[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11188]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Iowa, North Dakota and Utah; Relinquishment of Sealed Source and 
Device Evaluation Authority and Reassumption by the Commission

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of reassumption of sealed source and device evaluation 
authority from the states of Iowa, North Dakota, and Utah.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective June 1, 1996, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission will reassume regulatory authority for 
sealed source and device evaluations in the Agreement States of Iowa, 
North Dakota, and Utah in response to requests from those States to 
relinquish that authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Salomon, Office of State 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone: (301) 415-2368. Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, Iowa, North Dakota, and Utah have 
agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) which grant 
these States authority to regulate specific categories of radioactive 
materials formerly regulated by NRC. These agreements have been entered 
into pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended. Recently, the NRC received letters from North Dakota Governor 
Edward T. Schafer (September 25, 1995), Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad 
(January 22, 1996), and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt (January 16, 
1996), each requesting to relinquish his State's authority to evaluate 
sealed sources and devices, and that the NRC reassume this authority. 
The requested NRC action would involve reassertion of regulatory 
authority by NRC over activities currently regulated by these States 
pursuant to their agreements with NRC. The Governors note there has 
been little or no need to conduct such evaluations in the past and 
given no future prospects for device evaluations, they do not believe 
they can continue to justify the costs to the State to maintain this 
authority.
    The Commission has agreed to these requests and has notified these 
Agreement States that effective June 1, 1996, the NRC will reassume 
authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and device applications 
within these States. Iowa, North Dakota, and Utah will retain authority 
to regulate the manufacture and use of sealed sources and devices 
within the respective State in accordance with its Section 274b 
agreement with the NRC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-11188 Filed 5-3-96; 8:45 am]
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