[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 51605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20084]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Medical Use of Byproduct Material; Announcement of Public 
Workshop

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Announcement of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be conducting 
several workshops to inform external stakeholders of the changes made 
to 10 CFR part 35, Medical Use of Byproduct Material. The purpose of 
these workshops is to provide stakeholders with the necessary 
information to promote a successful transition into the revised rule. 
The revised Part 35 is a risk-informed, and performance-based 
regulation that focuses on those medical procedures that pose the 
highest radiological risk to workers, patients, and the public. The 
revised Part 35 was published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2002 
(67 FR 20249), and will become effective on October 24, 2002.

DATES: The workshops will be held on September 10, 2002, September 24, 
2002, September 28, 2002, October 9, 2002, and October 16, 2002. All 
workshops will be conducted between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., eastern 
standard time.

ADDRESSES: September 10, 2002: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852. Room: 
Auditorium. Meeting information: Linda Psyk, (301) 415-0215.
    September 24, 2002: Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, 1160 First Avenue, 
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406. Hotel information: (610) 337-
2000. Meeting information: Christine O'Rourke, (610) 337-5386.
    September 28, 2002: The Embassy Suites Hotel and Casino--San Juan, 
8000 Tartak Street, Carolina, PR 00979. Hotel information: (787) 791-
0505. Meeting information: Hector Bermudez, (404) 562-4734.

    Note: This workshop will be held mostly in Spanish.

    October 9, 2002: Wyndham Lisle, 3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 
60532. Hotel information: (630) 505-1000. Meeting information: Patricia 
Pelke, (630) 829-9868.
    October 16, 2002: Holiday Inn--Arlington, 1507 N. Watson Road, Hwy 
360 at Brown Blvd., Arlington, Texas 76006. Hotel information: (817) 
640-7712. Meeting information: Jack Whitten, (817) 860-8197.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda M. Psyk, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 205555-0001, Telephone (301) 415-0215, or e-mail 
[email protected].
    For those attending the September 10, 2002, workshop, please 
contact Lucia Lopez in advance at 301-415-7852 to provide information 
that will facilitate entrance into the building on the day of the 
meeting. Individuals calling from outside of the Washington, DC 
metropolitan area may call 1-800-368-5642 and ask for extension 7852.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshops will be conducted by means of 
presentations made by the NRC staff to the attendees. NRC staff will 
allow time for question and answer sessions.
    The workshops are open to the public but the target audience will 
be members of the regulated medical community who possess a license or 
permit issued by the NRC, Agreement State or Master Material Licensee, 
authorizing the use of byproduct material for medical purposes.
    Those needing accommodations under the American with Disabilities 
Act or having special concerns should contact the person listed as 
point of contact for each meeting.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August, 2002.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Essig,
Chief, Materials Safety and Inspection Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-20084 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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