[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8588-8589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2801]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 19, 20, and 50

RIN 3150-AH40


Occupational Dose Records, Labeling Containers, and the Total 
Effective Dose Equivalent; Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule: Confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of February 15, 2008, for the final rule that was 
published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2007 (72 FR 68043). 
The final rule amended the NRC's regulations on the reporting of annual 
dose to workers, the definition of Total Effective Dose Equivalent 
(TEDE), the labeling of certain containers holding licensed material, 
and the determination of cumulative occupational radiation dose. On 
December 20, 2007 (72 FR 72233), the NRC published a document that 
deferred the effective date of this final rule until February 15, 2008.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of February 15, 2008, is confirmed 
for this final rule.

ADDRESSES: Publicly available documents related to this rulemaking may 
be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR), Room O1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR reproduction contractor 
will copy documents for a fee. Publicly available documents created or 
received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC's 
Electronic Reading Room at

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http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, the 
public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and 
Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's 
PDR Reference staff at (800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stewart Schneider, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-4123; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published 
a final rule amending regulations that would become effective January 
3, 2008. The final rule, published December 4, 2007 (72 FR 68043) 
related to the reporting of annual dose to workers, the definition of 
Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE), the labeling of certain 
containers holding licensed material, and the determination of 
cumulative occupational radiation dose. This final rule limits the 
routine reporting of annual doses to those workers whose annual dose 
exceeds a specific dose threshold or who request a report. The rule 
also modifies the labeling requirements for certain containers holding 
licensed material within posted areas in nuclear power facilities, and 
will amend the definition of TEDE to be consistent with current 
Commission policy. Finally, this rule removes the requirement that 
licensees attempt to obtain cumulative exposure records for workers 
unless these individuals are being authorized to receive a planned 
special exposure. These revisions reduce the administrative and 
information collection burdens on NRC and Agreement State licensees 
without affecting the level of protection for either the health and 
safety of workers and the public, or for the environment.
    This final rule amends information collection requirements 
contained in 10 CFR parts 19, 20, and 50, and NRC Form 4 that are 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.). These information collection requirements were sent for approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget on November 28, 2007. The 
effective date of this final rule was deferred to allow sufficient time 
for OMB to complete its review of the information collections 
requirements imposed in this rule. Because the rule will reduce the 
burden for existing information collection requirements, the public 
burden for the information collections in 10 CFR parts 19 and NRC Form 
4 is expected to be decreased by 235 and 44 hours per licensee, 
respectively. This reduction includes the time required for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed and completing and reviewing the 
information collection. The NRC has received final approval for these 
amended requirements by the Office of Management and Budget, approval 
number(s) 3150-0044, 3150-0014, 3150-0011, and 3150-0005.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Lesar,
Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
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