HPS Public Comments to Federal Agencies

Comments made by the Health Physics Society president in response to requests for public comments from a federal agency or organization are organized by agency/organization in reverse chronological order.

Department of Energy

Supplemental Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 71, No. 198/Friday, October 13, 2006/Notices - Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV

HPS Comments submitted November 22, 2006

Department of Homeland Security

Protective Action Guides for Radiological Dispersal Device and Improvised Nuclear Device

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 71, No. 1/Tuesday, January 3, 2006/Notices - Protective Action Guides for Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents; Notice

HPS Comments submitted March 6, 2006

Department of Veteran Affairs

Proposed Rule to Amend List of Diseases Compensated for Presumptive Cause for Radiation-Exposed Veterans

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 66, No. 153/Wednesday, August 8, 2001/Proposed Rules - Diseases Specific to Radiation-Exposed Veterans

HPS Comments submitted October 9, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rule on Integrated Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Waste

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 68, No. 222/Tuesday, November 18, 2003/Proposed Rules - Approaches to an Integrated Framework for Management and Disposal of Low-Activity Radioactive Waste: Request for Comment; Proposed Rule

HPS Comments Submitted April 28, 2004

Advanced Notice on Proposed Rulemaking on Storing Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 64, No. 39/Monday, March 1, 1999/Proposed Rules - Approach to Reinventing Regulations on Storing Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste

HPS Comments Submitted April 9, 1999

Government Accountability Office

Questions for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Experts

GAO Questions Received December 7, 2005

HPS Response to Questions - January 30, 2006

Request for Input on Security of On-Site Storage of Radioactive Waste

HPS Response to Request for Input - February 28, 2005

Request for Input on Radioactive Source Controls

HPS Response to Request for Input - December 19, 2002

International Commission on Radiological Protection

ICRP Proposed Revision to Radiation Protection Recommendations

HPS Comments on latest draft of ICRP Recommendations Revision - September 13, 2006

HPS Comments on draft of ICRP Recommendations Revision - December 12, 2004

Controllable Dose

Paper by Roger H. Clarke -"Control of low-level radiation exposure: time for a change?"

HPS Response to paper by Roger H. Clarke presented at the IRPA Conference in Hiroshima in May 2000

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Proposed Rule for a Procedure for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 68, No. 45/Friday, March 7, 2003/Proposed Rules - Procedure for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Proposed Rule

HPS Comments Submitted on May 6, 2003

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 67, No. 122/Tuesday, June 25, 2002/Proposed Rules - Procedure for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Proposed Rule

HPS Comments Submitted on August 26, 2002

Proposed Rule for Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 66, No. 194/Friday, October 5, 2001/Proposed Rules - Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

HPS Comments Submitted on December 4, 2001

Proposed Rule for Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 66, No. 194/Friday, October 5, 2001/Proposed Rules - Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Interim Final Rule with Request for Comments

HPS Comments Submitted on November 5, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

AAPM Petition for Rulemaking Regarding "Grandfather" Provisions of Title 10 CFR Part 35

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 71, No. 211/Wednesday, November 1, 2006/Proposed Rules - E. Russell Ritenour, PhD; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking

Petition for Rulemaking

HPS Comments on Petition for Rulemaking submitted December 29, 2006

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Request for Information on Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

Federal Register Notice: Vol. 70, No. 84/Tuesday, May 3, 2005/Proposed Rules - Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Extension of Comment Period

HPS Comments on Request for Information