98-9487. State of Oregon Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority and Reassumption by the Commission

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17903-17904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9487]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


State of Oregon Relinquishment of Sealed Source and Device 
Evaluation and Approval Authority and Reassumption by the Commission

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of reassumption of sealed source and device evaluation 
and approval authority from the State of Oregon.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective April 1, 1998, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission reassumed regulatory authority for sealed 
source and device evaluations and approvals in the Agreement State of 
Oregon in response to a request from the Governor of the State of 
Oregon to relinquish this authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1998.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James H. Myers, Office of State 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 
telephone [phone], Internet: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, the State of Oregon has an 
Agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) which grants the 
State authority to regulate specific categories of radioactive 
materials formerly regulated by the NRC. This Agreement was entered 
into on July 1, 1965, pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended.
    Recently, the NRC received a letter from Oregon Governor John A. 
Kitzhaber, M.D. (December 8, 1997), 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 reassertion of regulatory authority by NRC over activities 
currently regulated by Oregon pursuant to its Agreement with NRC.
    The State of Oregon has conducted two sealed source and device 
evaluations; the last evaluation was issued in 1997. Governor Kitzhaber 
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 Oregon 
that effective April 1, 1998, the NRC reassumed authority to evaluate 
and approve sealed source and device applications within the State of 
Oregon. The State of Oregon 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, Md., this 3rd day of April 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-9487 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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