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approval by the Assistant Secretary of Environment, Safety and Health, those exemptions shall be

processed as follows:

(1)

the exemption request shall be reviewed by the Program Office responsible for the

activity in coordination with the Operations Office;

(2)

once the review is complete and within 90 days of the receipt of the exemption

request, the Cognizant Secretarial Officer shall forward a recommendation for

approval or disapproval, and the basis therefor, to the Assistant Secretary for

Environment, Safety and Health;

(3)

the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health may choose to accept

the evaluation of the Program Office or perform a separate evaluation;

(4)

the Assistant Secretary of Environment Safety and Health shall document the

exemption decision in a letter to the requesting contractor with a copy to the

Cognizant Secretarial Officer and the Operations Office Manager.

3.6 Approval Authorization. 10 CFR Part 820.61, "Secretarial Officer," states, in part, that

the Secretarial Officer who is primarily responsible for the activity to which a nuclear safety

requirement relates may grant an exemption from that requirement, provided that the Secretarial

Officer responsible for environment, safety and health matters shall exercise this authority with

respect to provisions relating to radiological protection of workers, the public and the environment.

Consequently, exemptions to rules relating to radiological protection (10 CFR PART 835,

"OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION" or 10 CFR PART 834, "RADIATION

PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT" [proposed]) shall be approved by the

Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health. The Cognizant Secretarial Officer

responsible for the activity or facility to which the requirement is being applied shall approve

exemptions to nuclear safety rules other than those relating to radiological protection.

Activities which involve multiple Cognizant Secretarial Officers require approval (or concurrence in

the case of exemptions to radiological protection) of all of the affected Cognizant Secretarial