[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14376-14377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5390]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

RIN 3150-AH84


Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material; Notification of 
Impending Waiver Termination

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of impending waiver termination.

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SUMMARY: Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) 
authorized the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission or NRC) 
to issue a time-limited waiver (70 FR 51581; August 31, 2005) to allow 
continued use and possession of naturally-occurring and accelerator-
produced radioactive materials (NARM) while the Commission developed a 
regulatory framework for regulation of the new byproduct material. The 
Commission has begun terminating the time-limited waiver in phases in 
accordance to the provisions of the ``Plan for the Transition of 
Regulatory Authority Resulting from the Expanded Definition of 
Byproduct Material'' (transition plan) issued by the Commission on 
October 19, 2007 (72 FR 59157). The first phase of waiver terminations 
occurred on November 30, 2007.
    This document provides advance notification that on September 30, 
2008, the Commission will terminate the time-limited waivers for the 
following non-Agreement States and remaining U.S. Territories that have 
been included in Phase 2.
    Guam, Idaho, Missouri, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and 
all territories and possessions of the U.S. that were not identified as 
part of the first phase of waiver terminations.
    As provided in the transition plan, users of NARM in non-Agreement 
States and U.S. Territories will be required to (1) apply for license 
amendments for the new byproduct material within 6 months from the date 
the waiver is terminated, if they hold an NRC specific byproduct 
materials license; or (2) submit a license application for the new 
byproduct material within 12 months from the date the waiver is 
terminated for their State or territory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim K. Lukes, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
6701 or e-mail [email protected].


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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of March, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-5390 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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