Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

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Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting
November 1, 2006
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• Agenda
• Welcome and staff introduction Carl Armstrong
• Program updates plans
• Radiological Health Les Foldesi
• NRC Agreement State Mike Welling
• Featured Speaker Dean Broga, MCV Safety Officer
• Opportunity for Public Comment
• Lunch
• Tour of corporate emergency operations facility
  for Board members and VDH staff only

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Updates PlansRadiological Health
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Updates

• New equipment purchases
• Mobile lab CDC grant of 550,000 received to
  replace mobile radiation lab with incident
  command vehicle. Expected lab delivery August
  2007
• TLD reader software
• X-ray inspection equipment (3 ion chambers)
• Staff training

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Employee Event Destination From To
Foldesi 38th National Conference on Radiation Control Detroit, MI 05/05/06 05/11/06
Paris NRC Training Chattanooga, TN 06/18/06 06/30/06
Foldesi The Southwest Transportation Corridor Pilot Mid-Term Planning Conference Savannah, GA 09/05/06 09/08/06
Orchel Atomic Junction 2006 Oak Ridge, TN 09/11/06 09/15/06
DeKraft 16th National Radon Meeting (EPA) Kansas City, MO 09/17/06 09/20/06
Foldesi OAS meeting Mobile, AL 09/24/06 09/28/06
DeKraft United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Exercise Kenova, West VA 10/11/06 10/12/06
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• Internal control weakness, with respect to review
  of outside inspector credentials, discovered and
  addressed
• Approval/receipt of new grant funds from EPA for
  the Radon program (56,000), a reduction from
  75,000 with a 60/40 match requirement (versus
  50/50).
• VDEM has requested additional funds (28,000)
  from Dominion for our activities.  We are
  currently getting 61,000 (39,000 reimbursable
  and 22,000 in revenue) and will be negotiating
  the new 89,000 MOU.

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• Environmental reports on VDH website (electronic
  distribution versus paper)
• Completed revision of Division of Radiological
  Health (DRH) emergency procedures
• FDA suspended the state partnership on September
  30th. As of 10/27/06, FDA surplused all
  inspection equipment.
• EPA is revising their Protection Action Guidance
  (PAG) by 12/31/06

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• Discussing feasibility of converting the PT, wage
  Radiation Safety Technician position (currently
  vacant) into a FT position and adding planning
  duties.  Working to get increased funding from
  VDEM.
• Meeting with the military Civilian Support Team
  (CST) on 11/8/06
• VDH is providing CDC access for a photographic
  session utilizing staff and resources on 11/2/06

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• VOPEX 12/5/06 North Anna exercise
• TOPOFF IV- nuclear detonation (2007 exercise to
  be held in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area)
• Potassium Iodine Thyroid Blocker-liquid form and
  65 mg pills to supplement 130 mg pills
  distributed to the affected counties. NRC has
  agreed to replace KI.

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Plans

• Karen Gray has retired from state service
  effective 10/24/06. Recruitment underway to fill
  the position.
• VDEM has inquired about a joint partnership with
  Dominion in sponsoring the national Radiological
  Emergency Preparedness Conference
• Budgetary issues (no new program funds are
  expected). If Board members become aware of any
  new funding opportunities, please let us know
• VDHs emergency preparedness drill in 2007 is for
  a dirty bomb

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Updates PlansNRC Agreement State Program
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• Currently, there are 34 states participating in
  the NRC Agreement State (AS) Program, regulating
  over 80 of the Nations material licenses

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NRC AS Status

• Minnesota became 34th Agreement state 3/30/06
• Pennsylvania submitted draft application in June
  2006
• New Jersey submitted Letter of Intent in June
  2006
• WV has announced they will be submitting a Letter
  of
• Intent

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Virginia AS Status

• 12 VAC 5-481 went into effect on 9/21/06 for
  Virginia NARM licensees.
• VAs Statutes and Regulations were submitted and
  to reviewed by the NRC. Comments were received
  on 10/25/06. Our intent is to include NRCs NARM
  regulations (February 2007) in our regulations.
• The fee schedule Notice of Intended Regulatory
  Action (NOIRA) was approved by the Secretary of
  Health and Human Services 10/05/06 and has been
  submitted to the Governor for approval.

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• Recruitment/selection process completed to hire
  the NRC team
• Program Supervisor (Michael Welling) started
  9/18/06
• Program Support Specialist (Ron Tanner) started
  9/26/06
• Radiation Safety Specialists begin employment
  11/06 Kim Gilliam, Florentino Laciste and Beth
  Schilke
• Fourth Specialist will be recruited in 12/06
• Two Safety Specialists will be working out of
  their homes, covering the Western and Eastern
  regions of Virginia, managing 111 and 102
  licensee locations respectively. The remaining
  two Specialists will work out of the Richmond
  office managing 358 licensee locations.

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On the horizon

• Complete proposed statute and regulation
  revisions by February 2007
• Complete the proposed fee schedule by February
  2007
• Complete the NRC application by March 2007
• Commence NRC staff training in 2007

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VA Statutes and Regulations

• NRCs review of VAs statutes concluded with 10
  comments. We are working with the Attorney
  Generals Office to respond and it may require
  amending the Radiation Control Act.
• NRCs review of VAs regulations concluded with
  96 comments. We are currently reviewing their
  comments and will amend the regulations.
• We intend to include the NRC NARM regulations in
  the February 2007 revision.
• We intend use the fast track approach as it
  affords a shorter turn around time.

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Proposed VA Licensing Fees

• Five categories
• Specific Licenses
• Financial Assurance
• Reciprocity
• General Licenses
• Enforcement
• Virginias licensing fees will be based on the
  amount of work needed for license reviewing,
  license amendments and inspections. There will be
  no charge for inspections.

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• 376 licenses in Virginia in FY2006
• 357 licensees transferable to state
• 19 licensees not transferable to state
• In FY2006 NRC fees collected for VA licensees
• 1,295,850 from 357 transferable licensees
• 6,262,300 from 19 non-transferable licensees
• 7,558,150 total

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• Application fees (for a new license) will be
  equal to the annual fee, based on the category of
  the license
• Annual fees for new licensees will be billed in
  advance. In subsequent years, their annual fee
  will be due at the end of the month in which the
  license expires.
• Reciprocity fees from out-of-state licensees are
  due prior to commencing work in Virginia
• General License fees will be due at the end of
  the year

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• Specific Licenses See handout
• Financial Assurance (same as NRC)
• 1,125,000 for 104 105 quantities of unsealed
• 225,000 for 103 104 quantities of unsealed
• 113,000 for 1010 1012 quantities of sealed
• Reciprocity 50 of specific license fees

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• General Licenses 100 per site and 50 per
  device exceeding the following millicurie (mCi)
  quantities
• 10 mCi of Cs-137
• .1 mCi Sr-90
• 1 mCi of Co-60
• 1 mCi of Am-241 or other transuranic
• Enforcement 32.1-27 allows for a civil penalty
  not to exceed 25,000 per day. Radiation
  Protection will use severity levels to assign
  civil penalties.