Comment request letter on Interim Procedures SA 100 (Implementation of Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program) and SA 104 (Technical Quality of Licensing Actions)

STC-19-

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

XXXX 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-100, Implementation of Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP)

SA-104, Reviewing the Common Indicator, Technical Quality of Licensing Actions

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-100 and SA-104 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-100, Implementation of Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP):

_{Lizette Roldan-Otero E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (817) 200-1596}

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

_{TELEPHONE: (334) 206-5391}

For SA-104, Technical Quality of Licensing:

_{Lizette Roldan-Otero E-MAIL: [email protected]}

_{TELEPHONE: (817) 200-1596}

_{Beth Schilke E-MAIL:} [email protected]

_{TELEPHONE: (804) 840-4281}

Michael C. Layton, Director

Division of Material Safety, Security, State,

and Tribal Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

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