40 CFR 141 drinking water standards radionuclides

["Charp, Paul" <pac4@cdc.gov>]

	[Charp, Paul]  The rumors I have heard is that the regulation is
still in limbo.  Also, I have heard that EPA headquarters as determined
that even if data support an increase in the standard, e.g., 60K pCi/L
for H-3 from the current 20K pCi/L, the increase will not be allowed;
only a decrease.

	the standard disclaimer -- my opinion only, not the employer's
-- 

	paul charp (pac4@cdc.gov) 

> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 13:47:18 -0400
> From: Dr Aadu Pilt <pilta@gov.on.ca>
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: 40 CFR 141 drinking water standards radionuclides
> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980708134718.00797990@govonca2.gov.on.ca>
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the current status is of the proposed 40 CFR
> 141
> drinking water standards for radionuclides, in particular whether the
> current 20 000 pCi/L for tritium will be modified to take into account
> the
> new ICRP/IAEA radiation risk estimates and tritium dose conversion
> factors?
> 
> I understand the current USA standards are based on something called
> "Handbook 69" which is inconsistent with the Basic Safety Standards
> (BSS)
> DCFs.
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Replies may be made either to me personally at the e-mail address
> below or,
> if felt to be of general interest, to the list (but not both, please).
> 
> Dr. Aadu Pilt
> Emergency Measures Ontario
> 
> pilta@gov.on.ca
>