62532 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 18, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. A–96–44]

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and

Site Investigation Manual, Revision 1

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Defense,

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, and

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

are announcing the availability for use

of the August 2000 Revision 1, of the

December 1997 ‘‘Multi-Agency

Radiation Survey and Site Investigation

Manual’’ (MARSSIM). In response to

comments received on the December

1997 MARSSIM, the MARSSIM has

been updated to reflect resolution of

these comments and to make minor

editorial corrections. The changes are

simple clarifications and corrections of

errata, and they do not change the

methods originally described. Therefore,

the purpose of this new Federal

Register Notice is to inform the public

that the newly revised MARSSIM is

available. The MARSSIM provides

information on planning, conducting,

evaluating, and documenting

environmental radiological surveys of

surface soils and building surfaces for

demonstrating compliance with

regulations.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the MARSSIM,

Revision 1, and all public comments

received may be examined or copied for

a fee at the EPA Docket Room M1500,

Docket No. A–96–44, First Floor

Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; and the NRC

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20555–0001. The

EPA docket may be inspected from 8:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding Federal holidays in

Room M1500 at the address above. NRC

documents may be inspected from 7:45

a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding Federal holidays in

the lower level of the building at the

address above.

Copies of the MARSSIM, Revision 1,

may be purchased by requests in writing

to: The Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O.

Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402–

9328. The NRC document number is

NUREG–1575, Rev. 1, and the EPA

document number is EPA 402–R–97–

016, Rev. 1, and the DOE number is

DOE/EH–0624, Rev. 1.

The manual, changed pages, and

summary of comments received are also

available through the Internet at: http:/

/www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim or by

linkage from the NRC home page at:

http://www.nrc.gov; or the DOE home

page at: http://www.doe/gov.

The author agencies continue to seek

comments arising from use of the

MARSSIM. Comments will be reviewed

periodically by the author agencies,

resolved as appropriate, and

incorporated into revisions of the

MARSSIM. Members of the public are

invited to submit written comments to

EITHER the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, ATTN: Air and

Radiation Docket, Mail Stop 6102, Air

Docket No. A–96–44, Room M1500,

First Floor Waterside Mall, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460 or the Chief,

Rules and Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001. Copies of all comments

received by one agency will be

periodically copies and sent to the

others.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

of the following points of contact for

each agency for technical information

(see ADDRESSES section above for

directions on obtaining a copy of the

MARSSIM): DOE: Harold Peterson,

Telephone: (202) 586–9640, U.S.

Department of Energy (EH–412), 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, e-mail:

peterson.harold@eh.doe.gov; EPA: Mark

Doehnert; Telephone: (202) 564–9386,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Mail Stop 6608J, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, email: doehnert.mark@epa.gov; NRC:

Robert A. Meck, Telephone: (301) 415–

6205, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, MS T–9C24, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, e-mail: ram2@nrc.gov.

Questions concerning the multi-agency

document development project should

be addressed to CDR Colleen Petullo,

Telephone: (702) 798–2476, U.S. Public

Health Service at U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, R&IE, P.O. Box

98517, Las Vegas, NV 89193–8517, email: petullo.colleen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

MARSSIM provides information on

planning, conducting, evaluating, and

documenting environmental

radiological surveys of surface soil and

building surfaces for demonstrating

compliance with regulations. The

MARSSIM, now as Revision 1, is a

multi-agency consensus document. The

MARSSIM was developed

collaboratively over a four-year period

by the technical staffs of four Federal

agencies having authority for control of

radioactive materials: DOD, DOE, EPA,

and NRC. These staffs have continued to

meet in order to discuss the future

approaches to structural and

environmental radiation surveys, future

updates to the manual, using

implementation tools such as training

and software, and the schedule of future

meetings. Members of the public and

contractors to the Federal agencies have

been present during the open meetings

of the MARSSIM work group and have

been provided opportunities for input.

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The author agencies solicited

comments arising from review and use

of the final MARSSIM. In response to

comments received to date, minor

modifications were made to individual

pages. Modifications to the manual

correct errors, clarify guidance, and

provide additional information. The

methods originally described are not

changed. The format of the MARSSIM

has been changed to three-hole-punched

pages for use in a binder. This format

change will facilitate the insertion of the

user’s notes and future pages changes, if

any. A complete list of comments and

resolutions is available on the internet

at the MARSSIM world wide website at:

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim.

Dated in Arlington, VA, this 15th day of

September 2000.

For the Department of Defense.

Sherri W. Goodman,

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense,

(Environmental Security).

Dated in Washington, DC, this 11th day of

September 2000.

For the U.S. Department of Energy.

David Michaels,

Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and

Health.

Dated in Washington, DC, this 16th day of

August 2000.

For the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

Frank Marcinowski,

Acting Director, Radiation Protection

Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.

Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 28th

day of August 2000.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

Ashok Thadani,

Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory

Research.

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