Notice of a Public Meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) on June 13, 2000. The purpose of ISCORS is to foster early resolution and coordination of regulatory issues associated with radiation standards. Agencies represented on ISCORS include the NRC; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Labor's, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP), and of the States are observers at meetings. The objectives of ISCORS include: (1) Facilitating a consensus on acceptable levels of radiation risk to the public and workers; (2) Promoting consistent risk assessment and risk management approaches in setting and implementing standards for occupational and public protection from ionizing radiation; (3) Promoting completeness and coherence of Federal standards for radiation protection; and (4) Identifying interagency issues and coordinating their reso