Agreement State Programs Branch Update

Chris Einberg, Branch ChiefAgreement State Programs Branch,Division of Material Safety, State,

Tribal, and Rulemaking Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards

August 25, 2015

State of the Branch

• Staffing • IMPEP &

Policy Statement

• Compatibility• Procedures• Training• Emergent

Work• Communicatio

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Michelle Beardsley Health Physicist 610-337-6942 RGN-I

Agreement State Programs Branch

August 2015

Karen Meyer Regulation Review Specialist301-415-011Rotation to OIS 7/7/15-1/8/16

Marcia Casby AS Training &Travel Coordinator301-415-6525T-8J04

Stephen Poy Mechanical Engineer301-415-7135T-8F21

Lisa DimmickSr. Health Physicist 301-415-0694T-8F31

David Spackman Health Physicist 301-415-6389T-8F41

Joe O’Hara Project Manager 301-415-6854T-8F40

Elizabeth Doolittle Sr. Project Manager301-415-6424T-8D21A

Christian Einberg Branch Chief 301-415-5422T-8F20

Kathleen Modes Health Physicist 215-872-5804 RGN-I

Lizette Roldan-OteroHealth Physicist 817-200-1596 RGN-IV

Julian Sessoms NSPD301-415-5840T-8C04

Duncan White Sr. Health Physicist301-415-2598T-8E23

StaffingComings and Goings

Arrivals DeparturesDavid Spackman Brenda Usilton

Marcia Casby Kathy Schneider

Beth Doolittle Dennis Sollenberger

Lisey Roldan-Otero

Janine Katanic

Kathy Modes Leira Cuadrado

Julian Sessoms Torre Taylor Joe O’Hara

Cindy Flannery

Agreement State Policy Statement

• Status of Commission Paper SECY-15-0087 Policy Statement Compatibility

• IMPEP Metrics FY15 9 IMPEPS 10 Periodic Meetings

Compatibility Reviews

• Regulationso FY 15 – a total of 78 Regulations Packages Reviewed with 208 amendments o Electronic Review for Efficiencyo Part 37 Adoption Status

Status of Agreement State Adoption

of 10 CFR Part 37

• Iowa• Ohio• South Carolina• Utah• Wisconsin

Agreement States with Final Regulations or Legally Binding

Requirements

Agreement States with Final Regulations or Legally Binding Requirements that have not submitted a Part 37 equivalent to the NRC

Alabama New JerseyArizona New MexicoFlorida New York State DOHIllinois North DakotaKansas Rhode IslandKentucky TexasMaine WashingtonNew Hampshire

Agreement States with Proposed Regulations or

Legally Binding Requirements

Arkansas NebraskaCalifornia NevadaColorado New York City DOHGeorgia North CarolinaLouisiana OklahomaMaryland OregonMassachusetts PennsylvaniaMinnesota TennesseeMississippi Virginia

Compatibility

•Program ElementsoRevisions to Licensing Guidance

oFinal Versions of NUREG-1556 coming soon

o IMC 1248 Refresher Training

Procedures

• Fifty-eight procedures managed by the branch

• Each procedure is slated to be revised every five years, to incorporate lessons learned and any changes to the program

• All procedures being revised to reflect the combined organization

Procedures• Comments to be solicited from Agreement States

– appreciate feedback

• Eleven procedures will incorporate modifications based on Commission Guidance in the SRM for SECY-15-0087

• Three procedures governing periodic meetings, heightened oversight and monitoring and, follow-up IMPEP reviews need Agreement State input

Training• FY 14 – 457

personnel• FY 15 – 544 (429

personnel thus far with and estimated 115 personnel in the last quarter)

• 41 courses provided

• ASPB (Marcia Casby) coordinates all Agreement State Travel and Training

Training• SA-600 Revision• Topical

Webinars• Blended or

Online Training Courses

• Use NRC Contractor

• Train the Trainer• Course Mobility

Emergent Work

• New Agreements oWyoming oVermont

• Waste IssuesoGTCCoMilitary Radium (STC-15-046)o 10 CFR 20.2002

Communication• RSAOs the focal

point for communication

• New NMSS State Communications Portal - https://scp.nrc.gov/. (see STC-15-033)

• Suggestions for Improvement; Always room for improvement

Questions