[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24937-24938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12460]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Public Meeting; Federal Purchase and Stockpile of Potassium
Iodide for Use by the General Public in a Radiological Emergency
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
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SUMMARY: FEMA announces the following committee meeting:
NAME: Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee (FRPCC),
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Potassium Iodide (KI).
DATES: The meeting will be held June 27, 1996. Any individuals or
organizations interested in attending the public meeting or making oral
presentations must so indicate by 4:00 PM, May 31, 1996.
TIME OF MEETING: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM.
PLACE: Federal Emergency Management Agency, room 401, 500 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20472.
PROPOSED AGENDA: The meeting will begin at 10:00 AM with a presentation
by the Subcommittee on the background of the Federal potassium iodide
policy. That presentation will be followed by a statement of the
current issues raised in the Petition for Rulemaking submitted to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and in letters to the Director of
FEMA. The meeting will then turn to attendees who have indicated that
they want to make oral presentations, including response to any
questions that may be asked by members of the Subcommittee. The meeting
will adjourn after the Subcommittee and attendees have completed their
presentations and any interaction on the subject matter.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FRPCC issued its policy on the use of KI
as a thyroid blocking agent on July 24, 1985 (50 FR 30258). On December
6, 1994, the FRPCC adopted a September 15, 1994 report and
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Potassium Iodide after
review of the issues affecting the purchase and stockpile of KI by the
Federal government. The Ad Hoc Subcommittee found no basis for changing
the 1985 Federal policy, which states that KI should be purchased and
stockpiled for emergency workers and institutionalized persons, and
that the decision on its use as a protective action for the general
public resides with the State, and in some cases, with local health
authorities.
The FRPCC is again reviewing the issue of the Federal purchase,
stockpile and use of KI by the general public in the event of a
radiological emergency at a commercial nuclear power plant. The
Petition for Rulemaking submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission requests that 10 CFR Part 50.47(a)(10) be revised to read:
``A range of protective actions, including sheltering, evacuation, and
prophylactic use of iodine, have been developed for the plume exposure
EPZ [emergency planning zone] for emergency workers and the general
public.'' In addition, the same Petitioner requested FEMA to reconsider
the 1985 Federal Policy. Accordingly, the Federal Radiological
Preparedness Coordinating Committee formed an Ad Hoc Subcommittee to
review and re-evaluate the issue.
The meeting will be open to the public with approximately 30 seats
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Individuals or
representatives of organizations who plan to attend the meeting or make
oral presentations should contact William F. McNutt, Chairman, Federal
Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, Ad Hoc Subcommittee
on Potassium Iodide, room 634, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2857; (facsimile) (202)
646-4183, on or before 4:00 PM, May 31, 1996.
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Dated: May 10, 1996.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director for Preparedness, Training and Exercises.
[FR Doc. 96-12460 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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