ML23342A125
| ML23342A125 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/08/2023 |
| From: | Flaherty S NRC/NMSS/DMSST/ASPB |
| To: | Goodman J State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection |
| References | |
| Download: ML23342A125 (17) | |
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Jenny Goodman, Manager Bureau of Environmental Radiation NJ Department of Environmental Protection Mail Code 25-01 PO Box 420 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
SUBJECT:
NEW JERSEY IMPEP SCHEDULING LETTER AND QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear Jenny Goodman:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) uses the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) for the evaluation of Agreement State programs. Per our previous discussion, I will be the team leader for the IMPEP review of the New Jersey Agreement State Program scheduled for March 18 - 22, 2024. The members of the review team are Sherrie Flaherty, NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS); Allyce Bolger, NRC NMSS; Frank Tran, NRC Region 3; Stuart Belva, State of Tennessee; and Cortney Dillard, State of Alabama.
Enclosed is the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program Questionnaire. I ask that you provide your responses via email to Sherrie.Flaherty@nrc.gov by March 1, 2024. I encourage you to use electronic documents and provide them in advance of the review to the extent possible. Also included with the questionnaire is the document Materials Requested to Be Available for the On-Site Portion of an IMPEP Review. This information is needed for the team to select casework for the on-site review week. Enclosure 2 to this letter provides the State Regulation Status (SRS) Data Sheet summarizing our knowledge of the status of New Jersey regulations.
Please set up an appointment with the appropriate State Senior Managers to discuss the results of the IMPEP review of the New Jersey Agreement State Program on March 22, 2024.
December 8, 2023
J. Goodman 2
If your Program experiences any difficulties, or delays in preparing for this IMPEP review, please let me know as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please email me at Sherrie.Flaherty@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Sherrie Flaherty, Team Leader Senior Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Enclosures:
- 1. IMPEP Questionnaire
- 2. State Regulation Status Sheet cc: Paul Baldauf, Assistant Commissioner Air Quality, Energy and Sustainability New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Signed by Flaherty, Sherrie on 12/08/23
ML23342A125 letter OFFICE NMSS/MSST NAME SFlaherty DATE 12/08/2023 Approved by OMB1 Control No.: 3150-0183 Expires: 12/31/2023 (under timely renewal)
INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE New Jersey Agreement State Program Reporting Period: 3/30/19 - 3/22/24 Note: If there has been no change in the response to a specific question since the last IMPEP questionnaire, the State or Region may copy the previous answer, if appropriate.
A.
GENERAL 1.
Please prepare a summary of the status of the State's or Region's actions taken in response to each of the open recommendations from previous IMPEP reviews.
B.
COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I.
Technical Staffing and Training 2.
Please provide the following organization charts, including names and positions:
(a)
A chart showing positions from the Governor down to the Radiation Control Program Director; (b)
A chart showing positions of the radiation control program, including management; and (c)
Equivalent charts for sealed source and device evaluation, low-level radioactive waste and uranium recovery programs, if applicable.
3.
Please provide a staffing plan, or complete a listing using the suggested format below, of the professional (technical) full-time equivalents (FTE) applied to the radioactive materials program by individual. Include the name, position, and, for Agreement States, the fraction of time spent in the following areas: administration, materials licensing &
compliance, emergency response, low-level radioactive waste, uranium recovery, other.
If these regulatory responsibilities are divided between offices, the table should be consolidated to include all personnel contributing to the radioactive materials program.
If consultants were used to carry out the program's radioactive materials responsibilities, include their efforts. The table heading should be:
Name Position Area of Effort FTE%
1 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request: 53 hours6.134259e-4 days <br />0.0147 hours <br />8.763227e-5 weeks <br />2.01665e-5 months <br />. Forward comments regarding burden estimate to the Records Management Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0183), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.
4.
Please provide a listing of all new professional personnel hired into your radioactive materials program since the last review, indicate the date of hire; the degree(s) they received, if applicable; additional training; and years of experience in health physics or other disciplines, as appropriate.
5.
Please list all professional staff who have not yet met the qualification requirements for a radioactive materials license reviewer or inspector. For each, list the courses or equivalent training/experience they need and a tentative schedule for completion of these requirements.
6.
Identify any changes to your qualification and training procedure that occurred during the review period.
7.
Please identify the technical staff that left your radioactive materials program during the review period and indicate the date they left.
8.
List any vacant positions in your radioactive materials program, the length of time each position has been vacant, and a brief summary of efforts to fill the vacancy.
9.
For Agreement States, does your program have an oversight board or committee which provides direction to the program and is composed of licensees and/or members of the public? If so, please describe the procedures used to avoid any potential conflict of interest.
II.
