Federal Register - "Notice of Availability: Draft Protective Action Guide (PAG) for Drinking Water After a Radiological Incident"

Title: Notice of Availability: Draft Protective Action Guide (PAG) for Drinking Water After a Radiological Incident Source: Federal Register Data/Action: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (Notice) Date: 6/10/2016 Text Preview: ...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268; FRL-9947-55-OW] Notice of Availability: Draft Protective Action Guide (PAG) for Drinking Water After a Radiological Incident AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of document availability; request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of its mission to protect human health and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... ...4607M, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8354; fax number: (202) 564-3758;... ...EPA, in its Radiological Emergency Planning and Preparedness Regulations, to ``establish Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for all aspects of radiological emergency planning in coordination with appropriate federal agencies.'' (44 CFR 351.22(a)). FEMA also tasked EPA with preparing ``guidance for state and local governments on implementing PAGs, including recommendations on protective actions which can be taken to mitigate the potential radiation dose to the population.'' (44 CFR 351.22(b)). All of this information was to ``be presented in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...