ML20249B569

Refers to Collins Ltr Re Changes to 10CFR35

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Issue date:	06/09/1998
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I spoke with Senator Collins' staffer, and he reconfirmed that they are not expecting a summary of proposed changes.

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Thanks, I guess we can go back to the original letter then.

From Laura Gerke To TWD2.TWP8 CXH Dates 6/9/98 11:46am

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Collins So Cathy----can you add a line to our standard Part 35 letter about the corrmitment to provide the rulemaking pkg when ready and then the letter can move forward? Thanks.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senate Washington, DC 20510-1904

Dear Senator Collins:

I am responding to your letter dated May 19,1998, in which you expressed concerns about revisions in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) 10 CFR Part 35 regulations on medical use of byproduct material.

The NRC staff is scheduled to provide its recommendations on roposed revisions to Part 35 to the Commission in June 1998. The proposed rule is being d eloped using an increased public participation process that included public workshops; meet' gs with various medical professional societies (including the American College of Radiology); nd the posting of a "strawman" rule text on the Internet for comments. The staff is careful considering the comments received during these interactions, in preparing the proposal.

fier Commission approval, a proposed rule will be published in the Federal Reaister for p lic comment. We expect to hold additional public meetings during the comment period late his year.

The issue of training and experience has re ived the most comments during the development of the proposed rule. Viewpoints on this i ue have varied. The Commission has received comments both supporting reduction in r quirements affecting personnelin the diagnostic area, including those from the American Col ge of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiologists, and favoring keeping i e presently existing requirements. The staff draft, while l

reducing the number of hours requ' d for certain medical modalities, also specified a focus on radiation safety and proposed th personnel competency be verified through an examination.

This proposal appears to be in eping with the direction the Commission provided to the staff namely, to develop a risk-infor ed, and where appropriate, a more performance-based rule and it addressed an objection oft n expressed by some commenters, that NRC requirements sometimes intruded into th practice of medicine.

The Commission will car fully consider the staff proposalin light of public comments such as yours when it is received. The results of that consideration will then be available for additional public comment and discussion.

Sincerely, Shirley Ann Jackson

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