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Issue 5
Pages 7-9

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... In a performance-based system, for example, laboratories could develop their own standards of operation and regulations as long as they met an overall auditable standard set by a regulatory agency. That could probably be done without changing the related environmental statute.
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... In addition, laboratories can communicate their needs to both legislative and regulatory bodies more fully so that the appropriate officials within these institutions are aware of the adverse impact of the current implementation mechanism of environmental regulations on research laboratories. Regular discussions among EPA, OSHA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the research community are essential for ensuring that each understands the perceptions and concerns of the others.
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... "At or near point of generation" WAA training requirements for researchers taking waste to 90-day area Unitary campus - "affiliates" operating on contiguous campus "Generator" entitled to rely on generator knowledge of waste 6.
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