in this case, mean exposure to persons: "outside the fence"
of an AEC (or NEtT~-licensed) facility.
Criteria, required
to meet these standards,
remained with the AEC.
for plant oneration and design
Hence,
present responsibility for
assessment of health effects resides in EPA, while the
responsibility for devclosning technology to control emissions
resides in AEC.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
in a recent letter to EPA and AEC clarified the delegation
of responsibility between these agencles for promulgating
regulations to Limit the radioactivity that may be emitted
from faciliti.s in the nuclesr rower industry.
OMB stated:
Hat Set cache
as
—
AEC should proceed with its plans for
issuing uranium fuel cycle standards, taking
into account the comments received from all
sources, including EPA; that EPA should dis-
continue its preparations for issuing, now
or in the future, any standards for types of
facilities;
dnd that EPA shculd continue,
under its current authority, to have res-
ponsibility for setting standards
for the total
amount ci -aciution in the ceneral environment
from ail facilities combined in the uranium
fuel cycle, i.e., an ambient standard which
would have to reflect AEC's findings as to.
the practicability of emission controls.3
There are other
agencies and groups which are concerned
with radiation standards and in some cases have regulatory
vauthority.
These include, but are not limited to, the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of
Labor, Bureau of Mines, the American National Standards
Institute, and state agencies.
‘she radiation standards of
these organizations are not at issue here.
For the most part
they play a secondary role,
or where applicable,
guidance of the NCRP, EPA and AEC.
3/
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follow the
Memorandum for Administrator Train and Chairman Ray
from Roy L.
Ash,
Dec.
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