ML20207M750
| ML20207M750 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/01/1999 |
| From: | Diaz N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20207M714 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-98-273-C, NUDOCS 9903190175 | |
| Download: ML20207M750 (2) | |
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NOTATION VOTE RESPOi4SE SHEET TO:
John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
COMMISSIONER DIAZ
SUBJECT:
SECY-98-273 - POTENTIAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR AGREEMENT STATES FOR CLOSURE OF FORMERLY
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Comments of Commissioner Diaz on SECY-98-273 I approve the implementation of Program Option 1. I request that the staff expeditiously send to I
the Commission a draft letter requesting appropriation from the General Fund for the purpose of making funds available to Agreement States for site clean-up in the form of grants. In this.
regard, I find Commissioner McGaffigan's suggestion of basing our grants to Agreement States on the estimated cost for each site to comply with the 25 millirem / year public dose requirement to be a worthwhile proposal. I also agree with his proposal to have the staff conduct further risk-l ranking of the sites, as well as with Commissioner Dieus' recommendation to have staff conduct an evaluation of the different approaches that would allow Agreement States to retum jurisdiction of these sites to the NRC.
In the event that we do not receive our appropriation from General Funds, to avoid the " equity l
and fairness" issue, I believe staff should explore the' willingness of relevant Federal agencies to fund the NRC grants, e.g., DOE, DOD._ (in this case the staff, working with the CFO, should provide the Commission with an estimate of NRC's administration costs.) Regarding the clean-up estimates provided in this paper, I believe the are inordinately low, if this is due to the Agreement States not responding to the staffs request for information, I suggest that staff communicate to the Agreement States that our ability to have sufficient funds to award them could be impaired by their lack of response i
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