LICENSEE NEWSLETTER

NUREG/BR-0117, No. 07-04 Winter 2007

Oce of Federal & State Materials &

Environmental Management Programs

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Desk of the FSME Director...3

Clarification of the Attestation 

Requirement for Individuals Seeking 

Authorization Under 

10 CFR Part 35..............................................1

Certified Individuals Seeking 

Authorized Status.......................................1

Transmittal of Public Health 

Notification from FDA, CDC, 

EPA and OSHA: ............................................2

Avoiding Hazards with Using Cleaners 

and Disinfectants on Electronic 

Medical Equipment ...................................2

NRC Releases Most of Connecticut 

Yankee’s Haddam Neck Power Station 

Site for Unrestricted 

Public Use......................................................2

Significant Medical Events......................4

Generic Communications Issued..........4

Significant Enforcement Actions..........5

Selected Federal Register Notices........6

CLARIFICATION OF 

THE ATTESTATION 

REQUIREMENT FOR 

INDIVIDUALS SEEKING 

AUTHORIZATION

UNDER 10 CFR PART 35

The regulations in 10 CFR Part 35 

identify two main training and 

experience (T&E) 

pathways for individuals seeking 

recognition as an authorized 

individual (i.e., Radiation Safety 

Officer (RSO), Authorized Medical 

Physicist (AMP), Authorized 

Nuclear Pharmacist (ANP), or 

Authorized User (AU)). The first 

pathway, the board certification 

pathway, is for individuals who 

have received certification from 

a board whose certification 

process is recognized by the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC). The other, referred to as 

the alternate pathway, involves 

demonstration directly to the 

NRC of the completion by the 

individual of the T&E requirements 

specified in 10 CFR Part 35 for the 

particular authorization being 

sought. Recently, the NRC has 

received several inquiries on 

whether the attestation is required 

for the board certification pathway. 

The requirement for a written 

attestation, signed by a preceptor 

authorized for the same type of 

use (e.g., RSO, AMP, ANP, AU) for 

which the attestation is sought, is 

applicable to both pathways, i.e., 

the alternate pathway as well as 

the board certification pathway.

The preceptor’s attestation 

indicates that the individual 

has satisfactorily completed 

the T&E requirements listed in 

the applicable sections of the 

regulations and has achieved 

a level of knowledge or 

competency sufficient to function 

independently as an authorized 

individual. The Commission has 

emphasized that this preceptor 

language is not an attestation of 

general clinical competency, but 

does attest that the individual is 

judged to possess the ability to 

fulfill the radiation safety-related 

responsibilities of the position for 

which authorization is sought.

(Contact: Duane White, Office 

of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management 

Programs, 301-415-6272; email: 

dew2@nrc.gov)

CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS 

SEEKING AUTHORIZED 

STATUS

The NRC web site lists specialty 

boards whose certification 

processes satisfy the training 

and experience requirements for 

recognition under 10 CFR Part 

35, “Medical Use of Byproduct 

Material.” These boards’ procedures 

and requirements for conferring 

certifications have been reviewed 

by NRC and have been determined 

to be in accord with the criteria 

established in the applicable 

sections of 10 CFR Part 35. Each 

specialty board recognized 

certification process that is posted 

on the NRC’s web site includes an 

effective date, i.e., the date when 

the specialty boards’ requirements 

for certification met the applicable 

set of requirements for NRC 

recognition. NRC recognition of 

the specialty boards’ certification 

processes provides a simplified 

pathway for diplomates, who 

have obtained their certifications 

from those boards on or after the 

effective dates, to be considered 

for approval as medical use 

radiation safety officers (RSOs), 

authorized medical physicists 

(AMPs), authorized nuclear 

pharmacists (ANPs) or authorized 

users (AUs) via the board 

certification pathways. 

NRC would like to raise awareness 

that under certain circumstances, a 

diplomate who obtained his or her 

certification before the effective 

date may also be considered for 

RSO, AMP, ANP or AU status under 

the board certification pathway. 

