[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11800]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of a Website for the Interagency Steering Committee on 
Radiation Standards

SUMMARY: This notice announces the website for the Interagency Steering 
Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) at www.iscors.org. ISCORS was 
formed in response to an October 27, 1994, letter from Senator John 
Glenn to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP). In this letter, Senator Glenn charged EPA and 
the NRC, in coordination with the Committee on Interagency Radiation 
Research and Policy Coordination (CIRRPC), to develop a plan for a 
``path forward'' to address the inconsistencies, gaps, and overlaps in 
current radiation protection standards. ISCORS is also one of the 
committees OSTP recommended for achieving the goals of the now defunct 
CIRRPC.
    The objectives of ISCORS include:
    (1) Facilitating a consensus on acceptable levels of radiation risk 
to the public and workers;
    (2) Promoting consistent risk assessment and risk management 
approaches in setting and implementing standards for occupational and 
public protection from ionizing radiation;
    (3) Promoting completeness and coherence of Federal standards for 
radiation protection; and
    (4) Identifying interagency issues and coordinating their 
resolution.
    Since its inception, NRC and EPA have co-chaired ISCORS. The 
current co-chairs are John T. Greeves, NRC, and Frank Marcinowski, EPA. 
In addition to NRC and EPA, ISCORS membership also includes senior 
managers from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, 
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Department of Transportation, and Department of Health and Human 
Services; representatives of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
OSTP, and the States are observers at meetings.
    ISCORS meetings involve pre-decisional intragovernmental 
discussions and, as such, are not normally open for observation by 
members of the public or media. However, summary meeting notes are 
available in NRC's Public Document Room and now will be made available 
at the website. ISCORS meets approximately once each calendar quarter.
    The full ISCORS committee establishes subcommittees to conduct the 
committee's technical work. The full committee establishes these 
subcommittees as needed to address specific issues of concern or 
significant interest to ISCORS. ISCORS has formed the following 
subcommittees: Cleanup; mixed waste; recycle; risk harmonization; 
sewage sludge; naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM); and 
Federal guidance. The subcommittees minutes and activities will also be 
available at the website.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Santiago, Division of 
Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-7269; or Behram Shroff, 
Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at 
(202) 564-9707.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 5th day of May, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John T. Greeves,
Director, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-11800 Filed 5-10-00; 8:45 am]
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