[Title 44 CFR B]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - October 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 44 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE]
[Chapter I - FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY]
[Subchapter E - PREPAREDNESS]
[Part 351 - RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS]
[Subpart B - Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee and]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
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    PREPAREDNESS
    RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS
  


Subpart B--Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee and 
                     Regional Assistance Committees



Sec. 351.10  Establishment of committees.

    (a) The Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee 
(FRPCC) consists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which 
chairs the Committee, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, Department 
of Energy, Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, United 
States Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce and, where 
appropriate and on an ad hoc basis, other Federal departments and 
agencies. In chairing the committee, FEMA will be responsible for 
assuring that all agency assignments described in this rule are 
coordinated through the Committee and carried out with or on behalf of 
State and local governments.
    (b) The Regional Assistance Committees (RACs), one in each of 10 
standard Federal regions,\1\ consist of a FEMA Regional Representative 
who chairs the Committee and representatives from the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and 
Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, 
United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce and 
other Federal departments and agencies such as the Department of 
Defense, as appropriate. The FEMA Chairperson of the RACs will provide 
guidance and orientation to other agency members to assist them in 
carrying out their functions.
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    \1\I (Boston); II (New York); III (Philadelphia); IV (Atlanta); V 
(Chicago); VI (Dallas); VII (Kansas City); VIII (Denver); IX (San 
Francisco) and X (Seattle).

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Sec. 351.11  Functions of committees.

    (a) The FRPCC shall assist FEMA in providing policy direction for 
the program of Federal assistance to State and local governments in 
their radiological emergency planning and preparedness activities. The 
FRPCC will establish subcommittees to aid in carrying out its functions; 
e.g., research, training, emergency instrumentation, transportation, 
information, education and Federal response. The FRPCC will assist FEMA 
in resolving issues relating to granting of final FEMA approval of a 
State plan. The FRPCC will coordinate research and study efforts of its 
member agencies related to State and local government radiological 
emergency preparedness to assure minimum duplication and maximum 
benefits to State and local governments. The FRPCC will also assure that 
the research efforts of its member agencies are coordinated with the 
Interagency Radiation Research Committee.
    (b) The RACs will assist State and local government officials in the 
development of their radiological emergency plans and will review these 
plans and observe exercises to evaluate adequacy of the plans. Each 
Federal agency member of the RACs will support the functions of these 
committees by becoming knowledgeable of Federal planning and guidance 
related to State and local radiological emergency plans, of their 
counterpart State organizations and personnel, where their agency can 
assist in improving the preparedness and by participating in RAC 
meetings.