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Government agencies in general to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

The AMS is committed to complying 

with the E-Government Act to promote 

the use of the Internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 205 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agriculture, Animals, 

Archives and records, Imports, Labeling, 

Organically produced products, Plants, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Seals and insignia, Soil 

conservation. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 205, Subpart G is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 205—NATIONAL ORGANIC 

PROGRAM 

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 205 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501–6522. 

2. Section 205.601 is amended by: 

A. Revising paragraph (i)(ll). 

B. Adding new paragraph (j)(9). 

The revision and addition read as 

follows: 

§ 205.601 Synthetic substances allowed 

for use in organic crop production. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

(11) Tetracycline, for fire blight 

control only, and for use in organic crop 

production only until October 21, 2012. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

(9) Sulfurous acid (CAS #–7782–99–2) 

from on-farm generation of substance by 

burning only 99% purity elemental 

sulfur per § 205.601(j)(2). 

* * * * * 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 32 

[Docket No. PRM–32–6; NRC–2009–0547] 

Association of State and Territorial 

Solid Waste Management Officials; 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Rulemaking 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; Notice 

of receipt. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has received and 

requests public comment on a petition 

for rulemaking dated November 6, 2009, 

filed by the Association of State and 

Territorial Solid Waste Management 

Officials (ASTSWMO) (petitioner). The 

petition was docketed by the NRC and 

has been assigned Docket No. PRM–32– 

6. The petitioner requests that the NRC 

amend its regulations and/or guidance 

to improve the labeling and 

accountability of tritium exit signs. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 29, 

2010. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC is able to assure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0547 in the subject line of 

your comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

You may submit comments by any 

one of the following methods: 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0547. Comments may be 

submitted electronically through this 

Web site. Address questions about NRC 

dockets to Carol Gallagher 301–492– 

3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

E-mail comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive a reply e-mail confirming 

that we have received your comments, 

contact us directly at 301–415–1677. 

Hand deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

Federal workdays. (Telephone 301–415– 

1677). 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this document 

using the following methods: 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0547. 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1 

F21, One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, 

the public can gain entry into 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 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

You may also obtain a copy of the 

petition from ADAMS under accession 

number ML093410012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking 

and Directives Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, Telephone 301–492–3663, toll 

free 800–368–5642, 

Michael.Lesar@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitioner 

The petitioner is an organization 

representing the managers of solid 

waste, hazardous waste, remediation, 

and underground storage tank programs 

of the States and territories. The 

petitioner states it is tasked with 

identifying national level radiation 

issues of concern and promoting 

partnerships between States and Federal 

agencies to address these issues. The 

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petitioner states it has been working 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency since 2002 to improve public 

information about existing tritium exit 

signs. 

Background and Summary of 

Petitioner’s Assertions 

The petitioner performed an 

evaluation on the lack of control of 

tritium exit signs and contamination of 

landfill leachate (the final report ‘‘Lack 

of Tritium Exit Signs Control and 

Contamination of Landfill Leachate,’’ 

dated July 2009, is included as part of 

the petition), and stated that it found 

that the majority of unaccounted for 

tritium exit signs are disposed of in 

solid waste landfills where they become 

potential sources of groundwater and 

surface water contamination. The 

petitioner states that a minority of 

tritium exit signs are returned to the 

manufacturer for recycling, or disposed 

of as low-level radioactive waste. 

The petitioner asserts that from the 

standpoint of the existing market, 

specific changes to new tritium exit 

signs will improve recognition and thus 

accountability. The labeling should be 

in several locations on the sign, with a 

larger font, and the expiration date 

should be distinctly legible to a fire or 

building inspector without taking down 

the sign. The petitioner also states that 

manufacturers do not always 

demonstrate accountability in 

dispensing exit signs to the proper 

recipients, and recipients are not 

informed of proper ownership and 

regulatory requirements provided in 

NUREG–1556, Vol 16, Appendix L, and 

10 CFR 31.5 of the NRC’s regulations. 

The online vendors do not always 

highlight that tritium is radioactive and 

that it has special ‘‘general licensing’’ 

requirements. The petitioner asserts that 

radiation trefoil should be displayed on 

the front and back of advertisements. 

The petitioner believes that, given the 

recent Walmart experience with the 

tritium exit signs, general licensing is 

successful only when the user 

understands that these devices are 

radioactive and subject to controls. 

Also, in light of the current general lack 

of controls, specific licensee 

manufacturers should be responsible for 

informing customers of the proper 

disposal of expired and used tritium 

exit signs. From the standpoint of solid 

waste management officials, the 

petitioner believes that the NRC should 

exercise its full regulatory authority to 

prevent the disposal of tritium exit signs 

in landfills. 

The petitioner further asserts that, 

though not in NRC’s purview, advances 

in photo-luminescent technology over 

the past decade have demonstrated 

effective alternate technology for places 

without electricity. Efficient Light 

Emitting Diodes with backup batteries 

are being used where electricity is 

available. These technologies together 

replace the need for tritium selfluminescent exit signs. The petitioner 

states that solid waste management 

officials simply want to stop tritium exit 

sign disposal in landfills. 

Proposed Action 

The petitioner requests that the NRC 

revise its regulations and/or guidance to 

improve the labeling and accountability 

of tritium exit signs. The petitioner 

states that it would ideally like to see 

tritium exit sign technology 

immediately replaced by alternative 

technologies. 

The petitioner requests that NRC 

revise its regulations and/or guidance to 

state: 

1. The labeling should be in several 

locations on the sign, with larger font. 

2. An expiration date should be 

distinctly legible to a fire or building 

inspector without taking down the sign. 

3. The radiation trefoil should be 

displayed on the front and back of 

advertisements. 

Also, the petitioner recommends a 

national collection effort with distinct 

milestones and goals should be 

undertaken to consolidate all expired 

and disused tritium exit signs. The 

petitioner requests that NRC organize a 

meeting with ASTSWMO and all 

interested stakeholders to set a new path 

forward on this issue. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–1254; Directorate 

Identifier 2009–NM–040–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited Model 

BAe 146 and Avro 146–RJ70A, 146– 

RJ85A, and 146–RJ100A Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for the 

products listed above. This proposed 

AD results from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

originated by an aviation authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. The MCAI describes the unsafe 

condition as: During the removal of the 

wing removable leading edge on a BAe 

146 aircraft for a repair (not related to 

the subject addressed by this AD), 

corrosion was found on the wing fixed 

leading edge structure. The 

investigation determined that the 

existing scheduled environmental and 

fatigue inspections would not have 

detected the corrosion or fatigue 

damage. Corrosion or fatigue damage in 

this area, if not detected and corrected, 

could lead to degradation of the 

structural integrity of the wing. 

The proposed AD would require 

actions that are intended to address the 

unsafe condition described in the MCAI. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by February 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–40, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact BAE Systems 

Regional Aircraft, 13850 McLearen 

Road, Herndon, Virginia 20171; 

telephone 703–736–1080; e-mail 

raebusiness@baesystems.com; Internet 

http://www.baesystems.com/Businesses/ 

RegionalAircraft/index.htm. You may 

review copies of the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221 

or 425–227–1152. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Operations office between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

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