Notice of a Website for the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards

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This notice announces the website for the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) at www.iscors.org. ISCORS was formed in response to an October 27, 1994, letter from Senator John Glenn to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this letter, Senator Glenn charged EPA and the NRC, in coordination with the Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination (CIRRPC), to develop a plan for a "path forward" to address the inconsistencies, gaps, and overlaps in current radiation protection standards. ISCORS is also one of the committees OSTP recommended for achieving the goals of the now defunct CIRRPC. 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