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United States Government
Department’of Energy
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pate: January 12, 1984
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
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EPA Proposed Emission Standards for Radionuclides
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Garrish
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Siebert
Thiessen
Williams
Attached for your review and comment is a draft letter from
Secretary Hodel to William Ruckelshaus recommending that EPA
withdraw its proposed regulations for radionuclide emissions
from DOE facilities.
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Based upon EPA's criteria for its recent decision on regulating
sources of benzene emissions under section 112 of the Clean
Air Act, the regulation of radionuclide emissions from DOE
facilities is not justified. Similar to the three sources
of emissions of benzene for which EPA decided to withdraw
its proposed regulations, the health risks (both the maxinum
lifetime individual risk and the annual increased incidence
of cancer ‘in the exposed population) from current radionuclide
emissions from DOE facilities are exceedingly small and
would not be appreciably reduced by the costly proposed
regulations.
I would appreciate receiving your comments by close of
business Monday, January 16, 1984.
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Stephen H. Greenleigh
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