Presently, two boards are offering 

to review the qualifications that 

were submitted to the boards 

when their diplomates were 

candidates for certification, 

to verify that they meet NRC’s 

current training and experience 

requirements. This would be 

conducted on a case-by-case basis 

at the request of the diplomate. 

The certified applicant’s board 

would then provide a written 

indication or statement that the 

diplomate meets the requirements 

of the recognized certification 

process. That individual can 

then submit his/her application 

for authorized status, including 

the board’s written indication or 

statement, to NRC for review and 


consideration via the certification 

pathway. The two boards with 

recognized certification processes 

that have indicated willingness to 

provide such a written indication 

or statement to a requesting 

diplomate include:

• American Board of Nuclear 

Medicine

• American Board of Radiology:

Diagnostic Radiology

Radiologic Physics

For more information, please contact 

your respective board or visit the 

NRC’s website for Part 35 matters at 

http://www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/

med-use-toolkit.html

(Contact: Cindy Flannery, Office 

of Federal and State Material and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, 301-415-0223; e-mail: 

cmf@nrc.gov)

TRANSMITTAL OF PUBLIC 

HEALTH NOTIFICATION 

FROM FDA, CDC, EPA 

AND OSHA: AVOIDING 

HAZARDS WITH USING

CLEANERS AND DISINFECTANTS ON ELECTRONIC 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

On October 31, 2007, the Food 

and Drug Administration (FDA), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), and the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) published 

a public health notification, 

“Avoiding Hazards with Using 

Cleaners and Disinfectants on 

Electronic Medical Equipment.” 

This notification may be relevant to 

some NRC and Agreement States 

medical use licensees authorized 

for the use of medical devices. 

The notification describes the 

hazards of using excess cleaning 

and disinfecting liquids on certain 

electronic medical equipment 

and recommends ways to avoid 

these hazards. The Public Health 

Notification can be found at FDA’s 

website at http://www.fda.gov/

cdrh/safety/103107-cleaners.html

(Contact: Cindy Flannery, Office 

of Federal and State Material and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, 301-415-0223; e-mail: 

cmf@nrc.gov)

CLARIFICATION OF 

THE NOTIFICATION 

REQUIREMENTS 

WHEN A PHYSICIAN 

AU DISCONTINUES 

PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES 

UNDER A MEDICAL USE 

LICENSE

Recently, the NRC became aware 

of a physician who was listed as 

an authorized user (AU) on an NRC 

license. The physician had taken a 

position as a hospital administrator 

at the licensee’s facility at least ten 

years earlier. During that time, the 

physician did not practice nuclear 

medicine. The licensee had not 

notified the NRC because the 

licensee believed that since the 

physician remained employed at 

the facility, then he did not need to 

be removed from the license. After 

having been in the administrative 

position for more than ten years, 

the licensee management wanted 

the physician to resume practicing 

in nuclear medicine. The licensee 

believed that the physician 

was qualified because he was 

already named as an AU on the 

license. However, the physician 

did not meet the ‘Recentness of 

training’ requirements in 10 CFR 

35.59 because he did not have 

nuclear medicine experience 

and continuing education for 

more than seven years prior. The 

licensee should have notified 

the NRC to have the physician’s 

name removed from the license 

when the physician took the new 

position and did not continue to 

practice as an AU.

