[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50015-50016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24057]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20


Contractor Meeting on Technical Assessments Related to Clearance 
of Materials and Equipment From Regulatory Control

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will meet with 
contractors who are providing technical assistance related to a 
potential rulemaking addressing clearance of materials and equipment 
from regulatory control. A portion of the meeting will be opened for 
the public to observe the processes used for the development of 
technical information. As space permits, all interested parties may 
attend as observers. Time will be allocated for brief statements from 
the public.

DATES: September 23 and 24, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Room T10-A1, Two White Flint 
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Meck; e-mail: [email protected], 
telephone: (301) 415-6205; Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 
USNRC, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC previously announced in a Federal 
Register notice (FRN) on June 30, 1999 (64 FR 35090), that it is 
considering a rulemaking that would set specific requirements for the 
release of solid materials. That notice also indicated that NRC is 
supplementing its standard rulemaking process by conducting enhanced 
public participatory activities, including facilitated public meetings, 
before the start of any formal rulemaking process. These public 
participatory activities are to solicit early and active public input 
on major issues associated with the release of solid materials, 
including whether the NRC should proceed with such a rulemaking. The 
NRC staff is holding a planning meeting with contractors

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preparing dose assessments and analyzing trade-offs (benefits and 
costs) of various potential regulatory actions. As space permits, all 
interested parties are invited to the portion of the contractor meeting 
that will summarize the technical approaches and coordination among 
contractors. Opening this meeting to the public is intended to clarify 
for interested parties the NRC's development of technical information 
and to allow observers to comment on the planned development of 
technical information.
    The public meeting will be held at the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission offices in Rockville, Maryland, on September 23 and 24, 
1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Room T10-A1, Two White Flint 
North, 11545 Rockville Pike. For planning purposes, observers from the 
public are requested to notify Juanda Fletcher at (301) 415-6238 if 
they plan to attend.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of September 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cheryl A. Trottier,
Chief, Radiation Protection, Environmental Risk & Waste Management 
Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-24057 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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