[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34508-34509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13456]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of a Public Meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee 
on Radiation Standards

AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U. S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a 
meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards 
(ISCORS) on June 13, 2000. The purpose of ISCORS is to foster early 
resolution and coordination of regulatory issues associated with 
radiation standards.
    Agencies represented on ISCORS include the NRC; U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency; the U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of 
Energy; U.S. Department of Labor's, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; and the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Service. Representatives of the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Science Technology Policy 
(OSTP), and of the States are observers at meetings.
    The objectives of ISCORS include:
    (1) Facilitating a consensus on acceptable levels of radiation risk 
to the public and workers;

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    (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.
    ISCORS meetings involve pre-decisional, intra-governmental 
discussions and, as such, are not normally open for observation by 
members of the public or media. However, summary meeting notes are 
available at the ISCORS website http://www.iscors.org. ISCORS meets 
approximately once each calendar quarter.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the NRC Auditorium at Two White 
Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions with respect to this action 
should be referred to Patricia A. Santiago, Division of Waste 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-7269; fax 301-415-5398; E-
mail [email protected]; or Behram Shroff, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency at (202) 564-9707; fax 202-565-2065; E-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Visitor parking around the NRC building is 
limited; however, the workshop site is located adjacent to the White 
Flint Metro Station on the Red Line. Seating for the public will be on 
a first-come, first-served basis.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 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. 00-13456 Filed 5-26-00; 8:45 am]
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