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 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

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No. 02-064 May 24, 2002

NRC ANNOUNCES MEETINGS ON PROPOSED RULE 

FOR PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct two public meetings on June 4 in Chicago,

Illinois, and June 24 in Rockville, Maryland, to obtain comments on its recent proposal to revise its

regulations regarding the packaging and transportation of radioactive material. The changes would

make the regulations compatible with the latest revision of the International Atomic Energy Agency

standards and codify other NRC-initiated changes. 

The proposed revisions are being coordinated with the Department of Transportation, which also

recently published a proposed change to its regulations to make them consistent with the same IAEA

standards. The DOT, which is the lead federal agency for transportation regulations in the United

States, will be participating in NRC’s meetings. 

The June 4 meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. An

afternoon session will run from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., and an evening session will run from 7:00

p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Both sessions will be preceded by an open house at 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.,

respectively. The open house will provide an opportunity for informal interactions between NRC staff

and meeting attendees. This meeting will be conducted as a town hall discussion between

representatives of a broad spectrum of interests and NRC and DOT staff. 

The June 24 meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at NRC headquarters in the

Auditorium, located at Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. There will

be an open house at 8:00 a.m. Although this meeting will be conducted as a roundtable discussion

among invited participants, the public is also welcome to make comments. 

A copy of the proposed revisions, 10 CFR Part 71 of the NRC’s regulations, may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 

0-1F23, Rockville, Maryland. A copy is also available electronically through the NRC’s Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System. For help in using ADAMS, contact the Public Document

Room staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. 
Written comments on the proposed rule can be submitted at the meetings or in writing to the

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, Attention:

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Comments can also be delivered to NRC at 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. weekdays. 

Comments can be provided by e-mail through NRC’s interactive rulemaking web site located at

http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/rulemake?source=PART71_PRULE. Links to the proposed rule,

supporting document, and public comment form will be posted there. For information about this web

site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher at 301-415-5905 or by e-mail at CAG@nrc.gov. 

For more information about the proposed rule and upcoming meetings, contact Naiem S.

Tanious at 301-415-6103, or e-mail at NST@nrc.gov. 

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