Current radiation protection limits: An urgent need for change

摘要

Following the February 24 signing of Executive Order 13777, "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," by President Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator E. Scott Pruitt issued a memorandum to EPA staff on March 24. This led to the EPA's April 11 announcement that it was seeking input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification. On April 13, the EPA published a notice in the Federal Register that established Docket ID EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190 to receive comments up until May 15. A total of 98,543 submissions were received as of May 20, with 31,378 results after filtering out those that did not meet the acceptance criteria. The authors provided comments on May 12 regarding the EPA's radiation protection regulations, as detailed in this article.