----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:21
AM
Subject: RE: NCRP 136
Jerry,
Well, you could ask Congress or state legislatures that pass the laws
and allow regulatory agencies to function. They also respond to their
constituents.
Do
the regulations do what they intend to do? Do speed laws and laws
against drunk driving protect the public? Do our radiation safety
regulations protect the workers and general public? I think they
do.
I
think the question you are asking is if the regulations are excessive and
cause an undo burden economic burden. I am sure that we have all seen
cases where this is true. Very often, laws are put on the books, but are
never removed even when they cause excessive regulatory burdens.
Recently, the NRC included language in its regulations that allowed medical
licensees to release patients from confinement if the TEDE to any individual
was not likely to exceed 5 mSv. Not a big concern to many unless you
were a licensee and the limit for release was 1 mSv. On the other hand,
I believe that Congress passed a law the prevented the NRC from using
deminimis in setting regulatory standards. We lost on that
one.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050
Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail:
jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
.
> I am more concerned with the
adequacy of
> our regulatory programs.
John,
How do you
determine whether or not a regulatory
program is
"adequate"?