A Rod R. Blagojevich, GovernorIllinois Emergency Management Agency

- William C. Burke, DirectorDivision of Nuclear Safety

August 10, 2005 '

Paul Lohaus, Director r CD)State and Tribal ProgramsU.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,

Washington, DC 20555

Dear Mr. Lohaus:

The Agency has received the final report dated July 21, 2005 regarding the April 4-8,2005 Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program review of the Illinois Program. -The - --Agency appreciates the positive comments made regarding the performance of our Licensing,Inspection, Incident/Allegation, Sealed Source and Device and Training programs. The Agencytakes great pride in these programs and strivesto' exceed in these'disciplines.

Illinois, however, remains'extremely disappointed with the "incompatibility" finding forregulations. Illinois worked extremely hard before'the IMPEP review on regulations andcontinues to aggressively move these thiough'the legislative process. "All were adopted ordrafted and awaiting legal concurrence at the time of the review.' All were submitted to State andTribal Programs on May 2, 2005. We ar'e-still awaiting comments on most of these. NRC isalready 30 days over the' deadline established'u'nder LMPEP for providing comments to states.All but two parts (which are being prepared for legislative review now) are also undergoing theIllinois legislative process and are on their way'to be published for first notice in the Illinoisregister. As you can see, the Agency is already wvell on its way to resolving this issue.

In retrospect-,we believe the rep'orted findings reg'arding compatibility to be directlyrelated to Illinois' participation in Joint venituires and working g&r6ups associated with NRC,IAEA and the Agreement States including issues regarding safegiards and national security.The persons previously responsible for promulgating regulations contributed a total of over 0.75FTE of their time to these programs. These efforts were enter'ed into at the exclusion of writingcertain regulations because theAgency considered these issues-to be of a-greater-health andsafety concern. The implication now is that rulenmaking'and 6 lther administrative issues are moreimportant than actual health and safety issues'inthhe re-guiated community. Human resources arelimited in all states, including Illinois. The Agency has now started and will continue to re-evaluate the allocation of resources in these areas and will restrict participation in extracurricularactivities unless absolutely necessary.

We have prepared the attached "IMIPEP Milestones" table as part of our corrective actionplan for tracking regulations including our benchmark of reviewing and drafting new regulations(if required) within 365 days of NRC final promulgation. My staff spoke with you on thisinitially, and we believe this contains all the required elements under STP Procedure SA-122.This should allow us to promulgate all regulations within the required deadlines.

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If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Gibb Vinson, Acting Headof the Radioactive Materials Section, at (217) 785-9928.

Sincerely,

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IMPEP MilestonesRegulations and Rule making

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___ 1997-2 Part 150 --- 2_7-Feb-G00 __ 1-Jun-00 8/21/00(F) 6/1/00 Final1976Part 20 subpart E2-u 00 21 -Oct-04 7-Mar-OS 2-May-OS

2011 Part 30, 31, 32 16-Feb-04 211-Oct-04 7-Mar-OS 2-May-05 -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

335 19-Prt3. __CGV 20-Oct-98 8-Sep-04 7-Jan-05 2-May-05_ _ _ ~~Part 35.33(a)(2 ) _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _- - _ _ _ _ _ _

Pat35.75 29-May-00 8-Sep-04 7-Jan-05 2-May-OS__-0/005P5 No c m et RPart 35.641 & 64 26-Oct-01 8-Sep-04 7-Jan-05 2-May-05 6/30/05(P) No comments NRC

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340 1991-4 Parts 20 & 40 TL-H 15-Oct-94 5-Jun-03 25-Feb-05 2-May-05 14-Jun-05 1 -Jul-05 1/20/04(P) NRC comments1995-2Prt 20.1703 -13-Mar6-98 5--Jun-03W 25-Feb-O5 2-May-051 14-Jun-OS 11-Jul-O05___ t__________

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Pa rt 2-0.10 26-Oct-01 5-Jun-03 25-Feb-OS 2-May-OS514-Jun-OS1Jl05___ ___ 6/30/05(P)_ No comments NRC____ ____Part 20.1208 E

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34 961Part 71 ____ SCC 1-Apr-99[ 7-Nov-02 22-Oct-041 2-May-OS 18-Nov-041 1-Dec-041 30-Jan-OS 13-May-05 5/2/05(F) #Final May 13, 20051__ 2004-1 Part 71 1 I-O ct-07 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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346 1993-2 IPart 36 JGK 1-Jul-96 15-Apr-04 12-Nov-04 2-May-05 14-Jun-05 1-Jul-05 ,N/A SECY 95-112Part 36.23 26-Oct-98 15-Apr-04 12-Nov-04 2-May-05 14-Jun-05 1-Jul-05 ____ 6/30/05(P) _No comments NRCPart 36.55 8-Jan-04 15-Apr-04 12-Nov-04 2-May-05 14-Jun-05 1-Jul-O#-Part 36.81 -- _....__ ___ __--

350 1991-1 Part 34 JGK 10-Jan-94 30-Jan-03 23-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 14-Jun-05 1/20/04(P) I Second draft to NRC1991-2 Part 34 none 30-Jan-03 23-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 14-Jun-05 1/20/04(P) # 29-Apr-051995-4 Part 34 _ 30-Jun-98 w30-Jan-03 23-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 14-Jun-05 1/20/04(P) # _

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351 2000-1 Part 39 JGK 17-May-03 5-Feb-03 27-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 N/A 26-Sep-03 10-Aug-04 10-Sep-04 2-May-05 Final 9/10/04 NRC commentPartt39.65 _ 68-Jan-04 5-Fe-b-03 27-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 N/A 26-Sep-03 10-Aug-04 10-Sep-04 2-May-05 #

- _ Part 39.33 r 26-Oct-01 _5-Feb-03 27-Feb-03 20-Jan-04 N/A 26-Sep-03 10-Aug-04 10-Sep-04 2-May-05 No comments NRC 6/30/05

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