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for the preparation of these criteria and standards and 

 to prepare a position paper that will indicate EPA's 

 approach to setting standards and address the relation- 

 ship between EPA's standards and actions taken by NRC 

 and DOE. 



• EPA and NRC will complete a Memorandum of Understanding 

 dealing with coordinating methodologies and procedures. 



• The Department of Transportation is responsible for 

 regulating the transport of radioactive wastes, in part 

 sharing that responsibility with NRC. The coordination 

 between the two agencies is provided by an existing 

 Memorandum of Understanding between them. DOT is 

 completing its rulemaking on the role of Federal and 

 local government bodies in the routing of nuclear waste 

 transportation along highways. 



• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is now commencing a 

 formal proceeding to determine whether or not it has 

 confidence that radioactive wastes produced by nuclear 

 power reactors can and will be disposed of safely. The 

 President has urged the NRC to conduct this proceeding 

 in a timely and thorough manner and to provide full 

 opportunity for public, technical and government agency 

 participation. 



10. Legislation. 



Legislation addressing the following areas will be submitted to 

 Congress to implement the President's program. 



• State Planning Council . To provide a permanent basis 

 for the State Planning Council, which has been created 

 by Executive Order. 



• Licensing Extension . To implement the extension of NRC 

 licensing authority to all new transuranic and new 

 non-defense low level waste disposal facilities and any 

 other facilities decided upon following the review of 

 NRC's licensing study (NUREG 0527, September 1979). 



• Low Level Waste . To assist the States in managing 

 commercial low-level waste. The legislation will 

 include authority for the States to enter into regional 

 organizations or compacts for operation of the sites. 



• Decommissioned Facilities Surveillance . To establish 

 institutional responsibilities for long-term surveil- 

 lance of formerly utilized Federal facilities which 

 have been decommissioned and sold or otherwise released 

 to unrestricted use. 



