[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39463-39464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18925]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Status and Notice of Availability of Two Policy Statements 
Concerning the Agreement State Program

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Status of policy statements and notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 

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status of Commission action on the two policy statements: Statement of 
Principles and Policy for the Agreement State Program and the Policy 
Statement on Adequacy and Compatibility of Agreement State Programs. 
NRC is also announcing the availability of the policy statements to 
interested parties.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the policy statements may be obtained by calling 
Vicki Bolling at (301)-415-2326 or by writing to U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, P1-37, Washington, DC 
20555, Attn: Vicki Bolling, OSP. These documents are available for 
inspection in the Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., (Lower 
Level), Washington, DC between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathleen Schneider, Office of 
State Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, telephone (301)-415-2320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has approved, in principle, 
the Policy Statements entitled ``Statement of Principles and Policy for 
the Agreement State Program'' and ``Policy Statement on Adequacy and 
Compatibility of Agreement State Programs'' with the stipulations 
discussed below.
    The Commission is going to defer implementation of the policy 
statements until implementing procedures are developed and approved by 
the Commission. The NRC staff is to develop the implementing procedures 
and any necessary changes to the two policy statements and resubmit the 
policy statements and implementing procedures to the Commission by 
September 30, 1996. Copies of the two policy statements may be obtained 
from the address listed in this notice. Until the policy statements and 
final implementing procedures are approved by the Commission, the NRC 
staff will continue to use the policy statement on Discontinuance of 
the NRC Authority and Assumption Thereof by States Through Agreement: 
Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC, published January 23, 1981 (46 
FR 7540), as revised July 21, 1983 (48 FR 33376), for new agreements.
    The Office of State Programs B.7 Procedure for compatibility will 
be utilized in connection with the interim implementation of the 
Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) to evaluate 
Agreement State programs until the final implementing procedures for 
the two policy statements and any revisions to the policy statements 
are approved by the Commission. NRC plans to issue a Federal Register 
Notice in the near future, which will address how IMPEP will be 
integrated into the current framework for Agreement State program 
reviews.


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July, 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 95-18925 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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