ML20212K008
| ML20212K008 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/29/1999 |
| From: | Lohaus P NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Cooper V, Graeber C KANSAS, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9910060076 | |
| Download: ML20212K008 (3) | |
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l NOTE TO: Clyde Graeber, Secretary Kansas Department of Health and Environment Vick L. Cooper, Chief .
Radiation Control Program l Kansas Department of Health and Environment
SUBJECT:
KANSAS FINAL IMPEP REPORT Please replace page 1 and the List of Appendices to the final IMPEP report with the enclosed I replacement pages. These changes correct the last sentence of paragraph 4 on page 1 and l delete Appendix D from the List of Appendices. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Office of State Programs
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0' l Kansas Follow-Up Final Report Page 1 l
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This report presents the results of the follow-up review of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (DHE), Bureau of Air and Radiation, radiation control program (RCP) conducted June 15-17,1999. This follow-up review was directed by the Management Review Board (MRB) based on the results of the June 15-19,1998 IMPEP review. The MRB stated that a follow-up review of the common performance indicator, Technical Quality of Licensing Actions, be conducted in one year based on the satisfactory with recommendations for improvement finding for this indicator. The follow-up review also included evaluation of actions taken by the State to address the five recommendations made during the June 1519,1998 IMPEP review {
involving this indicator, j The follow-up review was conducted by a review team consisting of technical staff members from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the State of Arkansas. Team members J
are identified'in Appendix A. The follow-up review was conducted in accordance with the 1
- Policy Statement on Adequacy and Compatibility of Agreement State Programs," published in the Federal Reoister on September 3,1997 (62 FR 46517), and the November 25,1998, NRC Management Directive 5.6, " integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP)."
The Kansas Agreement State program is administered by the Secretary, DHE, who reports directly to the Govemor. The RCP is under the direction of the Bureau of Air and Radiation, Division of Environment. At the time of the follow-up review, the Kansas program regulated approximately 316 specific licenses, including all types of major licensees except for uranium mill tailings, in preparation for the follow-up review, a questionnaire addressing the indicator, Technical ,
Quality of Licensing, and current program status was sent to the State on May 25,1999. The l State provided a response to the questionnaire on June 8,1999. A copy of the response is l Included in Appendix D of the draft IMPEP report. l The team's approach for conducting the follow-up review consisted oh (1) examination of Kansas' response to the questionnaire; (2) in-depth review of the program indicator, Technical Quality of Licensing Actions, for the period of June 20,1998 - June 14,1999, including technical review of selected licensing program documentation and evaluation of Kansas' actions in response to the five recommendations involving this indicator; (3) discussion of the status of Kansas' actions to address the remaining 13 recommendations in the 1998 report; and (4) interviews with staff and management to answer questions or clarify issues. The team i evaluated the information that it gathered against_ the IMPEP performance criteria for the common performance indicator, Technical Quality of Licensing Actions, for activities conducted during the period of June 20,1998 - June 14,1999. Preliminary results were discussed with Kansas management on June 17,1999. ,
Section 2 below discusses the results of the follow-up review of the Kansas program for the common performance indicator, Technical Quality of Licensing Actions. Section 3 summarizes ,
the review team's findings and recommendations resulting from the follow-up review. The i State's progress in addressing other recommendations from the 1998 review can be found in l Appendix B.
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LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A iMPEP Follow-up Review Team Members Appendix B Status of Recommendations from the Previous Review '
Appendix C Ucensing Casework Reviews l
Attachment Kansas' Response to Draft Follow-up IMPEP Report Dated August 16,1999
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