A/S File DOCUMENT NAME: G:\LJRtQUEST .LTR; G:\KXSilMPQUE97.KNS; G:\KXStREQUEST.L Ta receive a cop" of this document. Indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment / enclosure *E" = Cocm with attachrn.rwenclosure "N" = No oy OFFICE OSP ,
_ lE OSP l OSP:DD OSP:D \ l NAME LRakovan:gd 5 KSchneider PHLohaus RLBangart \
DATE 10/30/97 10/ /97 10/ /97 10/ /97 \
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Approved by OMB' No. 3150-0183 Expires 4/30/98 INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE Name of State / Regional Program Reporting Period: Month XX, (YEAR], to Month XX, [ YEAR]
A. COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- 1. Status of Materials insoection Procram
- 1. Please prepare a table identifying the licenses with inspections that are overdue by more than 25% of the scheduled frequency set out in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 2800. The list should include initialinspections that are overdue.
Insp. Frequency Licensee Name (Years) Due Date Months O/D
- 2. Do you currently have an action plan for completing overdue inspections? If so, please describe the plan or provide a written copy with your response to this questionnaire.
- 3. Please identify individual licensees or groups of licensees the State / Region is inspecting more or less frequently than called for in NRC Inspection ManuN Chapter 2800 and state the reason for the change.
1 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request: 60 hours6.944444e-4 days <br />0.0167 hours <br />9.920635e-5 weeks <br />2.283e-5 months <br />. Torward comments regarding burden estimate to the Information and Records Managemt...; Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20556-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0052), Office of Management and J' udget, Washington, DC 20503. NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond h, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
- 4. Please complete the following table for licensees granted reciprocity during the reporting period.
Number of Licensees Granted Reciprocity Number of Licensees Priority Permits Each Year Inspected Each Year Service Licensees performing YR YR teletherapy aad irradiator source YR YR installations or changes YR YR YR YR YR YR 1 YR YR YR YR YR YR YR YR 2 YR YR YR YR YR YR YR YR 3 YR YR YR YR YR YR 4
All Other
- 5. Other than reciprocity I;censees, how many field inspections of radiographers were performed?
- 6. For NRC Regions, did you establish numerical goals for the number of inspections to be performed during this review period? If so, please describe your goals, the number of inspections actually performed, and the reasons for any differences between the goals and the actual number of inspections performed, ll. Technical Quality of Insoectian
- 7. What, if any, changes were made to your written inspection procedures during the reporting period?
- 8. Prepare a table showing the number and types of supervisory accompaniments made duiing the review period. Include:
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Insoector Suoervisor License Cat. Dak
- 9. Describe intemal procedures for conducting supervisory accompaniments of inspectors in the field. If supervisory accompaniments were documented, p' ease provide copies of the documentation for each accompaniment.
- 10. Describe or provide an update on your instrumentation and methods of calibration. Are allinstruments properly calibrated at the present time?
lil. Technical Staffino and Trainina
- 11. Please provide a staffing plan, or complete a listing using the suggested format below, of the professional (technical) person-years of effort applied to the agreement or radioactive material program by individual. Include the name, position, and, for Agreement States, " e fraction of time spent in the following areas; administration, materials licensing & compliance, emergency response, LLW, U-mills, other, if these regulatory responsibilities are divided between offices, the table should be Nnsolidated to include all personnel contributing to the radioactive materials program, include all vacancies and identify all senior personnel assigned to monitor work of junior personnel, if consultants were i used to carry out the program's radioactive materials responsibilities, include their efforts. The table heading should be:
NAME POSITION AREA OF EFFORT FTE%
- 12. Please provide a listing of all new professional personnel hired since the last review, indicate the degree (s) they received, if applicable, and additional training and pars of experience in health physics, or other disciplines, if appropriate.
- 13. Please list all professional staff who have not yet met the qualification requirements of license reviewer / materials inspection staff (for NRC, inspection Manual Chapters 1246; for Agreement States, please describe your qualifications requirements for materials license reviewers and inspectors). For each, list the courses or equivalent trairdng/ experience they need to attend and a ,
tentative schedule for completion of these requirements.
- 14. Please identify the technical staff who left the RCP/ Regional DNMS program during this period.