Status of Materials Inspection Program 10.
Please identify individual licensees or categories of licensees the State is inspecting less frequently than called for in NRCs Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2800 and explain the reason for the difference. The list only needs to include the following information:
license category or licensee name and license number, your inspection interval, and rationale for the difference.
11.
Please provide the number of routine inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees, as defined in IMC 2800 and the number of initial inspections that were completed during each year of the review period.
12.
Please submit a table, or a computer printout, that identifies inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that were conducted overdue.
At a minimum, the list should include the following information for each inspection that was conducted overdue during the review period:
(1) Licensee Name (2) License Number (3) Priority (IMC 2800)
(4) Last inspection date or license issuance date, if initial inspection (5) Date Due (6) Date Performed (7) Amount of Time Overdue (8) Date inspection findings issued 13.
Please submit a table or computer printout that identifies any Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that are currently overdue, per IMC 2800. At a
minimum, the list should include the same information for each overdue inspection provided for Question 12 plus your action plan for completing the inspection. Also include your plan for completing the overdue inspections.
14.
Please provide the number of reciprocity licensees that were candidates for inspection per year as described in IMC 2800 and indicate the number of reciprocity inspections of candidate licensees that were completed each year during the review period.
III.
Technical Quality of Inspections 15.
What, if any, changes were made to your written inspection procedures during the reporting period?
16.
Prepare a table showing the number and types of supervisory accompaniments made during the review period. Include:
Inspector Supervisor License Category Date 17.
Describe or provide an update on your instrumentation, methods of calibration, and laboratory capabilities. Are all instruments properly calibrated at the present time? Were there sufficient calibrated instruments available throughout the review period?
IV.
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions 18.
How many specific radioactive material licenses does your program regulate at this time?
19.
Please identify any major, unusual, or complex licenses which were issued, received a major amendment, were terminated, decommissioned, submitted a bankruptcy notification or renewed in this period.
20.
Discuss any variances in licensing policies and procedures or exemptions from the regulations granted during the review period.
21.
What, if any, changes were made in your written licensing procedures (new procedures, updates, policy memoranda, etc.) during the reporting period?
22.
Identify by licensee name and license number any renewal applications that have been pending for one year or more. Please indicate why these reviews have been delayed and describe your action plan to reduce the backlog.
V.
Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities 23.
For Agreement States, please provide a list of any reportable incidents not previously submitted to NRC (See Procedure SA-300, Reporting Material Events, for additional guidance, OMB clearance number 3150-0178). The list should be in the following format:
Licensee Name License #
Date of Incident/Report Type of Incident 24.
Identify any changes to your procedures for responding to incidents and allegations that occurred during the period of this review.
C.
NON-COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I.
Legislation, Regulations and Other Program Elements (formerly Compatibility Requirements) 25.
Please list all currently effective legislation that affects the radiation control program.
Denote any legislation that was enacted or amended during the review period.
26.
Are your regulations subject to a "Sunset" or equivalent law? If so, explain and include the next expiration date for your regulations.
27.
Please review and verify that the information in the enclosed State Regulation Status (SRS) sheet is correct. For those regulations that have not been adopted by the State, explain why they were not adopted, and discuss actions being taken to adopt them. If legally binding requirements were used in lieu of regulations and they have not been reviewed by NRC for compatibility, please describe their use.
28.
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 Source and Device (SS&D) Evaluation Program 29.
Prepare a table listing new and amended (including transfers to inactive status) SS&D registrations of sources and devices issued during the review period. The table heading should be:
SS&D Manufacturer, Registry Distributor or Product Type Date Type of Number Custom User or Use Issued Action 30.
Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the SS&D Program:
Technical Staffing and Training - Questions 2-9 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - Questions 18-22 Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities - Questions 23-24 III.
Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program 31.
Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program:
Technical Staffing and Training - Questions 2-9 Status of Materials Inspection Program - Questions 10-14 Technical Quality of Inspections - Questions 15-17 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - Questions 18-22 Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities - Questions 23-24
IV.
Uranium Recovery Program 32.
Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Uranium Recovery Program:
Technical Staffing and Training - Questions 2-9 Status of Materials Inspection Program - Questions 10-14 Technical Quality of Inspections - Questions 15-17 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - Questions 18-22 Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities - Questions 23-24
MATERIALS REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ON-SITE PORTION OF AN IMPEP REVIEW Please have the following information available for use by the IMPEP review team when they arrive at your office:
List of open license cases, with date of original request, and dates of follow-up actions.
List of licenses terminated during review period.
Copy of current log or other document used to track licensing actions.
List of all licensing actions completed during the review period (sorted by license reviewer, if possible).
Copy of current log or other document used to track inspections.