In order to ensure that each 

license’s radiation safety program 

may continue to be safely 

managed, the NRC reminds all 

NRC medical use licensees of the 

requirement in 10 CFR 35.14(b)(1) 

to notify the NRC (or Radiation 

Safety Committee for Broad 

Scope licensees) no later than 

30 days after an AU discontinues 

performance of duties under the 

license, for example in order to 

take another position with the 

licensee or to perform duties 

for the licensee in a different 

capacity. The physician will then 

be removed from the license. If 

the licensee later requests that 

the physician be placed again 

on its license as an AU, then the 

physician can be authorized on 

the license as long as he or she 

complies with 10 CFR 35.59, 

“Recentness of training,” provided 

that the physician received 

training in accordance with the 

current regulations. Specifically, 

the training and experience in 

the applicable regulations must 

have been obtained within 

seven years preceding the date 

of application or the individual 

must have related continuing 

education and experience 

since the required training and 

experience was completed. Note: 

For the physicians who received 

their training before the 2002 

regulations and are removed 

from the license, the NRC staff will 

review their qualifications on a 

case by case basis.

(Contact: Mohammad Saba, Office 

of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management 

Programs, 301-415-41576; 

e-mail: mss@nrc.gov)

NRC RELEASES MOST OF 

CONNECTICUT YANKEE’S 

HADDAM NECK POWER 

STATION SITE FOR 

UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC USE

On November 26, 2007, FSME 

released a majority of the Haddam 

Neck Power Station site near 

East Hampton, Connecticut, for 

unrestricted public use. This action 

completes the decommissioning 

of the former nuclear power 

station portion of the site. The 

land, approximately 210 acres, is 

below NRC safety requirements 

continued on page 4


In this issue of the Newsletter, I 

would like to use this space to 

tell you about the Integrated 

Materials Performance Evaluation 

Program, otherwise known as 

IMPEP. IMPEP is the process by 

which NRC evaluates the technical 

adequacy and consistency of its 

own nuclear materials program, 

and the radiation control 

programs administered by the 

Agreement States.

IMPEP started in the mid-1990s, 

largely in response to criticisms 

leveled against NRC by the late Congressman Mike Synar. He stated that NRC evaluated its own materials 

licensing and inspection programs using different procedures and different performance standards from those 

used to evaluate the Agreement States. Congressman Synar was correct in his criticism because at that point in 

time, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) evaluation process for its internal evaluation 

of Headquarters and regional materials licensing and inspection activities was poorly documented, and was 

based on a loose set of standards that few knew existed. Evaluation procedures for determining the technical 

adequacy and consistency of Agreement States and the review procedures were much better defined in written 

procedures developed by the former Office of State and Tribal Programs (STP), and were considerably different 

from those used by NMSS. IMPEP was conceived by a Working Group from NMSS and STP, with considerable 

feedback from the Agreement States, to address these weaknesses.

The IMPEP process employs a trained team of NRC and Agreement State staff to assess both Agreement State 

and NRC Regional radioactive materials licensing and inspection programs. All reviews use the following 

common indicators in the assessment and place primary emphasis on performance: 

Technical Staffing and Training; Status of Materials Inspection Program; Technical Quality of Inspections;

Technical Quality of Licensing Actions; Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities 

Additional areas, known as non-common performance indicators (Compatibility Requirements, Sealed Source 

and Device Evaluation Program, Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program, and Uranium Recovery 

Program) may also be addressed in the assessment. A final determination of adequacy of each NRC Regional 

program, and both adequacy and compatibility of each Agreement State program, is made by a Management 

Review Board (MRB) composed of NRC senior managers and an Agreement State program manager who serves 

as an Agreement State liaison to the MRB. The MRB determination is based on its review of the IMPEP team 

recommendations.

FSME is now the lead office responsible for the implementation of IMPEP. Approximately 10-12 reviews are 

scheduled each year. Regions and Agreement States are routinely reviewed every 4 years, although the timeline 

may be adjusted based on performance. In addition, a more limited mid-cycle evaluation is made for each 

program as a check of its status at about the 

two-year point.

For more information on IMPEP, please see NRC Management Directive 5.6, or check out the IMPEP tool box on 

NRC’s website linked here, http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/impeptools.html.

Charles L. Miller, Director

From the Desk 

of the FSME 

Director


continued from page 2

that allow a maximum radiation 

dose of 25 millirem per year from 

residual contamination. Release 

of this land for unrestricted use 

poses no threat to public health 

and safety.

