Illinois Mr. C. W. Klassen, Director, Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Michael Schneiderman, Executive Secretary, Governor's Environmental Quality Cabinet Mr. David P. Currie, Chairman, Pollution Control Board Indiana Mr. Blucher A. Poole, Technical Secretary, Steam Pollution Control Board Iowa Mr. R. J. Schliekelman, Technical Secretary, Water Pollution Control Commission, Iowa State Department of Health Mr. Charles L. Campbell, Technical Secretary, Air Pollution Control Commission, Iowa State Department of Health Louisiana Dr. Roy A. Parker, Director, Division of Radiation Control, Louisiana Board of Nuclear Energy Mr. Donald J. Whittinghill, Coordinator, Louisiana Board of Nuclear Energy Maine Dean H. Fisher, M.D., Commissioner, Maine Department of Health & Welfare Mr. Donaldson Koons, Chairman, Water & Air Environmental Improvement Commission Maryland Mr. J. Millard Tawes, Secretary, Department of Natural Resources Mr. Paul W. McKee, Director, Maryland Department of Water Resources Mr. Howard Chaney, Assistant Director, Environmental Health Services, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Massachusetts Mr. Arthur W. Brownell, Chairman, Water Resources Commission and Commissioner of Natural Resources Michigan Mr. Ralph W. Purdy, Executive Secretary, Water Resources Commission, Department of Natural Resources Mr. Loring F. Oeming, Environmental Coordinator, Office of the Governor Minnesota Mr. John P. Badalich, P.E. Executive Secretary & Chief Executive Officer, Pollution Control Agency Nebraska Mr. Ellis Simmons. Director, Division of Radiological Health, Nebraska State Department of Health Mr. T. A. Filipi, Executive Secretary, Nebraska Water Pollution Control Council Mr. Doug Bereuter, Director, State Office of Planning and Programming New Jersey Mr. Richard J. Sullivan, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection New York Mr. Henry L. Diamond, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation Dr. William E. Seymour, Deputy Commissioner for Industrial Sciences & Technologies, New York State Department of Commerce North Carolina Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Director, State Radiation Protection Program, North Carolina State Board of Health Mr. Leigh H. Hammond, Deputy Director, Department of Administration Mr. George E. Pickett, Director, North Carolina Department of Water & Air Resources Ohio E. W. Arnold, M.D., Director of Health, Ohio Department of Health Oregon Dr. Marshall Parrott, Director, Radiological Health Section, Oregon State Board of Health Mr. Kenneth H. Spies, Director, Department of Environmental Quality Pennsylvania Mr. Wesley E. Gilbertson, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Health Puerto Rico Ernesto Colon-Yordan, M.D., Secretary of Health, Department of Health Mr. Antonio Santiago Vazquez, Secretary, Department of Public Works, Natural Resources Division South Carolina Mr. Heyward Shealy, Director, Division of Radiological Health, South Carolina State Board of Health Mr. Clair P. Guess, Jr., Executive Director, State Water Resources Commission Tennessee Eugene W. Fowinkle, M.D., Commissioner of Public Health, Tennessee Department of Public Health Mr. Francis P. Jung, Director, Division of Radiological Health Vermont Mr. Robert B. Williams, Secretary, Agency of Environmental Conservation Virginia Mr. Gerald McCarthy, Executive Director, Environmental Council, Office of the Governor Mr. A. H. Paessler, Executive Director, State Water Control Board Washington Mr. Lawrence B. Bradley, Executive Director, Office of Nuclear Energy Development, Department of Commerce & Economic Development Mr. John Biggs, Department of Ecology Mr. Arnold J. Moen, Head, Radiation Control Section, Washington State Department of Health : Wisconsin Mr. Thomas G. Frangos, Administrator, State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources Mr. Wilbur Schmidt, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services Mr. Arthur Padrutt, Chairman, Public Service Commission The Council of State Governments Mr. Charles A. Byrley, Director, Washington Office, The Council of State Governments Mr. James L. Martin, Director, Intergovernmental Projects, The Council of Mr. R. Deane Conrad, Special Assistant, The Council of State Governments Honorable George I. Bloom, First Vice President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners SINB The Honorable Sterling Cole, Federal Representative to the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board Mr. Robert H. Gifford, Executive Director, Southern Interstate Nuclear Board WINB The Honorable Jack Westland, Federal Representative to the Western Interstate Nuclear Board Dr. Alfred T. Whatley, Executive Director, Western Interstate Nuclear Board National Legislative Conference Mr. William Clayton, Texas State Representative, Chairman, Environmental Task Force, National Legislative Conference EPA Mr. David D. Dominick, Acting Commissioner, Water Quality Office, Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Joseph A. Lieberman, Acting Commissioner, Radiation Office, Environmental Protection Agency CEQ Mr. Timothy