- 15. List the vacant positions in each program, the length of time each position has been vacant, and a brief summary of efforts to fill the vacancy.
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IV. Technical Quality of Licensina Actions
- 16. Please identify any major, unusual, or comp!ex licenses which were issued, received a major amendment, terminated, decommissioned, bankruptcy notification or renewed in this period. Also identify any new or amended licenses that now require emergency plans.
- 17. Discuss tqy variances in licensing policies and procedures or exemptions from the regulations granted during the review period.
- 18. What, if any, changes were made in your written licensing procedures (new procedures, updates, policy memorarada, etc.) during the reporting period?
- 19. For NRC Regions, identify by licensee name, license number and type, any renewal applications that have been pending for onc year or more.
V. Resoonsos to incidents and Alleaations
- 20. Please provide a list of the reportable incidents (i.e., medical misadministration, ovv xposures. lost and abandoned sources, incidents requiring 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> or less ,
notification, etc. See Hanoovok on Nuclear Material Event Reporting in i Agreement States for additional guidance.) that occurred in the Region / State during the review period. For Agreement States, information included in previous submittals to NRC need not be repeated (i.e., those submitted under OMB 3150-0178). The list should be in the following format:
LICENSEE NAME LICENSE # DATE OF INCIDENT / REPORT TYPE OF INCIDENT
- 21. During this review period, did any incidents occur that involved equipment or source failure or approved operating procedves that were deficient? If so, how and when were other State /NRC licensees who might be affected notified ' For States, was timely notification made to NRC? For Regions, was an appropriate and timely PN generated?
- 22. For incidents involving failure of equipment or sources, was information on the incident provided to the agency responsible for evaluation of the device for an assessment of possible generic design deficiency? Please provide details for each case.
- 23. In the period covered by this review, were there any cases involving possible wrongdoing that were reviewed or are presently undergoing review? If so, please describe the circumstances for each case.
- 24. Identify any changes to your procedures for handling allegations that occurred during the period of this review.
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- a. For Agreement States, please identify any allegations referred to your program by the NRC that have not been closed.
VI. General
- 25. Please prepare a summary of the status of the State's or Region's actioris takt;n in response to the comments and recommendations following the last review.
- 26. Provide a brief description of your program's strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses should be supported by examples of successes, problems or difficulties which occurred during this review period.
C. NON-COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- 1. Legislation and Proaram Elements Reauired for Comoatibility
- 27. Please list all currently effective legislation that affects the radiation control program (RCP).
- 28. Are your regulations subject to a " Sunset" or equivalent law? If so, explain and include the next expiration date for your regulations.
- 29. Please complete the enclosed table based on NRC chronology of amendments. Identify those that have not been adopted by the State, explain why they were not adopted, and discuss any actions being taken to adopt them. Identify the regulations that the State has adopted through legally binding requirements other than regulations.
- 30. If you have not adopted all amendments within three years from the date of NRC rule promulgation, briefly describe your State's procedures for amending regulations in order to maintain compatibility with the NRC, showing the normal length of time anticipated to complete each step.
II. Sealed Souice and Device Proaram
- 31. Prepare a table listing new and revised SS&D registrations of sealed sources and devices issued during the review period. The table heading should be:
SS&D Manufacturer, Type of Registry Distrtutor or Device Date Number Custom User QLSOEce issued
- 32. What guides, standards and procedures are used to evaluate registry applications?
- 33. Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Sealed Source and Device Program:
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. Technical Staffing and Training - A.lll.11-15 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - A.IV.16-18 Responses to Incidents and Allegations - A.V.20-23 Ill. Low-Level Waste Prooram
- 34. Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they' apply to the Low-level Was_ Program:
Status of Materials inspection Program - A.I.1-3, A.I.6 ,
Technical Quality of Inspections - A.II 7-10 Technical Staffing and Training - A.lll.11-15 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - A.IV.16-18 Responses to Incidents and Allegations - A,V.20-23 s IV. Uranium Mill Prooram
- 35. Please include information on the following questions in Saction A, as they apply to the Uranium Mill Program:
Status of Materials inspection Program - A.I.1-3, A.I.6 -
Technical Quality of Inspections - A.II.7-10 Technical Staffing and Training - A.Ill.11-15
-Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - A.IV.16-18 Responses to incide,us and Allegations - A.V.20-23 c..
