[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23163-23164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10610]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
National Materials Program Pilot Project Working Groups; Meetings
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of formation of working groups and meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formed working
groups to examine five pilot projects under the National Materials
Program. The working groups will be composed
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of representatives from the Organization of Agreement States (OAS), the
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD), and
NRC staff. The direction of the National Materials Program will be
guided by the lessons learned and experience gained from the pilot
projects.
Efforts to establish a National Materials Program were initiated
with NRC Commission approval in 1999. Objectives of this program
include: Individual program activities to protect public health and
safety; sharing of Federal and State resources to maintain necessary
supporting regulations, guidance and other program elements needed for
the nationwide materials program; accounting for individual agency
needs and abilities; promoting consensus on regulatory priorities;
promoting consistent exchange of information; harmonizing regulatory
approaches; and recognizing State and Federal needs for flexibility.
DATES: To help ensure coordination and sharing of information with the
OAS, the CRCPD, and the public, the working groups will place
information regarding the pilot projects and working group meetings at
the Office of State and Tribal Programs' Web site at http://www.hsrd.ornl.gov/nrc/home.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Rochelle Smith, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of State and Tribal Programs, Mail Stop:
O3-C10, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301-415-2620, E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goals of the five pilot projects are:
(1) Pilot 1--Involvement of Agreement States in the establishment of
priorities for development of materials policy, rulemaking, and
guidance products in the materials and waste arenas; Chair, Shawn
Rochelle Smith, NRC/Office of State and Tribal Programs; (2) Pilot 2--
Assumption by CRCPD of lead responsibility for the administration of a
national radiographer certification program, including the development
of recommendations for follow-up evaluations of program status, and
testing and program maintenance activities; Chair, Jan Endahl, Texas
Department of Health; (3) Pilot 3--To develop and test a structured
process for evaluating cumulative licensee data and performance,
identify gaps in NRC and Agreement State processes, and develop
strategies and tools to make the programs more scrutable, predictable,
and transparent; Chair, Michael Markley, NRC/Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards; (4) Pilot 4--Assumption by an Agreement State of
responsibility for development of licensing and inspection guidance for
a new use of material, or a new modality, not previously reviewed and
approved; Chair, Kathy Allen, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety;
and (5) Pilot 5--Implementation of specific Phase II recommendations,
including ongoing work of the existing working group to draft and pilot
test revisions to Inspection Manual Chapter 2800; Chair, Thomas Young,
NRC/Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of April, 2003.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Josephine M. Piccone,
Deputy Director, Office of State and Tribal Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-10610 Filed 4-29-03; 8:45 am]
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