ML20207B963
| ML20207B963 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/20/1999 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Johnson G NEW MEXICO, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9906020162 | |
| Download: ML20207B963 (1) | |
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l The Honorable Gary Johnson Governor of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
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I am writing to confirm the continued participation of the State of New Mexico in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) State Liaison Officer program. It is my understanding that the most recent State Liaison Officer, Benito Garcia, Chief of the Bureau of Hazardous and Radioactive Materials in the Department of Environment, has left his position. 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.
l The individual you select to perform this function should be a State official who can ~
i communicate effectively with other State agencies on issues related to the regulation of 4
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 New Mexico in the NRC's State Liaison Officer program. If you or your staff have any questions or wish additionalinformation, please contact Paul H. Lohaus, 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.
Sincerely, O
Shirley Ann Jackson 9906020162 990520 PDR COMMS NRCC CORRESPONDENCE PDR 0.^.3065