[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43996-43997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12517]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 50, 61, 62, 72, 110, 150, 170 
and 171

RIN 3150-AH84


Requirements for Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material; 
Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a 
proposed rule on the Requirements for the Expanded Definition of 
Byproduct Material (also known as the NARM rulemaking) for public 
comment (71 FR 42952; July 28, 2006). The public comment period runs 
from July 28 thru September 11, 2006. As part of the public comment 
process, the NRC plans to hold a transcribed public meeting to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule. The meeting is open to the public, and 
all interested parties may attend. The meeting will be held at the 
NRC's William Oldstead High-Level Waste Hearing Facility in Las Vegas, 
Nevada. During the comment period, comments may also be mailed to the 
NRC or submitted via fax or e-mail.

DATES: August 22, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (PT) in Las Vegas, NV.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NRC's William Oldstead High-
Level Waste Hearing Facility--Pacific Enterprise Plaza, Building No. 1, 
3250 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lydia Chang, telephone: (301) 415-
6319, e-mail: [email protected] or Jayne McCausland, telephone: (301) 415-
6219, e-mail: [email protected] of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Attendees are requested to notify Jayne McCausland, telephone: 
(301) 415-6219, e-mail: [email protected] to preregister for the meetings. 
You will be able to register at the meetings, as well.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to obtain 
stakeholder comments on the Proposed Rule for Requirements for Expanded 
Definition of Byproduct Material. Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 expanded the definition of byproduct material in Section 
11e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to include certain naturally 
occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive material (NARM) and 
required the NRC to provide a regulatory framework for licensing and 
regulating NARM. The

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proposed rule would require persons owning, using, or otherwise 
engaging in activities involving discrete sources of radium-226 or 
accelerator-produced radioactive material to comply with NRC 
regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Agenda: Welcome--10 minutes; NRC Staff Presentation on Proposed 
Rule Requirements--30 minutes; Public Comment--remainder. To ensure 
that everyone who wishes has the chance to comment, we may impose a 
time limit on speakers.
    Those planning to attend the meeting are encouraged to preregister 
for the meeting by notifying Ms. Jayne M. McCausland, telephone: (301) 
415-6219, fax: (301) 415-5369, or e-mail: [email protected]. If an attendee 
will require special services, such as services for the hearing 
impaired, please notify Ms. McCausland of these requirements when 
preregistering.
    Attendees at this public meeting will be subject to security 
screening prior to entering the hearing facility. Attendees should plan 
to arrive approximately 30 minutes prior to the meeting. There is no 
food or drink (other than water) allowed in the hearing facility. 
Parking in front of the building is limited, but ample street parking 
is available nearby on Pepper Lane and Sage Brush.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of July, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles Miller,
Director, Division of Industrial, Medical, Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
 [FR Doc. E6-12517 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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