[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24221]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 35

[Docket No. PRM-35-13]


National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists; 
Withdrawal of Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Withdrawal of petition for rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is notifying the 
public of the withdrawal of a petition for rulemaking (PRM-35-13) 
submitted by the National Registry of Radiation Protection 
Technologists (NRRPT). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its 
regulations to accept NRRPT registration in lieu of the requirement for 
200 hours of classroom training specified in 10 CFR 35.900(b)(1), and 
to accept the NRRPT registration as a substitute for 9 of the 12 months 
experience required in 10 CFR 35.900(b)(2) as a radiation safety 
technologist at a medical institution under the supervision of the 
Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Since the receipt of the petition, the 
NRC has revised 10 CFR part 35, essentially in its entirety. The final 
rule was published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2002 (67 FR 
20251-20397). On August 7, 2002, the petitioner formally withdrew its 
petition.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition for rulemaking, the public comments 
received, and NRC's e-mail acknowledging the petitioner's request to 
withdraw the petition may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 
Room O1F23, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These documents also 
may be viewed and downloaded electronically via the rulemaking Web 
site.
    The NRC maintains an Agencywide Document Access and Management 
System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRC's Public 
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia L. Eng, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-7206, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 8, 1996, (61 FR 4754), the NRC 
published a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking PRM 35-13 in 
the Federal Register. The petition was submitted by the National 
Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists. The petition requested 
that the NRC amend its regulations to accept NRRPT registration in lieu 
of the requirement for 200 hours of classroom training specified in 10 
CFR 35.900(b)(1), and to accept the NRRPT registration as a substitute 
for 9 of the 12 months experience required in 10 CFR 35.900(b)(2) as a 
radiation safety technologist at a medical institution under the 
supervision of the Radiation Safety Officer. Since the receipt of the 
petition, the NRC has revised 10 CFR part 35, essentially in its 
entirety. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on April 
24, 2002 (67 FR 20251-20397). On August 7, 2002, the petitioner 
informed the NRC that it wished to withdraw its petition. Based on the 
petitioner's request, the NRC is withdrawing this petition for 
rulemaking.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-24221 Filed 9-23-02; 8:45 am]
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