[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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