[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 52219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20494]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2013-0196]
State of Georgia Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device
Evaluation and Approval Authority
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Relinquishment of state regulatory authority and reassertion of
NRC authority.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective August 20, 2013, the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has assumed regulatory
authority to evaluate and approve sealed source and device (SS&D)
applications in the State of Georgia and approved the Governor of the
State of Georgia's request to relinquish this authority.
DATES: The NRC has assumed regulatory authority for evaluating and
approving sealed source and device applications on August 20, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0196 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0196. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Poy, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
7135; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 274b. of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 as amended (AEA), provides the NRC authority to enter into
agreements with States so they can assume, and the NRC can relinquish
regulatory authority over, specified AEA radioactive materials and
activities. On December 15, 1969, Georgia entered into a Section 274b.
Agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission (the predecessor regulatory
agency to the NRC) to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear
material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.
Currently, the State of Georgia has an Agreement with the NRC which
recognizes the State's regulatory authority to evaluate and approve
SS&D applications.
On June 5, 2013, the NRC received a letter from Georgia Governor
Nathan Deal (ADAMS Accession No. ML13165A092) requesting to relinquish
the State's regulatory authority to evaluate and approve SS&D
applications, and asking the NRC to assume regulatory authority over
this program.
The Governor of Georgia stated that it has become increasingly
challenging for Georgia to recruit and retain the personnel necessary
to perform the specialized SS&D activities, and concluded that it is in
the best interest of the State to return regulatory authority to
evaluate and approve SS&D applications to the NRC in order to focus
more attention and resources on the primary areas of the State's
radioactive materials program. The State of Georgia currently has 15
manufacturers with 77 active SS&D sheets in the national registry.
The Commission approved the request (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13219A293) and has notified the State of Georgia that effective
August 20, 2013, the NRC has assumed authority to evaluate and approve
sealed source and device applications within the State (ADAMS Accession
No. ML13221A153).
The State of Georgia 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 16th day of August, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark A. Satorius,
Director, Office of Federal and State Materials, and Environmental
Management Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-20494 Filed 8-21-13; 8:45 am]
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