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Re: Submitting comments on rulemakings
If I remember correctly, Congress pasted a law that
states BRC cannot be used in the future. My
impression was that the NRC thought that BRC was a
good idea, or else they would not have initiated the
process to put it in place. It still is a good idea.
--- "Bradt, Clayton" <Clayton.Bradt@Labor.State.Ny.Us>
wrote:
> Bill Lipton wrote:
>
> "Thus, when BRC became an issue, the shear number of
> negative comments influenced the NRC to rescind
> this."
>
> I think it was congress that stopped NRC from
> promulgating BRC. No doubt
> congress were influenced by the number of negative
> comments from their
> constituents in determining to stifle the
> commission's actions. My
> experience is that NRC indulges comments that
> further its predetermined
> purposes and is dismissive of comments that don't.
> Remember, the
> commission's real constituents are in congress. Once
> given their marching
> orders by the oversight committees, the commission
> will promulgate the
> necessary regulations come hell or high water. A
> comment will never
> influence the outcome of a rulemaking unless it
> resonates with a power
> center internal to the organization that can use it
> as a pretext to further
> a specific aim. The intellectual merit of a comment
> is largely irrelevant
> to its reception.
>
> Clayton J. Bradt, CHP
> Principal Radiophysicist
> NYS Dept. of Labor
> Radiological Health Unit
> voice: (518) 457-1202
> fax: (518) 485-7406
> e-mail: usccjb@labor.state.ny.us
>
>
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