[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28599-28600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13438]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No.: EH-IG-95-835]


Implementation Guides for Use With Department of Energy 
Regulation for Occupational Radiation Protection

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of 
12 Implementation Guides for its regulation on Occupational Radiation 
Protection (10 CFR part 835). In the preamble to 10 CFR part 835, DOE 
committed to developing regulatory guidance documents (Implementation 
Guides) to provide the rationale for and the objectives of the DOE 
occupational protection regulation and to identify acceptable 
approaches for implementing this regulation. In addition, DOE committed 
to make copies of these documents available for unlimited use and 
distribution at the DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room. DOE 
intends to update the Implementation Guides periodically to improve 
their technical content. Accordingly, comments may be submitted at any 
time and on a continuous basis.

ADDRESSES: A copy of each Implementation Guide (IG) may be examined in 
the Department of Energy Freedom of Information Reading Room, room 1E-
190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585, (202) 586-6020, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except federal Holidays.
    Submit written comments in the format designated in the 
Implementation Guides to Mr. Steven Zobel, Office of Worker Protection 
Programs and Hazards Management, EH-52, U.S. Department of Energy, 270 
CC/GTN, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any legal questions concerning the 
Implementation Guides should be directed to Mr. Ben McRae at (202) 586- 
[[Page 28600]] 6975. For technical questions on the Implementation 
Guides or procedural questions concerning the submission of written 
comments contact Mr. Steven Zobel at (301) 903-2305 or Dr. Joel 
Rabovsky at (301) 903-2135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's goal is to provide the DOE 
complex with current, thorough guidance to facilitate effective and 
efficient implementation of the provisions in 10 CFR part 835. This 
guidance is primarily intended for use by those entities that must 
implement the requirements contained in 10 CFR part 835. DOE considers 
these guides to be living documents and will periodically update these 
IGs to improve technical content and maintain currency with DOE 
requirements, regulations, and standards. To this end, DOE will 
continue to accept comments for improving methods to implement 10 CFR 
part 835. A comment sheet is provided in each IG specifying a format 
for submitting comments. Informal comments and questions of a technical 
nature concerning any IG may be brought to the attention of the 
Department's technical point of contact. The titles of the 12 
Implementation Guides are:
G-10 CFR 835/B1--Radiation Protection Program;
G-10 CFR 835/B2--Occupational ALARA Program;
G-10 CFR 835/C1--Internal Dosimetry Program;
G-10 CFR 835/C2--External Dosimetry Program;
G-10 CFR 835/C3--Radiation-Generating Devices;
G-10 CFR 835/C4--Evaluation and Control of Fetal Exposure;
G-10 CFR 835/E1--Instrument Calibration for Portable Survey 
Instruments;
G-10 CFR 835/E2--Workplace Air Monitoring;
G-10 CFR 835/G1--Posting and Labeling for Radiological Control;
G-10 CFR 835/H1--Occupational Radiation Exposure Record-Keeping and 
Reporting;
G-10 CFR 835/J1--Radiation Safety Training; and
G-10 CFR 835/M1--Sealed Radioactivity Source Accountability and 
Control.
    These IGs provide acceptable approaches for establishing and 
operating specific parts of the overall radiation protection program. 
They identify the requirements of 10 CFR part 835 that relate to a 
specific major topical area and provide guidance on the characteristics 
of a radiation protection program that the DOE staff considers adequate 
to comply with the regulatory requirements.

    Dated: April 13, 1995.
Peter N. Brush
Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 95-13438 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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