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FRMAC History
 Following the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
in March 1979, the President and Congress directed the impacted federal
agencies to develop a plan to provide for an integrated federal response
to radiological emergencies. It was recognized that when a major
radiological incident impacts the public, the state(s) may need federal
assistance to characterize and assess the radiological conditions. This
led to the development of the Federal Radiological Emergency Response
Plan (FRERP). The FRERP was the guideline used in establishing the
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC), and
described the roles of various federal agencies involved in the response
and coordination of federal activities with the states and responsible
agencies. In 2004 this document was superseded by the National Response
Plan (NRP). The FRMAC is initially established on scene by the U.S.
Department of Energy to provide an operational framework for
coordinating and managing all federal offsite radiological monitoring
and assessment activities. Following the emergency phase of an incident,
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) takes the lead in
ensuring that appropriate health protection guidelines are followed and
recommending further actions, if necessary, to the state(s).
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