Comment Request Letter on Annual Count of Active Radioactive Material Licenses in the National Materials Program

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

ALL AGREEMENT STATES, WYOMING, VERMONT

ANNUAL COUNT OF ACTIVE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSES IN THE NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM (STC-16-082)

Purpose: To update the count of radioactive material specific licenses, general licenses/registrations, and generally-licensed devices currently active in the National Materials Program.

Background: Annually, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requests that all Agreement States provide the number of specific radioactive material licenses currently active under their jurisdiction. Additionally, the NRC is requesting that all Agreement States who have regulations compatible with 10 CFR 31.5, regarding general licenses, update the total number of general licenses/registrations and generally-licensed devices currently active under their jurisdiction.

Discussion: The latest count of specific material licenses in the National Materials Program as of November 23, 2015, is provided in Enclosure 1. Please revise the total number of currently active specific material licenses under your State’s jurisdiction, and indicate how many of those licenses are industrial, medical, or academic licenses. The latest count of active general licenses/registrations and generally-licensed devices in the National Materials Program as of February 17, 2016, is provided in Enclosure 2. The NRC is requesting that all Agreement States who have regulations compatible with 10 CFR 31.5 update: 1.) the total number of general licenses and, if applicable, the number of those licenses which are formally registered, and 2.) the approximate number of generally-licensed devices currently active under their jurisdiction. We would appreciate your email response to the point of contact below within

30 days of the date of this letter.¹*

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact the individual named below:

POINT OF CONTACT: Julian Sessoms E-MAIL: [email protected]

TELEPHONE: (301) 415-5840

Daniel S. Collins, Director

Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal

and Rulemaking Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Enclosure:

1. Active Agreement State and

NRC Specific Licenses

2. Active Agreement State

General Licenses

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact the individual named below:

POINT OF CONTACT: Julian Sessoms EMAIL: [email protected]

TELEPHONE: (301) 415-5840

Daniel S. Collins, Director

Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal

and Rulemaking Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Enclosure:

1. Active Agreement State and

NRC Specific Licenses

2. Active Agreement State

General Licenses

DISTRIBUTION:

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OFFICE	ASPB	ASPB	MSTR
NAME	JSessoms	PMichalak	DCollins
DATE	10/ /2016	10/ /2016	10/ /2016

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Agreement State and NRC Specific Radioactive Material Licenses by NRC Region
November 23, 2015
Region I				Region IV
	State	NRC			State	NRC
Alabama	403	17		Alaska	0	69
Connecticut	0	160		Arizona	364	10
Delaware	0	48		Arkansas	202	9
District of Columbia	0	38		California	1,742	67
Florida	1,640	18		Colorado	317	14
Georgia	444	24		Guam	0	6
Kentucky	386	8		Hawaii	0	59
Maine	105	4		Idaho	0	79
Maryland	539	71		Kansas	280	11
Massachusetts	432	31		Louisiana	457	7
New Hampshire	83	4		Mississippi	297	9
New Jersey	581	36		Montana	0	91
New York	1,323	23		Nebraska	143	10
North Carolina	635	24		Nevada	246	2
Pennsylvania	649	36		New Mexico	204	12
Puerto Rico	0	124		North Dakota	99	4
Rhode Island	47	1		Oklahoma	232	17
South Carolina	382	15		Oregon	319	5
Tennessee	537	22		South Dakota	0	41
Vermont	0	36		Texas	1508	38
Virgin Islands	0	9		Utah	196	8
Virginia	397	60		Washington	343	11
West Virginia	0	181		Wyoming	0	100
Total	8,583	990		Total	6,949	679
Region III
	State	NRC
Illinois	638	28		Total materials licenses in Agreement State jurisdiction		17,389
Indiana	0	260
Iowa	165	1		Total materials licenses in NRC jurisdiction		2,741
Michigan	0	466
Minnesota	161	11		Total materials licenses in the United States		20,130
Missouri	0	265
Ohio	595	32
Wisconsin	298	9
				Agreement State
Total	1,857	1,072

Agreement State and NRC Specific Radioactive Material Licenses by NRC Region

Count of Industrial, Medical, and Academic Licenses

November 23, 2015

Agreement State Active General Licenses by NRC Region*

2/17/2016

Region I
	General Licenses/ Registrations	Estimated Number of GL Devices
Alabama	214	214
Florida	317	1297
Georgia	131	420
Kentucky	148	600
Maine	165	1716
Maryland	90	90
Massachusetts	737	4626
New Hampshire	n/a	2500
New Jersey	62	309
New York	169	169
North Carolina	2100	2100
Pennsylvania	n/a	697
Rhode Island	14	37
South Carolina	75	75
Tennessee	250	250
Virginia	77	481
Total Reported	4549	15581

Region IV

 

General Licenses/ Registrations

Estimated Number of GL Devices

Arizona

22

22

Arkansas

172

172

California

75

669

Colorado

992

992

Kansas

20

514

Louisiana

88

88

Mississippi

95

95

Nebraska

148

2203

Nevada

18

1612

New Mexico

1

0

North Dakota

0

0

Oklahoma

40

40

Oregon

39

39

Texas

219

219

Utah

52

52

Washington

360

360

Total Reported

2341

7077

Region III
	General Licenses/ Registrations	Estimated Number of GL Devices
Illinois	321	2771
Iowa	130	130
Minnesota	140	4000
Ohio	177	1239
Wisconsin	87	14789
Total Reported	855	22929

n/a = not reported

	General Licenses/ Registrations	Estimated Number of GL Devices
Agreement States	7,745	45,587
NRC	18,000	157,703
Total	25,745	203,290

*Note – The numbers provided are only estimates. Methods for tracking general licenses/registrations and generally-licensed devices may vary substantially by state.

Enclosure 2

1 This information request has been approved by OMB 3150-0029 expiration 1/31/2019. The estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection is approximately 8 hours. Send comment regarding the burden estimate to the FOIA, Privacy, and Information Collections Branch (T-5F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to [email protected], and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202 (3150-0029), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.