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FW: Update of revision to 10 CFR 35
This was sent to me on another list server, and I thought it would be of
interest to the group.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Karam, Andrew [mailto:Andrew_Karam@urmc.rochester.edu]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:55 AM
To: AMRSO (E-mail)
Subject: AMRSO: 10 CFR 35
From: "Morris, Vicki (MORRISVR)" <MORRISVR@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>
The following is an update on 10 CFR 35 provided by the Ohio Department of
Health Bureau of Radiation Protection this morning.
The Bureau of Radiation Protection recently received information regarding
the status of the enactment of 10 CFR 35. The information is as follows:
1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been working with the
Office of Management Budget to obtain approval of record keeping and
reporting requirements found in NRC's draft final rule, 10 CFR Part 35,
"Medical Use of Byproduct Material."
2. In the Congress, the House and Senate have passed differing versions
of H.R. 2311, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal
Year 2002. This is the Act that funds the NRC. The differences between the
two Houses will be resolved by a conference committee.
The Senate version provides:
That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds made available under this or any other Act may be expended by
the Commission to implement or enforce 10 CFR Part 35, as adopted by the
Commission on October 23, 2000.
The House version of the bill does not
contain such a provision. The Bush Administration opposes the provision in
the Senate. The Statement of Administration Policy that OMB provided the
Senate before it commenced floor debate on H.R. 2311 stated:
"The Administration objects to language ....
that would block the NRC from revising a regulation governing the use of
medical isotopes. There are annually more than 11 million medical
procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of disease that use radioactive
materials. This regulation, adopted by the Commission in October 2000, would
reduce the regulatory burden on the public while maintaining radiation
safety of workers and the public. The regulation is currently undergoing
review by OMB, and we urge the Senate to delete this provision that would
leave in place the existing, more burdensome regulation."
Vicki Morris, MS, CHP
Radiation Safety Officer
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 670591
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0591
Phone (513) 558-4110
Fax (513) 558-9905