[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65665-65666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30468]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20

[Docket No. PRM-20-21]


Keith J. Schiager, Ph.D.; Withdrawal of Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing, at the 
petitioner's request, a petition for rulemaking (PRM-20-21) (58 FR 
47676, September 10, 1993) filed by Keith J. Schiager, Ph.D., on behalf 
of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. In PRM-20-21, the 
petitioner requested that the Commission amend its regulations in 10 
CFR Part 20 that became mandatory for all licensees on January 1, 1994, 
to permit additional methods for disposal of certain low-level 
radioactive wastes. The petitioner stated that the regulations that 
became

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mandatory for all licensees on January 1, 1994, are too restrictive and 
prevent many research institutions from pursuing certain types of 
research that cannot be conducted effectively without the use of 
radioactive materials. In withdrawing his petition, the petitioner 
stated that he concurred with the staff view expressed in a letter 
dated October 1, 1999 that the essence of the petition was addressed in 
part by the proposed changes to 10 CFR Part 35.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the petitioner's letter, dated October 5, 1999, 
requesting the withdrawal of the petition is available for public 
inspection at the NRC Public Document Room located at 2120 L Street NW. 
(Lower Level), Washington, DC 20012-7082, telephone: (202) 634-3273.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Smith, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6459, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 10, 1993 (58 FR 47676), the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a petition for 
rulemaking PRM-20-21 that requested NRC to permit the disposal of 
certain low-level radioactive wastes containing very low concentrations 
of short-lived radionuclides. Based upon the petitioner's letter dated 
October 5, 1999, the NRC is withdrawing this petition for rulemaking. 
The basis for this withdrawal is that the current NRC rulemaking for 10 
CFR Part 35, ``Medical Use of Byproduct Material,'' with respect to the 
decay in storage disposal requirements in 10 CFR 35.92, will address 
many of the concerns in the petition. In addition, on a case-by-case 
basis, based upon an analysis and the determination by NRC staff of the 
procedures and technologies proposed by the licensee, the incineration 
of other flammable and bio-hazardous waste contaminated with isotopes 
other than carbon-14 and tritium may be allowed through license 
conditions that require the effluent and disposal of the ash to meet 
the requirements in 10 CFR Part 20.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of November, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-30468 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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