38550 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 127 / Friday, July 1, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 835 

Technical Standard DOE–STD–1095– 

2011, Department of Energy 

Laboratory Accreditation for External 

Dosimetry 

AGENCY: Office of Health, Safety and 

Security, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of updated 

Technical Standard. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE or the Department) is issuing 

Technical Standard DOE–STD–1095– 

2011, Department of Energy Laboratory 

Accreditation for External Dosimetry, 

January 2011. This standard provides 

updated technical criteria for 

performance testing for, and provides a 

requirement for onsite quality assurance 

assessments of, whole body and 

extremity dosimetry programs in use at 

DOE sites. The testing and assessment 

results are used, in part, to determine 

whether to accredit dosimetry programs 

in accordance with the DOE Laboratory 

Accreditation Program (DOELAP). The 

effective date for the new Technical 

Standard is April 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven G. Zobel, CHP, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and 

Security, Office of Corporate Safety 

Analysis, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 301–903–2615, 

or steve.zobel@hq.doe.gov. 

An electronic copy of this Federal 

Register notice, as well as other relevant 

DOE documents concerning this subject, 

is available on a Web page at: http:// 

www.hss.energy.gov/CSA/CSP/doelap/ 

index.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

previously administered its laboratory 

accreditation program for whole body 

external dosimetry pursuant to DOE 

Order 5480.15, Department of Energy 

Laboratory Accreditation Program for 

Personnel Dosimetry, dated December 

14, 1987. At that time, DOELAP used 

Technical Standards DOE/EH–0027, 

Department of Energy Standard for the 

Performance Testing of Personnel 

Dosimetry Systems, December 1986, and 

DOE/EH–0026, Handbook for the 

Department of Energy Laboratory 

Accreditation Program for Personnel 

Dosimetry Systems, December 1986, to 

evaluate contractor personnel dosimetry 

programs. DOE/EH–0027 was based on 

American National Standards Institute 

(ANSI) N13.11–1983, American 

National Standard—Criteria for Testing 

Personnel Dosimetry Performance, 

Pacific Northwest Laboratory PNL– 

4515, Criteria for Testing Personnel 

Dosimetry Performance, 1984, and 

comments received during peer review 

by DOE and DOE contractor personnel. 

Both DOELAP Technical Standards 

remained in effect through 2010. 

On December 14, 1993, DOE 

promulgated 10 CFR part 835, 

Occupational Radiation Protection, (58 

FR 65458), which included a 

requirement for DOELAP accreditation 

for external dosimetry programs. This 

regulatory requirement led to the 

cancellation of DOE Order 5480.15. 

Technical Standard DOE–STD–1095–95, 

Department of Energy Laboratory 

Accreditation Program for Personnel 

Dosimetry Systems, was published in 

December 1995 to establish the criteria 

for DOELAP accreditation pursuant to 

10 CFR 835.402(b). The recent updating 

of ANSI standards for performance 

testing whole body dosimeters (ANSI 

N13.11–2009, American National 

Standard for Dosimetry—Personnel 

Dosimetry Performance—Criteria for 

Testing) and extremity dosimeters 

(ANSI N13.32–2008, American National 

Standard—Performance Testing of 

Extremity Dosimeters) led DOE to revise 

its DOELAP dosimetry Technical 

Standards. In planning the revision, it 

was decided to make DOE–STD–1095 

the primary Technical Standard for 

accrediting external dosimetry programs 

by cancelling DOE/EH–0026 and –0027 

and incorporating both of the recently 

updated ANSI standards by reference 

into the new DOE Technical Standard. 

Other changes include changing 

‘‘Personnel Dosimetry Systems’’ to 

‘‘External Dosimetry’’ in the title of the 

new Technical Standard, providing for 

limited retesting, and adding an 

incentive for obtaining an exemption 

from a future onsite assessment. The 

change to the Technical Standard’s title 

was made to better identify the 

Standard’s purpose and does not change 

the requirement for dosimetry program 

accreditation provided in 10 CFR 

835.402(b). The guidance information in 

DOE/EH–0026 and –0027 will be 

updated and published in a 

supplemental, nonregulatory document. 

This Technical Standard is effective 

on April 1, 2011. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Glenn S. Podonsky, 

Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer, 

Office of Health, Safety and Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16575 Filed 6–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. NM455; Special Conditions No. 

25–438–SC] 

Special Conditions: Boeing, Model 

747–8 Series Airplanes; Door 1 

Extendable Length Escape Slide 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Boeing Model 747–8 

airplanes. These airplanes will have a 

novel or unusual design feature 

associated with an extendable length 

escape slide. The applicable 

airworthiness regulations do not contain 

adequate or appropriate safety standards 

for this design feature. These special 

conditions contain the additional safety 

standards that the Administrator 

considers necessary to establish a level 

of safety equivalent to that established 

by the existing airworthiness standards. 

Additional special conditions will be 

issued for other novel or unusual design 

features of Boeing 747–8 airplanes. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayson Claar, FAA, Airframe and Cabin 

Safety Branch, ANM–115, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW, Renton, Washington 

98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–2194; 

facsimile (425) 227–1232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 4, 2005, The Boeing 

Company, PO Box 3707, Seattle, WA, 

98124, applied for an amendment to 

Type Certificate Number A20WE to 

include the new Model 747–8 series 

passenger airplane. Boeing later applied 

for, and was granted, an extension of 

time for the type certificate, which 

changed the effective application date to 

December 31, 2006. The Model 747–8 is 

a derivative of the 747–400. The Model 

747–8 is a four-engine jet transport 

airplane that will have a maximum 

takeoff weight of 975,000 pounds, new 

General Electric GEnx –2B67 engines, 

and the capacity to carry 605 

passengers. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101, 

Boeing must show that the Model 747– 

8 (hereafter referred as 747–8) meets the 

applicable provisions of part 25, 

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