G/TBT/N/USA/1304  
 
15 September 2017  
(17-4894) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [1325]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  Please submit 
comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7. 1 [ ], other:  
[X] Transparency   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Radioactive 
materials . Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of 
rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isoto pes (HS 28). Pharmaceutics 
(ICS 11.120), Nuclear energy engineering (ICS 27.120).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Naturally -
Occurring and Accelerator -Produced Radioactive Materials (2 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a 
petition for rulemaking from Matthew McKinley on behalf of the Organization of Agreement 
States (OAS ) (the Petitioner) dated 14 April 2017, requesting that the NRC revise its 
regulations to add radionuclides and their corresponding activities to the list of "Quantities 
of Licensed Material Requiring Labeling. " The petition was docketed by the NRC on 21 J une 
2017, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM -30-66. The NRC is examining the issues 
raised in PRM -30-66 to determine whether they should be considered in rulemaking. The 
NRC is requesting public comment on this petition, including specifically on the que stion of 
what products or technologies, other than the germanium -68 generators cited in the 
petition, are being or could be negatively affected because the radioactive materials 
required for these products or technologies are not currently listed on the ta ble in appendix 
B of 10 CFR part 30.  Additionally, NRC solicits feedback on whether the petition raises 
other issues not addressed by questions in the notice about labelling or decommissioning 
financial assurance for radioactive materials.  
7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  82 Federal Register (FR) 39971, 23 August 2017.  
Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 30: https://www.nrc.gov/reading -rm/doc -
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments: 6 November 2017  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/USA/17_4060_00_e.pdf