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
