[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62532-62533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26668]



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Part V





Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

Nuclear Regulatory Commission





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Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual, Revision 
1; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. A-96-44]


Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual, 
Revision 1

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are announcing the availability for 
use of the August 2000 Revision 1, of the December 1997 ``Multi-Agency 
Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual'' (MARSSIM). In response 
to comments received on the December 1997 MARSSIM, the MARSSIM has been 
updated to reflect resolution of these comments and to make minor 
editorial corrections. The changes are simple clarifications and 
corrections of errata, and they do not change the methods originally 
described. Therefore, the purpose of this new Federal Register Notice 
is to inform the public that the newly revised MARSSIM is available. 
The MARSSIM provides information on planning, conducting, evaluating, 
and documenting environmental radiological surveys of surface soils and 
building surfaces for demonstrating compliance with regulations.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the MARSSIM, Revision 1, and all public comments 
received may be examined or copied for a fee at the EPA Docket Room 
M1500, Docket No. A-96-44, First Floor Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20460; and the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001. The EPA docket may be inspected 
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal 
holidays in Room M1500 at the address above. NRC documents may be 
inspected from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays in the lower level of the building at the address 
above.
    Copies of the MARSSIM, Revision 1, may be purchased by requests in 
writing to: The Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. The NRC document 
number is NUREG-1575, Rev. 1, and the EPA document number is EPA 402-R-
97-016, Rev. 1, and the DOE number is DOE/EH-0624, Rev. 1.
    The manual, changed pages, and summary of comments received are 
also available through the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim or by linkage from the NRC home page at: http://www.nrc.gov; or 
the DOE home page at: http://www.doe/gov.
    The author agencies continue to seek comments arising from use of 
the MARSSIM. Comments will be reviewed periodically by the author 
agencies, resolved as appropriate, and incorporated into revisions of 
the MARSSIM. Members of the public are invited to submit written 
comments to EITHER the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ATTN: Air 
and Radiation Docket, Mail Stop 6102, Air Docket No. A-96-44, Room 
M1500, First Floor Waterside Mall, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460 or the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, 
Division of Administrative Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Copies of all comments received 
by one agency will be periodically copies and sent to the others.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Any of the following points of 
contact for each agency for technical information (see ADDRESSES 
section above for directions on obtaining a copy of the MARSSIM): DOE: 
Harold Peterson, Telephone: (202) 586-9640, U.S. Department of Energy 
(EH-412), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, e-mail: 
[email protected]; EPA: Mark Doehnert; Telephone: (202) 564-
9386, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Stop 6608J, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, e-mail: 
[email protected]; NRC: Robert A. Meck, Telephone: (301) 415-6205, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS T-9C24, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, e-mail: [email protected]. Questions concerning the multi-agency 
document development project should be addressed to CDR Colleen 
Petullo, Telephone: (702) 798-2476, U.S. Public Health Service at U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, R&IE, P.O. Box 98517, Las Vegas, NV 
89193-8517, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MARSSIM provides information on 
planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting environmental 
radiological surveys of surface soil and building surfaces for 
demonstrating compliance with regulations. The MARSSIM, now as Revision 
1, is a multi-agency consensus document. The MARSSIM was developed 
collaboratively over a four-year period by the technical staffs of four 
Federal agencies having authority for control of radioactive materials: 
DOD, DOE, EPA, and NRC. These staffs have continued to meet in order to 
discuss the future approaches to structural and environmental radiation 
surveys, future updates to the manual, using implementation tools such 
as training and software, and the schedule of future meetings. Members 
of the public and contractors to the Federal agencies have been present 
during the open meetings of the MARSSIM work group and have been 
provided opportunities for input.

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    The author agencies solicited comments arising from review and use 
of the final MARSSIM. In response to comments received to date, minor 
modifications were made to individual pages. Modifications to the 
manual correct errors, clarify guidance, and provide additional 
information. The methods originally described are not changed. The 
format of the MARSSIM has been changed to three-hole-punched pages for 
use in a binder. This format change will facilitate the insertion of 
the user's notes and future pages changes, if any. A complete list of 
comments and resolutions is available on the internet at the MARSSIM 
world wide website at: http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim.

    Dated in Arlington, VA, this 15th day of September 2000.
    For the Department of Defense.
Sherri W. Goodman,
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, (Environmental Security).

    Dated in Washington, DC, this 11th day of September 2000.
    For the U.S. Department of Energy.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.

    Dated in Washington, DC, this 16th day of August 2000.
    For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Frank Marcinowski,
Acting Director, Radiation Protection Division, Office of Radiation and 
Indoor Air.

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of August 2000.
    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ashok Thadani,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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