Haddam Neck’s license still 

applies to the site’s dry cask 

storage facility, where the spent 

nuclear fuel from the plant’s 

28 years of operation is safely 

stored, plus a small parcel of 

land surrounding this facility. 

The total land remaining under 

license is approximately five 

acres. The licensee, Connecticut 

Yankee Atomic Power Co., remains 

responsible for the security and 

protection of this land and the 

dry cask storage facility, and is 

required to maintain $100 million 

in nuclear liability insurance 

coverage for the facility. The 

Haddam Neck Power Station 

began commercial operations 

in 1968, and ceased production 

in December 1996. Connecticut 

Yankee Atomic Power Co. initiated 

decommissioning shortly 

thereafter. Dismantlement and 

decommissioning were completed 

in November 2007. NRC surveys 

verified that cleanup met the 25 

millirem per year requirement. 

(Contact: Theodore Smith, Office 

of Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Programs, 301-415-

6721; e-mail: tbs1@nrc.gov)

SINIFICANT MEDICAL 

EVENTS

Event #1: Administration of Dose 

to Wrong Site

Date and Place: October 24, 2007, 

Detroit, Michigan

Nature and Probable Causes: The 

licensee reported that a gamma 

knife treatment to a patient’s 

brain was delivered to the wrong 

location on October 24, 2007. 

The gamma knife unit (model 

24001, type C) was manufactured 

by Leksell System and contained 

a Co-60 source with an activity 

of 227.96 Terabecquerel (TBq) 

(6161 Curies). While taking an 

MRI image of the patient’s brain 

in preparation for the treatment, 

the left and right sides of the brain 

were reversed in the image due 

to human error. This resulted in 

the treatment being delivered to 

the left side of the brain, rather 

than to the right side where the 

lesion was located. The left/right 

image reversal resulted in an 

18-millimeter (mm) shift of the 

isocenter across the midline of 

the brain. The collimator size was 

18mm, resulting in some overlap 

of the delivered 50% isodose 

volume with the correct target 

lesion volume. Approximately 

7% of the lesion volume received 

the prescribed dose of 1,800 

centiGray (cGy) (rad), rather than 

the intended 95% of the lesion 

volume. The patient was informed 

of the event. The NRC hired a 

medical consultant to review the 

consequences of the event. An 

NRC inspection was conducted 

on October 29, 2007. Corrective 

actions included procedure 

modification and additional 

reviews of left/right alignment of 

MRI images.

Event #2 Administration of Wrong 

Isotope

Date and Place: December 17, 

2007, Orange City, Florida

Nature and Probable Causes: 

The licensee reported that a 

patient was administered 81.4 

Megabecquerel (2.2 milliCuries) 

of I-131 for a whole body scan 

instead of the intended I-123 for 

a thyroid uptake scan. The doctor 

ordered an iodine thyroid uptake 

and scan for the patient without 

specifying the radionuclide. The 

facility uses I-123 for that purpose. 

The administration occurred on 

December 17, 2007, and the error 

was discovered on December 

25, 2007. The patient and doctor 

have been notified. Scheduling 

personnel will be re-educated to 

verify an order before scheduling 

patients for a procedure. The 

technician will also be reeducated to read the script prior to 

administering a patient.

(CONTACT: Angela R. McIntosh, 

FSME, (301) 415-5030; 

e-mail: arm@nrc.gov)

GENERIC 

COMMUNICATIONS ISSUED

(October 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007)

The following are summaries 

of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) generic 

communications. If one of these 

documents appears relevant to 

your needs and you have not 

received it, please call one of the 

technical contacts listed below. 

The Internet address for the NRC 

library of generic communications 

is http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

doc-collections/gen-comm/index.

html. Please note that this address 

is case-sensitive and must be 

entered exactly as shown. 

Bulletins (BLs)

None.

Generic Letters (Gls)

None.

