[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 51625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24212]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0443]
Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 7.1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 7.1.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Herrity, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-7447 or e-mail to
Thomas.Herrity@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
Regulatory Guide 7.1 (RG 7.1), ``Administrative Guide for Packaging and
Transporting Radioactive Material.'' This guide was published in June
1974 and provided guidance on which packaging and labeling regulations
of the Department of Transportation (DOT) apply in a given case and
what must be done to comply with those regulations. The NRC is
withdrawing this regulatory guide because it is outdated.
Although DOT revised their regulations on packaging and shipment of
radioactive material several times after issuance of RG 7.1, neither
this RG nor the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard
referenced in the RG have been revised. In addition, ANSI Subcommittee
N14.10 withdrew ANSI Standard ANSI N14.10.1, ``Administrative Guide for
Packaging and Transporting Radioactive Materials,'' dated September 14,
1973.
DOT issued generic guidance, ``Radioactive Material Regulations
Review,'' on their hazardous materials regulations in December 2008,
which includes radioactive material determination and appropriate
packaging, labeling and placarding for a given material. Because DOT
issued guidance on meeting their hazardous materials regulations, this
RG should be withdrawn instead of updated.
II. Further Information
The withdrawal of RG 7.1 does not alter any prior or existing
licensing commitments based on its use. The guidance provided in this
RG is neither necessary nor current. RGs may be withdrawn when their
guidance is superseded by congressional action or no longer provides
useful information.
RGs are available for inspection or downloading through the NRC's
public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' in the NRC's Electronic
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted and Commission approval is not
required to reproduce these documents. RGs are also available for
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), Room O-1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738.
The PDR's mailing address is US Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Public Document Room, Washington, DC 20555-0001. You can reach the PDR
staff by telephone at 301-415-4737 or 800-397-4209, by fax at 301-415-
3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E9-24212 Filed 10-6-09; 8:45 am]
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