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M TO : Barbar a Hostag e FROM : Ji mDuff yan d Steve Wyngarde n SUBJECT : Stat e Record s o f Accidenta l Release s o f NAR Mt o th e Environmen t

Th e authorit yt o licens e an d regulat e the us e o f naturall yoccurring an d accelerator-produce d radioactive materia l (NARM ) i s maintaine d b yindividua l stat e governments . Thus , i n our attemp t t o obtai n informatio n o r dat a o n th e occurrenc e b f an

yaccidenta l release s o f NAR Mt o th e environment , w e contacte d person s withi n th e radioactive material s division s o f stat e environmenta l agencies . Al l o f th e state s w e contacte d hav e reporting requirement s fo r th e accidenta l releas e o f NARM . Informatio n wa s obtaine d fro ma tota l o f twelv e states ; si xagreemen t state s an

d si xnon-agreemen t states . Th e si xagreemen t state s ar e California , Florida , Ne wYork , Washington , Tennessee , an d Sout hCarolina . Th e si x non-agreemen t state s ar e NewJersey , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , Vermont , an

d Oklahoma . According t o th e Nuclea r RegulatoryCommission 1 (NRC) , th e stat e regulation s specifi c t o NAR Mfo r Massachusett s an d Oklahom

a ar e mor e stringen t than th e federa l regulation s containe d i n 1 0 CFR Par t 20 . Non e o f thes e twelv e state s operate s a dat a bas e containing informatio n o n release s o f NAR

Mt o the environment . I n general , th e stat e personne l w e spok e wit hhad littl e t o n o dat a an d wer e no t awar e o f an ysubstantia l accidenta l release s t o the environmen t o f NAR Mwithi n thei r respectiv e state s i n the pas t thre e t o five years . Afewo f the state s di d hav e informatio n o n accident s involving NAR

M(e.g. , medica l misapplications) , bu t non e o f thes e incident s involved release s t o th e environment . Anumbe r o f the person s w e contacte d expresse d the opinio n tha t accidenta l release s o f NAR

Mwoul d b e rar e becaus e o f the condition s unde r whic hthes e material s ar e used . NAR Mi s use d predominantl yi n smal l quantitie s an d i n close d environment s (e.g. , laboratorie s i n hospitals) .
telephon e conversatio n betwee n Barbar a Hostage , EPA , an d Lidi a Roche , NRC , February1986 .P. 3

Barbar a Hostag e Marc h19 , 198 6 Pag e Tw o

Afte r speaking wit hthes e stat e personnel , w e fee l tha t i t mayprov e beneficia l fo r EP

At o contac t thes e stat e agencie s an d formall yreques t i n writing informatio n o n an yaccidenta l release s o f NAR Mt o th e environment . Th e informatio n w e obtaine d wa s generall ylimited t o the individua l knowledg e o f the perso n w e spok e with , an d bette r documente d conclusion s mayb e neede d fo r th e record t o suppor t th e radionuclid e RQ rulemaking . T o avoi d extr a wor k o n th e par t o f the states , perhap s w e coul d sen d t o eachstat e contac t a lette r summarizing our telephon e conversatio n an d asking fo r confirmatio n tha t w e hav e adequatel ycharacterize d thei r knowledg e o f NAR Mreleases . Suc h letters , onc e confirme d b yth e stat e contacts , coul d b e use d t o supplemen t th e record fo r th e rulemaking . W e pla n t o discus s thi s issu e wit hyo u i n mor e detai l befor e proceeding further .