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The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control entered into a contract whereby the State will perform environmental and in-plant sampling and radiological analysis at designated nuclear facilities within the State licensed by NRC. The Bureau of Radiological Health (BRH) is charged with the responsibility to perform independent measurements of radioactivity in effluents and plant environs. The principal objectives of the contract program are to (1) provide to the NRC reasonable assurance that effluent analyses and environmental measurements made by the nuclear facility under NRC requirements are valid and (2) achieve and maintain traceability to the National Bureau of Standards of the radioactivity measurements made by the licensee, the State and the NRC laboratory involved in this contract. The contract gives BRH authority and responsibility for in-plant sampling of liquid and gaseous radioactive wastes from the facilities, where applicable, and on-site and environmental sampling including air particulate, surface water, potable water, milk, vegetation, soil, and TLD measurements.