ML20236K924
| ML20236K924 | |
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| Issue date: | 06/24/1998 |
| From: | Bangart R NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Cahill J, Cohen N, Debuono B, Mcgowan J NEW YORK, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9807100143 | |
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- AN"P GTON, D.C. 20666 4 001 Jtqe 24, 1998 Neal L. Cohen, M.D.
Commissioner New York City Department of Health 125 Worth Street, Room 329 New York, NY 10013 l
Mr. James J. McGowan Commissioner l
New York State Department of Labor State Campus, Building 12 i
Room 500 l
Albany, NY 12240 Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H.
Commissioner l
New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12237 Mr. John P. Cahill Commissioner Department of Environmental Conservation 50 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12233
Dear Commissioners:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) uses the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) for use in the evaluation of Agreement State programs. With the implementation of the Agreement State program in the State of New York by four separate programs, we have prepared one combined report for the four programs. Enclosed for your review is the draft IMPEP report which documents the results of the Agreement State review held in your offices on January 26-30,1998 for the New York City Department of Health, February 23-27,1998 for New York State Department of Labor, March 30-April 3,1998 for New York State Department of Health, and April 20-23,1998 for New York State Department of
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Environmental Conservation with an exit meeting on May 12,1998 with all Departments as well as New York State Energy Research and Development staff. Mr. Dennis Sollenberger, Senior Health Physicist, Office of State Programs, was the Team Leader for the New York review. The review team's recommendations were discussed with your respective staffs on last day of each l
of the reviews, as well as at the May 12,1998 joint exit meeting. The review team's proposed recommendation is that the New York Agreement State program be found adequate, but needs improvement and compatible with the NRC program.
NRC has significantly changed the manner in which periodic reviews are conducted for Agreement State programs to assure that public health and safety are adequately protected i
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Commissioners JUN 2 41998 from the hazards associated with the use of radioactive materials and that Agreement State programs are compatible with NRC's program. The new process, titled IMPEP, employs a team of NRC and Agreement State staff to assess both Agreement State and NRC Regional Office radioactive materials licensing and inspection programs. All reviews use common criteria in the assesstnent and place primary emphasis on performance. Three additional areas have been identified as non-common performance indicators and are also addressed in the assessment.
The final determination of adequacy and compatibility of each Agreement State program, based on the review team's report, will be made by a Management Review Board (MRB) composed of NRC managers and an Agreement State program manager who serves as a liaison to the MRB.
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In accordance with procedures for implementation of IMPEP, we are providing you with a copy of the draft team report for review prior to submitting the report to the MRB. Your review of the l
draft report should focus on the factual correctness of information reported by the team. We l
welcome your comments on the draft report if possible, we request comments within four l
l weeks from your receipt of this letter. This schedule will permit the issuance of the final report 1
i in a timely manner that will be responsive to your needs.
The team will review the response, make any necessary changes to the report and issue it to the MRB as a proposed final report. We will coordinate with you to establish the date for the MRB review of the New York report and will provide invitational travel for you or your designee to attend. If you have any questions regarding the enclosed report, please contact me at (301) 415 3340 or Mr. Dennis Sollenberger at (301) 415-2819.
Sincerely, c l&t pt Richard L. Bangart, Dire r
Office of State Programs l
Enclosure:
As stated cc:
Kenneth R. Daniel, Deputy Director Bureau of Radiological Health, NYCH Rita Aldrich, Principal Radiophysicist Radiological Health Unit, NYDL V
Karim Rimawi, Ph.D., Director Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection, NYSH l
Paul J. Merges, Ph.D., Chief Bureau of Pesticides and Radiation, NYDEC l
John P. Spath, Director Radioactive Waste Policy and Nuclear Coordination, NYSERDA
Commissioners JUN 2 41998 Distribution:
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l NAME DSollenberger:nb PHLohaus M ARLBangar\\W DATE 06/W//98 06/M/98 06/D198 OSP FILE CODE: SP_-AG-20; SPg0-1; SP-AG-20-2; SP-AG-20-3; SP-AG-20-4 IDENTICAL LETTER SENT TO:
Neal L. Cohen, M.D.
Commissioner New York City Department of Health Mr. James J. McGowan Commissioner New York State Department of Labor Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H.
Commissioner New York State Department of Health Mr. John P. Cahill Commissioner Department of Environmental Conservation
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