ML20155G614
| ML20155G614 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/23/1998 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Huckabee M ARKANSAS, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9811090126 | |
| Download: ML20155G614 (4) | |
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1 The Honorable Mike Huckabee Governor of Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Dear Governor Huckabee:
h in response to your July 1,1998, request to relii.yu:sh Arkansas' authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and device (SS&D) applications, I asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to prepare a paper on the issue so that the Commission could act on your request. After reviewing your proposal and the staff's analysis, the Commissicr, has decided to reassume regulatory authority for SS&D evaluations and approvals within the State of Arkansas, effective October 1,1998. For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the Federal Reaister notice anncuncing this change. Arkansas will retain authority to regulate the 4
manufacture and use of sealed sources and devices within the State in accordance with its Section 274b Agreement with the NRC. I Your staff may contact Richard L. Bangart, Director, Office of State Programs, at (301) 415-3340, if they have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely, Original Signed by:
Shirley Ann Jackson Enclosure As stated cc: David D. Snellings, Jr., Director Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health i
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Dear Governor Huckabee:
In response to your July 1,1998, request to relinquish Arkansas' authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and device (SS&D) applications, I asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to prepare a paper on the issue so that the Commission could act on your request. After reviewing your proposal and the staff's analysis, the Commission has decided to reassume regulatory authority for SS&D evaluations and approvals within the State of Arkansas, effective October 1,1998. For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the Federal Reaister notice announcing this change. Arkansas will retain authority to regulate the manufacture and use of sealed sources and devices within the State in accordance with its Eection 274b Agreement with the NRC.
Your staff may contact Richard L. dangart, Director, Office of State Programs, at (301) 415-3340, if they have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely, Shirley Ann Jackson
Enclosure:
As stated cc: David C. Snellings, Jr., Director '
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION State of Arkansas Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority and Reassumption by the Commission AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Reassumption of Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority from the State ct Arkansas.
SUMMARY
- Notice is hereby given that effective October 1,1998, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reassumed regulatory authority for sealed source and device evaluations and approvals in the Agreement State of Arkansas in response to a request from the Governor of the State of Arkansas to relinquish this authority.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1,1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lloyd A. Bolling, Jr., Agreoment State Project Officer, Office of State Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Wast,;ngton, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-2327, Internet: LAB @ NRC. GOV.
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2-l SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currentiy, the State of Arkansas has an Agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) which grants the State authority to regulate specific L categories of radioactive materials formerly regulated by the NRC. This Agreement was entered into on July 1,1963,' pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as l l
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The NRC received a letter from Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee dated July 1,1998 requesting relinquishment of the State's authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and i
devices, and reassumption of this authority by the NRC. The requested action would involve
! reassertion of regulatory authority by NRC over activities currently regulated by Arkansas pursuant to its Agreement with NRC.
The Governor indicated that specific requests for the Arkansas Radiation Control Program to perform SS&D evaluations had been few (three requests) since Arkansas became I an Agreement State in 1963. He further indicated that no requests for SS&D evaluations were
[- anticipated. The Governor stated that Arkansas is committed to maintaining a high quality ,
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The Commission has agreed to the request and has notified Arkansas that effective October 1,1998 .he NRC reassumed authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and 0
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland this bfh day of October,1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. l lM' l Annette Vietti-Cook, Acting Secretary of the Commission.
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Dear Dr. Jackson:
Upon the recommendation of the Arkansas Department of Health, I am requesting relinquishment of the radioactive material sealed source and device (SS&D) evaluation authority and the resumption of this authority by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In order to provide for an orderly transition of this authority, I recommend that an effective date of October 1,1998 be established.
This request is commensurate with your transmittal of State Agreements Program Information Bulletin, SP.95116.
Specific requests for the Arkansas Rr.liation Control Program to perform SS&D evaluations have been few (three requests) since Arl,ansas became an Agreement State in 1963. We anticipate no future requests. Arkansas is committed to maintaining a high quality regulatory program for radioactive materials. However, it'is difficult to maintain high quality in an extremely small and unique program area that demands atypical expertisc on a very infrequent basis and we cannot justify the resources required to perform the evaluations. Therefore, we request that the NRC anume this responsibility.
If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact Mr. David D. Snellings, Jr.,
Director. Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Health. He may be reached at (501) 6612301.
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