ML20216G774
| ML20216G774 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/08/1998 |
| From: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| NUDOCS 9804200485 | |
| Download: ML20216G774 (2) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION State of Oregon Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority and Reassumption by the Commission i
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Reassumption of Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority from the State of Oregon,
SUMMARY
- Notice is hereby given that effective April 1,1998, the Nuclear Regulatory Commitsion reassumed regulatory authority for sealed source and device evaluations and approvals in the Agreement State of Oregon in response.o a request from the Govemor of the i
State of Oregon to relinquish this authority.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1,1998.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
- Mr. James H. Myers, Office of State Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415 2328, internet: JHM@NRC. GOV.
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2 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, the State of Oregon has an Agreement with
- the Nuclear Reguletory Commission (NRC) which grants the State authority to regulate specific categories of radioactive materials formerly regulated by the NRC. This Agreement was entered into on July 1,1965, pursuant to Sectica 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Recently, the NRC received a letter from Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D.,
(December 8,1997) requesting relinquishment of the State's authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and devices, and assumption of this authority by NRC. The requested action would involve reassertion of regulatory authority by NRC over activities currently regulated by Oregon pursuant to its Agreement with NRC, The State of Oregon has conducted two sealed source and device evaluations; the last evaluation was issued in 1997. Govemor Kitzhaber indicated that it would not be cost effective to fund and maintain staff to conduct sealed source and device evaluations.
The Commission has agreed to the request and has notified Oregon that effective April 1,1998, the NRC reassumed authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and device applications within the State of Oregon. The State of Oregon will retain authority to regulate the manufacture and use of sealed sources and devices within the state in accordance with its Section 274b Agreement with the NRC.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this. Lday of April,1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
w Annette Vietti-Cook, Acting i
Secretary of the Commission.
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