[ RadSafe ] Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking - 40 CFR Part 190 in today's Federal Register

[Egidi, Philip]

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-02-04/pdf/2014-02307.pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 190
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0689; FRL-9902-20-
OAR]
RIN 2060-AR12
Environmental Radiation Protection
Standards for Nuclear Power
Operations
AGENCY
:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
:
Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking.
SUMMARY
:
This Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) requests
public comment and information on
potential approaches to updating the
Environmental Protection Agency's
''Environmental Radiation Protection
Standards for Nuclear Power
Operations'' (40 CFR part 190). These
standards, originally issued in 1977,
limit radiation releases and doses to the
public from normal operation of nuclear
power plants and other uranium fuel
cycle facilities-that is, facilities
involved in the milling, conversion,
fabrication, use and reprocessing of
uranium fuel for generating commercial
electrical power. These standards were
the earliest radiation rules developed by
EPA and are based on nuclear power
technology and the understanding of
radiation biology current at that time.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is responsible for implementing
and enforcing these standards.
DATES
:
Comments must be received on
or before June 4, 2014.

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FYI
PVE

Philip Egidi
Environmental Scientist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Radiation Protection Division
Washington, DC
(202) 343-9186 (work)
(970) 209-2885 (Cell)