Atkeson, General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, Mr. EDWARD J. BAUSER, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1971. Executive Director, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, DEAR MR. BAUSER: My letter of January 13, 1971, informed the Joint Committee of plans to hold a meeting with representatives of state agencies on February 11, 1971, to discuss the Commission's implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the amendments to 10 CFR 20 and 10 CFR 50 for assuring that licensees keep exposures to radiation and releases of radioactivity in effluents as low as practicable. We have since identified some additional agencies which we believe appropriately should be invited. It has also become apparent that some states will have several additional agencies which may request to be represented. In the circumstances, we have decided to hold two meetings in lieu of one, in order to keep the size of each meeting to a practicable level. We are scheduling the second meeting for February 18, 1971. Sincerely, HAROLD L. PRICE, Director of Regulation. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, Mr. EDWARD J. BAUSER, Executive Director, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, DEAR MR. BAUSER: As you are aware, in December the Commission adopted a revised statement of general policy in implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in its regulatory program, which provided for much fuller consideration than in the past of the whole range of nonnuclear environmental issues in the licensing of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing facilities. During the past year the responsibilities of implementing NEPA have been assigned to the Divisions of Reactor Licensing and Materials Licensing, with the overall coordination being provided by my office. With the issuance of our December statement, and as the program has developed, it has become apparent that a more permanent organizational arrangement will be necessary if we are to effectively implement the Act in an expeditious manner; accordingly, we are consolidating the principal responsibilities for the implementation of NEPA within one division. This division, which will be called the Division of Radiological and Environmental Protection, will assume the functions of the present Division of Radiation Protection Standards. The new division, under the direction of Mr. Lester R. Rogers, will have the primary responsibility for (1) administering the regulations implementing NEPA requirements for AEC-licensed activities, and (2) developing rules and regulations implementing radiation protection standards and guides issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the protection of employees and the public from exposures to radioactive material and radiation resulting from AEC-licensed activities. The division's responsibilities with respect to implementation of NEPA will be under the direction of Mr. Gene A. Blanc, who will join the regulatory staff on February 1 as Assistant Director for Envinronmental Protection. Mr. Blanc established and served as first Director of AEC's Region II, Division of Compliance Office, Atlanta; was Coordinator of Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Protection, State of California; and more recently employed as Supervisor Environmental Quality with Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The division's responsibilities for developing rules and regulations implementing radiation protection standards and guides issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will be under the direction of Dr. Carl C. Gamertsfelder as Assistant Director for Radiological Protection. Dr. Gamertsfelder has been serving as Assistant Director of the Division of Radiation Protection Standards. A broad functional statement and the tentative organization chart of the new division are attached. Sincerely, HAROLD L. PRICE, Director of Regulation. 12 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY* STATEMENTS ON PROPOSED FEDERAL ACTIONS AFFECTING THE 1. Purpose. This memorandum provides guidelines to Federal departments, agencies, and establishments for preparing detailed environmental statements on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, as required by section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (Public Law 91-190) (hereafter "the Act"). Underlying the preparation of such environmental statements is the mandate of both the Act and Executive Order 11514 (35 F.R. 4247) of March 5, 1970, that all Federal agencies, to the fullest extent possible, direct their policies, plans, and programs so as to meet national environmental goals. The objective of section 102(2)(c) of the Act and of these guidelines is to build into the agency decision making process an appropriate and careful consideration of the environmental aspects of proposed action and to assist agencies in implementing not only the letter, but the spirit, of the Act. 2. Policy. As early as possible and in all cases prior to agency decision concerning major action or a recommendation or a favorable re *36 F.R. 1398, January 28, 1971. |