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[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0957]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and 
Equipment Manual

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability: Reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1708) the Department of Defense 
(DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced for 
public comment the availability of a draft document, entitled the 
``Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and 
Equipment Manual'' (MARSAME). A 90-day comment period was provided for 
the draft MARSAME that expired on April 16, 2007. A request for an 
extension to the comment period has been received from several 
stakeholders. The comment period for the draft manual has been reopened 
for an additional 30 days.

DATES: The comment period for the draft manual has been reopened and 
now expires on June 13, 2007. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if it is practical to do so, but no assurance can be given 
for consideration of late comments.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by one of the methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments.
     http://www.marsame.org: Follow the on-line instructions 

for submitting comments.
     Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 or Chief, Rulemaking, 
Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements must be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Copies of all comments received by one agency will be periodically 
copied and sent to the others. Copies of the draft MARSAME and all 
comments received may be examined or copied for a fee electronically in 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at the HQ EPA Docket Public 

Reading Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Room 3334, Docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0957, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460, and the NRC Public

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Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2747. 
The HQ EPA Docket Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the EPA HQ Docket Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744. 
DOE, EPA, and NRC each have a publication number for MARSAME. They are: 
For DOE, DOE/EH-707; for EPA, EPA 402-R-06-002; for NRC, NUREG-1575, 
Sup. 1. A free single copy of the draft MARSAME may be requested by 
writing to: Distribution and Mail Services Section, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 or by fax to (301) 
415-2289. The document is also available through the Internet at: 
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim.

    Instructions for Using the EPA Docket: Direct your comments to 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0957. EPA's policy is that all comments 
received will be included in the public docket without change and may 
be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 

information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information 
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through 
http://www.regulations.gov. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous 

access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
    If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. All documents in the 
docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in 

the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly 
available only in hard copy.
    Instructions for Using the MARSAME comment Web site: Alternatively, 
you may submit a comment via the http://www.marsame.org comment system 

without going through http://www.regulations.gov. Users of the MARSAME comment 

Web site will be asked for their name and e-mail address, and then will 
receive a username and password at the e-mail address that was 
submitted. User's names and e-mail address will not appear in any 
public document or database.

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 draft MARSAME.): DoD: Steven 
Doremus, Phone: (757) 887-7745, U.S. Navy, NAVSEADET RASO, NWS, PO 
Drawer 260, Yorktown, VA 23691-0260; DOE: W. Alexander Williams, Phone: 
(301) 903-8149, U.S. Department of Energy (EM-23), 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; EPA: Kathryn Snead; Phone: (202) 
343-9228, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Stop 6608J, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20460-1000; NRC: George Powers, 
Phone: (301) 415-6212, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop 
T9-C34, Washington DC 20555. Questions concerning the multi-agency 
document development project should be addressed to CAPT Colleen 
Petullo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/U.S. Public Health 
Service, OSWER/ERT, PO Box 93478, Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478, (702) 784-
8004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 2007, the MARSAME Working Group 
received a request for a 90-day extension to the comment period from 
the Nuclear Information and Resource Service filed on behalf of a 
number of interested parties, including: Alliance for Nuclear 
Accountability; International Science Oversight Board; Sierra Club 
Pennsylvania Chapter; BE SAFE/ Center for Health, Env. & Justice; Tri-
Valley CAREs; Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power; Bluesky 
Institute; Citizen's Environmental Coalition; Coalition on West Valley 
Nuclear Wastes; and Committee to Bridge the Gap. In April 2007, Rocky 
Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the Snake River Alliance were 
added to the request and the MARSAME Working Group received additional 
requests for a 30-day extension to the comment period from Nuclear 
Energy Institute, Inc., State of New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, and State of Washington Department of Health. The requests 
note that the manual is very important and very technical. The original 
comment period for the draft manual was 90 days; in general, as 
proscribed by Executive Order 12889 (December 27, 1993) technical 
documents are put out for public comment for 75 days. After careful 
consideration, the agencies have determined that an additional 30 days 
for review (which now results in a comment period totaling 120 days) to 
be reasonable and consistent with the agencies' desire to receive 
informed comments from external stakeholders on the manual. The 
deadline for comments on any aspect of this manual is extended to June 
13, 2007.

    For the Department of Defense, dated this 30th day of April, 
2007.
Alex Beehler,
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
    For the U.S. Department of Energy, dated this 20th day of April 
2007.
Andrew C. Lawrence,
Director, Office of Nuclear Safety and Environment, Office of Health, 
Safety and Security.
    For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, dated this 20th 
day of April 2007.
Juan Reyes,
Director, Radiation Protection Division.
    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dated this 24th day 
of April 2007.
Brian W. Sheron,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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