List of all inspections completed during the review period (sorted by inspector, if possible).
List of inspection frequencies by license type.
List of all allegations occurring during the review period. Show whether the allegation is open or closed and whether it was referred by NRC.
List of all licenses that your agency has imposed additional security requirements upon.
ALSO, PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE:
All State regulations Statutes affecting the regulatory authority of the State program Standard license conditions Technical procedures for licensing, model licenses, review guides SS&D review procedures, guides, and standards Instrument calibration records Inspection procedures and guides Inspection report forms Documented training plan, if applicable Records of results of supervisory accompaniments of inspectors Emergency plan and communications list Procedures for investigating allegations Procedures for investigating incidents Enforcement procedures, including procedures for escalated enforcement, severity levels, civil penalties (as applicable)
Job descriptions
Enclosure 2 STATE REGULATION STATUS State: New Jersey Tracking Ticket Number:
Date:
[ # amendment(s) reviewed identified by a
- at the beginning of the equivalent NRC requirement.]
RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 1991 2009-1 55 FR 843; 56 FR 11504; 56 FR 23360; 56 FR 61352; 57 FR 38588; 57 FR 57877; 58 FR 67657; 59 FR 41641; 60 FR 20183; 56 FR 64980; 56 FR 34104; 57 FR 45566; 58 FR 39628; 58 FR 7715; 58 FR 33886; 58 FR 68726; 59 FR 1618; 59 FR 28220; 59 FR 36026; 59 FR 61767; 59 FR 65243; 60 FR 322; 60 FR 7900; 60 FR 15649; 60 FR 25983; 60 FR 28323; 60 FR 36038; 60 FR 38235; 60 FR 48623; 60 FR 50248; 61 FR 28724; 61 FR 1109; 61 FR 24669; 61 FR 65120; 62 FR 1662; 62 FR 4120; 62 FR 5907; 62 FR 28947; 62 FR 39057; 62 FR 63634; 63 FR 1890; 63 FR 13773; 63 FR 29535; 63 FR 31604; 63 FR 37059; 63 FR 39477; 63 FR 45393; 63 FR 50127; 64 FR 17506; 64 FR 42269; 64 FR 54543; 64 FR 55524; 65 FR 20337; 65 FR 63750; 65 FR 79162; 67 FR 16298; 67 FR 20249; 68 FR 57327; 69 FR 3697; 70 FR 2001; 70 FR 16336; 71 FR 1926; 70 FR 72128; 71 FR 15005; 71 FR 65685; 71 FR 65685, 72 FR 59162; 72 FR 45147; 72 FR 54207; 72 FR 58473; 72 FR 55864; 72 FR 70901; 72 FR 68043; 74 FR 33901 N/A 10/16/08 ML090510716 Final ML14148A131 Comments 03/13/09 ML090510003 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 New Jersey submitted an application for Agreement State Status on October 16, 2008 (see Incoming Package ML). This package contained a final version of all New Jerseys regulations which will be used once the Agreement between NRC and New Jersey is effective.
Comments from the 3/13/2009 comment letter are addressed in the 4/18/2013 submission And response (see ML13108A246 and ML13119A402).
2009-1 Medical Use of Byproduct Material - Authorized User Clarification Part 35 74 FR 33901 09/28/2012 Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028
2 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2011-1 Decommissioning Planning Parts 20, 30, 40 and 70 76 FR 35512 12/17/2015 Final ML14148A131 Revised Final ML15323A231 Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 No Comments 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 2011-2 Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Materials Licensees Parts 30, 36, 39, 40, 70 and 150 76 FR 56951 11/14/2014 Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 2012-1 Change of Compatibility Parts 31.5 and 31.6 (See RATS ID: 2001-1 for Rule text) 77 FR 3640 01/25/2015 05/23/2014 ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 2012-2 Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Types of Nuclear Waste Part 71 77 FR 34194 08/10/2015 Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 2012-3 Technical Corrections Parts 30, 34, 40 and 71 77 FR 39899 08/06/2015 Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 2012-4 Requirements for Distribution of Byproduct Material Parts 30, 31, 32, 40 and 70 77 FR 43666 10/23/2015 Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028
3 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2013-1 Physical Protection of Byproduct Material Parts 20, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 and 71 78 FR 16922 03/19/2016 Proposed License Condition ML15274A377 Proposed ML15292A555 Final ML16070A204 No Comments 10/20/2015 ML15274A372 Comments 11/17/15 ML15292A442 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 NJ addressed Part 37 only 2013-2 Distribution of Source Material to Exempt Persons and to General Licensees and Revision of General License and Exemptions Parts 30, 40 and 70 78 FR 32310 08/27/2016 Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Comments 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 2015-1 Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material -
