Comment request letter on Interim Procedures SA 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, and 110

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

November XX, 2019

ALL AGREEMENT STATES, NRC NMSS, NRC REGIONS I, III and IV

NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE, AND OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING INTERIM PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM (IMPEP):

SA-101, STATUS OF MATERIALS INSPECTION PROGRAM

SA-102, TECHNICAL QUALITY OF INSPECTIONS

SA-103, TECHNICAL STAFFING AND TRAINING

SA-105, TECHNICAL QUALITY OF INCIDENT AND ALLEGATION ACTIVITIES

SA-106, MANAGEMENT REVIEW BOARD

SA-108, SEALED SOURCE AND DEVICE EVALUATION PROGRAM

SA-109, LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM

SA-110, URANIUM RECOVERY PROGRAM

Purpose: This communication serves two purposes: 1) To inform the National Materials, Program (NMP) community (Agreement States and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (NRC)) that the above indicated Office Of Nuclear Material Safety And Safeguards (NMSS) State Agreements (SA) procedures have been approved for use as interim procedures; and 2) To provide the NMP community an opportunity to comment on the these interim procedures.

Background: On July 24, 2019, the NRC approved and issued the revised Management Directive (MD) 5.6 “Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP).” In September 2019, 11 working groups consisting of Agreement State and NRC representatives with IMPEP experience were formed to revise NMSS SA procedures used to implement the MD and IMPEP. To fully implement the revised MD 5.6 in a timely manner, the revision of these procedures is being completed simultaneously. These 11 working groups will ultimately revise 14 NMSS SA procedures. The charter for the working groups can be found in the Agencywide Document Access and Management System at Accession number ML19274C608. A list of all procedures included in this effort and co-chairs can be found in the charter.

Discussion: This letter notifies the NMP community that NMSS SA procedures SA-101, SA-102, SA-103, SA-105, SA-106, SA-108, SA-109, and SA-110 have been revised and issued for use on an interim basis until July 31, 2020, to allow NRC and Agreement State staff in the NMP community to provide comments¹ based on their review of the procedure, or implementation during IMPEP reviews or periodic meetings.

The comment period which was developed following consultation with the Organization of Agreement States, ends on April 1, 2020. If there are no comments for a procedure by the NMP community, then the procedure will automatically become final on July 31, 2020, without any further action. Please provide comments to the Working Group Co-Chairs who are listed below.

These procedures have been uploaded to the state communications portal (SCP) website for use, and to provide for your review and comment: https://scp.nrc.gov/procedures.html.

_{If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me at (301) 415-9956, or the individuals listed below:}

_{POINTS OF CONTACT:}

For SA-101, Status of Materials Inspection Program:

_{Joe O’Hara E-MAIL: Joe.O'[email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (301) 415-6854}

_{Phillip Peterson E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (303) 692-3402}  

For SA-102, Technical Quality of Inspections:

_{Kathy Modes E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (215) 872-5804}

_{Phillip Peterson E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (303) 692-3402}  

For SA-103, Technical Staffing and Training:

_{Joe O’Hara E-MAIL: Joe.O'[email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (301) 415-6854}

_{Stephen James E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (614) 644-2727}  

For SA-105, Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities:

_{Kathy Modes E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (215) 872-5804}

_{Sherrie Flaherty E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (651) 201-4522}

For SA-106, Management Review Board:

_{Robert Johnson E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (301) 415-7314}

_{David Turberville E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (334) 206-5391}

For SA-108, Sealed Source and Device Evaluation Program:

_{Stephen Poy E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (301) 415-7135}

_{Ron Parsons E-MAIL:} [email protected]   

_{TELEPHONE: (615) 532-0415}

For SA-109, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program:

_{Kathy Modes E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (215) 872-5804}

_{Muhammadali Abbaszadeh E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (512) 239-6078}

For SA-110, Uranium Recovery Program:

_{Stephen Poy E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (301) 415-7135}

_{Shiya Wang E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (303) 692-3447}  

Michael C. Layton, Director

Division of Material Safety, Security, State,

and Tribal Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

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OFC	MSST/SALB	MSST/SALB	MSST
NAME	MBeardsley	PMichalak	MLayton
DATE	xx/xx/19	/ /19	/ /19

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