[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38189-38190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10424]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


State of Rhode Island Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device 
Evaluation and Approval Authority and Assumption by the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of assumption by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of 
Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and approval authority from the 
State of Rhode Island.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective July 1, 2006, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission will assume regulatory authority for 
sealed source and device evaluations and approvals in the State of 
Rhode Island in response to a request from the Governor of the State of 
Rhode Island to relinquish this authority.

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer C. Tobin, Health 
Physicist, Office of State and Tribal Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-2328, 
Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, the State of Rhode Island has an 
Agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) which recognizes 
the State authority to regulate specific categories of radioactive 
materials formerly regulated by the NRC. This Agreement was entered 
into on January 1, 1980, pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended.
    Recently, the NRC received a letter from Rhode Island Governor 
Donald L. Carcieri (May 16, 2006) requesting relinquishment of the 
State's authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and devices, 
and assumption of this authority by NRC. The requested action would 
involve assumption of regulatory authority by NRC over activities 
currently regulated by Rhode Island pursuant to its Agreement with NRC.
    The Governor of Rhode Island noted there is one manufacturer in the 
State and there has been no sealed source and device evaluations 
conducted since 2001. Governor Carcieri indicated that it would not be 
cost effective to fund and maintain staff to conduct sealed source and 
device evaluations.
    The Commission has agreed to the request and has notified Rhode 
Island that effective July 1, 2006, the NRC will reassume authority to 
evaluate and approve sealed source and device

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applications within the State of Rhode Island. The State of Rhode 
Island will retain authority to regulate the manufacture and use of 
sealed sources and devices within the State in accordance with its 
Section 274b. Agreement with the NRC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of June, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-10424 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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