Written Reports and Clarifying Amendments Part 70 79 FR 57721, 80 FR 143 01/26/2018 Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Revised Final ML18032A673 Comment 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 No Comments 03/22/2018 ML18032A632
4 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2015-2 Safeguards Information - Modified Handling Categorization, Change for Materials Facilities Parts 30, 37, 73 and 150 79 FR 58664, 80 FR 3865 01/28/2018 Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Revised Final ML18032A673 Comment 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 No Comments 03/22/2018 ML18032A632 2015-3 Revisions to Transportation Safety Requirements and Harmonization with International Atomic Energy Agency Transportation Requirements Part 71 80 FR 33987 07/13/2018 extended to 08/15/2020 See STC 17-060 Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Revised Proposed ML19150A287 Comments 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 No Comments 07/26/2019 ML19150A277 2015-4 Miscellaneous Corrections Parts 37 and 40 80 FR 45841 09/02/2018 Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Revised Final ML18032A673 No Comments 01/13/2015 ML15323A228 No Comments 04/04/16 ML16070A199 No Comments 03/22/2018 ML18032A632
5 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2015-5 Miscellaneous Corrections, Parts 19, 20, 30, 32, 37, 40, 61, 70, 71 and 150 80 FR 74974 12/31/2018 Final ML18032A673 No Comments 03/22/2018 ML18032A632 2018-1 Medical Use of Byproduct Material - Medical Event Definitions, Training and Experience, and Clarifying Amendments Parts 30, 32 and 35 01/14/2022 Proposed ML19150A287 No Comments 07/26/2019 ML19150A277 2018-2 Miscellaneous Corrections
-Organizational Changes Parts 37, 40. 70 and 71 12/21/2021 Final ML19015A213 No Comments 01/28/2019 ML19015A185 2018-3 Miscellaneous Corrections Parts 1, 2, 34, 37, 50, 71, 73, and 140 07/30/2022 Final ML20027B386 Revised Final ML20054A998 Comment 02/07/2020 ML20027B300 No Comments 03/02/2020 ML20054A832 2019-1 Miscellaneous Corrections Parts 2, 21, 37, 50, 52, 73, and 110 12/18/2022 Final ML20027B386 Revised Final ML20054A998 Comment 02/07/2020 ML20027B300 No Comments 03/02/2020 ML20054A832
6 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2019-2 Organizational Changes and Conforming Amendments Parts 1, 2, 37, 40, 50, 51, 52, 55, 71, 72, 73, 74, 100, 140, and 150 12/30/2022 Final ML20027B386 No Comments 02/07/2020 ML20027B300 2020-1 Individual Monitoring Devices Parts 34, 36, and 39 06/16/2023 Final ML20161A364 No Comments 06/30/2020 ML20161A346 2020-2 Social Security Number Fraud Prevention 10 CFR Parts 9 and 35 08/17/2023 Final ML20 No Comments 09/21/2020 ML20 2020-3 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR Parts 1, 2, 19, 20, 21, 30, 34, 35, 40, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 62, 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 110, and 140 11/16/2023 Final ML20323A236 No Comments 12/08/2020 ML20323A221 2021-1 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR Parts 2, 11, 20, 25, 32, 35, 37, 50, 52,55, 70, 72, 73, 95, and 110 09/08/2024 Final ML21273A338 No Comments 10/15/2021 ML21273A316 2021-2 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR Parts 9, 37, 40, 50, 51, 52, 55, 71, 73, and 110 12/30/2024 Final ML22021A774 No Comments 02/07/2022 ML22021A667 2022-1 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR 1, 2, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 70, 73, and 170 none Provisions are not required for compatibility.
2022-2 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR Parts 20, 35, 50, 51, 52, 72, 73, 110, and 150 none Provisions are not required for compatibility.
7 RATS ID NRC Chronology Identification Date Due for State Adoption Incoming Letter Outgoing Package Notes 2023-1 Miscellaneous Corrections 10 CFR PARTS 1, 2, 26, 32, 40, 50, 51, 52, 72, and 73 09/25/2026 Final ML23250A088 No Comments 09/20/2023 ML23250A086 N/A Parts 19.4, 32.1, 35.60 and 70.73 N/A Final ML14148A131 No Comments 08/13/2014 ML14148A028 N/A N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.5 and 1.6 N/A Proposed ML15323A231 Final ML16070A204 Proposed ML19150A287 Comments 01/13/2016 ML15323A228 Comment 04/04/16 ML16070A199 No Comment 7/28/2019 ML19150A277 N/A N.J.A.C. 7:13 10 CFR 61.50 Provision N/A Proposed ML22157A442 No Comment 7/06/2022 ML22157A440