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TABLE FOR QUESTION 29.
OR DATE DATE CURRENT EXPECTED l 10 CFR RULE DUE ADOPTED STATUS ADOPTION f l
Any amendment due prior to 1991. Identify each regulation (refer to the Chronology of Amendmente) ,I Decommissioning; 7/27/91 j' Parts 30. 40,70 Emergency Planning: 4/7/93 Parts 30,40. 70 Standards for Protection Against Radiation; 1/1/94 Part 20 Safety Requirements for Radiographic 1/10/94 Equipment; Part 34 Not:5 cation of incidents: 10/15/94 Parts 20. 20. 31. 34. 39. 40,70 Quality Management Program and 1/27/95 Misadministrations; Part 35 Licens.ng and Radiation Safety Requirements 7/1/96 for Irradiaiors: Part 30 Defin: tion of Land Disposal 7/22/96 and Waste Sste QA Program; Part 61 Decomndssioning Recordkeeping: Docu- 10/25/96 mentation Additions; Parts 30. 40,70 Self-Guarantee as an Additional Financial 1/28/97 Mecnanism; Parts 30,40. 70 Uranium Mill Tailings: Conforming to EPA 7/1/97 Standards: Part 40 Timeliness in Decommissioning 8/15/97 Parts 30,40,70 7
OR DATE DATE -
- CURRENT EXPECTED 10 CFR RULE DUE ADOPTED STATUS ADOPTION Preparation. Transfer for Commercial Dis- 1/1/98 tribution, and Use of Byproduct Material for Medical Use; Parts 30. 32,35 Frequency of Medical Examinations for Use of 3/13/98 Respiratory Protection Equipment Low-Level Waste Shipment Manifest 3/1/98 information and Reporting Performance Requirements for Radiography 6/30/98 i Equipment Radiation Protection Requirements: Amended 8/14/98 Definitions and Criteria Clarification of Decommissioning Funding 11/24/98 Requirements 10 CFR Part 71: Compatibility with the 4/1/99 Intemational Atomic Energy Agency Medical Administration of Radiation and 10/20/98 Radioactive Materials.
Termination or Transfer of Licensed Activities: 5/16/99 Recordkeeping Requirements.
Resolution of Dual Regulation of Airbome 1/9/00 Effluents of Radioactive Materials; Clean Air Act Recognition of Agreement State Licenses in 1/13/00 Areas Under Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction Within an Agreement State Criteria for the Release of Individuals 1/29/00 Administered Radioactive Material Licenses for Industrial Radiography and S/28/00 Radiation Safety Requirements for Industrial Radiography Operations: Final Rule Radiological Cnteria for License Termination 7/21/U0 8
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[ CORGANIZATION CHARTS o Clean, sized 8% X 11" including names and positions of One showing positions from Governor down to Radiation Control Program Director (RCPD) o x One showing positions of current radiation control program with RCPD as Head 10 ' Equivalent charts for LLRW and mills programs, if applicable i
. LICENSE LISTS a Printouts of current licenses, showing total, as fcilows:
-Name:- License # - Location License Type Priority Last inspection Due Date -
- Sort alphabetically Also, sort by due date and by priority (if possible)
- THE FOLLOWING LISTS a List of open license cases, with date of original request, and dates of follow up actions a List of licenses terminated during review period.
o - Copy of current log or other document used to track licensing actions n Copy of current log or other document used to track inspections a List of Inspection frequency by license typri a' Listing or log of all incidents and allegations occurring during the review period. Show whether incident :
is open ~or closed and whether it was reported to the NRC -
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS a All State regulations - a Records of results of supervisory g L.a' Statutes affecting the regulatory authority of accompaniments of inspectors .
hh ; the state program a Emergency plan and communications list q ajStandard license conditions -a Procedures for investigating allegatI$n's :
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l1 y a < Technical procedures for licensing, model-1 o Enforcement procedures, including ;
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licenses; review guides procedures for escalated enfordement, , ,
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severity levels, civil penalties (as applicableh -
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- a- Instrument calibration records
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