Information Notices (INs)

IN 2007-31, “U.S. Food And Drug 

Administration Announcement 

Related to Certain

Sleep Disorder Drugs,” was issued 

November 13, 2007. This IN was 

issued to all holders of operating 

licenses for nuclear power reactors 

and Category I fuel cycle facilities, 

except licensees for reactors 

who have permanently ceased 

operations and have certified 

that fuel has been permanently 

removed from the reactor vessel. 

(Technical contact: Amy J. Steen, 

NSIR, (301) 415-0728; 

e-mail: axs13@nrc.gov)

IN 2007-32, “Out-of-Service 

Equipment Connected to Inservice Process Line Results in 

Fissile Solution Spill at Fuel Cycle 

Facility” was issued October 15, 


2007. This IN was issued to all 

licensees authorized to possess 

a critical mass of special nuclear 

material. 

(Technical contact: Dennis Morey, 

NMSS, (301) 492-3112, 

e-mail: dcm@nrc.gov)

IN 2007-35, “Varian Medical 

Systems Varisource HDR Events: 

Iridium-192 Source Pulled From 

Shielded Position,” was issued 

October 17, 2007. This IN was 

issued to all medical use licensees 

and NRC Master Materials 

Licensees authorized to possess 

or use a Varian Medical Systems 

VariSource High Dose Rate Remote 

Afterloader (VariSource HDR); and 

to all Agreement State Radiation 

Control Program Directors and 

State Liaison. 

(Technical contact: Tomas Herrera, 

FSME, (301) 415-7138; e-mail: 

txh1@nrc.gov. Medical Issues 

Contact: Cindy Flannery, 

FSME, (301) 415-0223; 

e-mail: cmf@nrc.gov).

Regulatory Issue Summaries (RIS)

RIS 2007-22, “Status Update 

For Implementation of NRC 

Regulatory Authority for 

Certain Naturally-Occurring 

and Accelerator-Produced 

Radioactive Material,” was 

issued October 4, 2007. This RIS 

was issued to all U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission materials 

licensees, radiation control 

program directors, State liaison 

officers, and the NRC’s Advisory 

Committee on the Medical Uses of 

Isotopes. 

(Technical contacts: Duane E. 

White, FSME, (301) 415-6272; email: dew2@nrc.gov; Kim K. Lukes, 

FSME, (301) 415-6701; e-mail: 

kxk2@nrc.gov; Rachel S. Browder, 

Region IV, (817) 276-6552; e-mail: 

rsb3@nrc.gov; Donna M. Janda, 

Region I, (610) 337-5371; e-mail: 

dmj@nrc.gov; and Kevin G. Null, 

Region III, (630) 829-9854; e-mail: 

kgn@nrc.gov).

RIS 2007-23, “Date for Operation 

of National Source Tracking 

System,” was issued October 

4, 2007. This RIS was issued 

to all licensees authorized to 

possess Category 1 or Category 2 

quantities of radioactive materials, 

and to all Radiation Control 

Program Directors and State 

Liaison Officers. 

(Technical contact: Paul F. 

Goldberg, FSME, (301) 415-7842; 

e-mail: pfg@nrc.gov)

RIS 2007-26, “Improving Public 

Understanding of the Risks 

Associated with Medical Events,” 

was issued December 5, 2007. This 

RIS was issued to all U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission medical 

use licensees. All Radiation Control 

Program Directors and State 

Liaison Officers. 

(Technical contact: Ronald Zelac, 

FSME, (301) 415-7635; e-mail: rez@

nrc.gov)

General Contact: Angela R. 

McIntosh, FSME, (301) 415-5030: 

arm@nrc.gov

SIGNIFICANT 

ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s (NRC’s) enforcement 

program can be accessed via 

NRC’s homepage [http://www.

nrc.gov/] under “What We Do.” 

Documents related to cases can 

be accessed at [http://www.nrc.

gov/], “Electronic Reading Room,” 

“Documents in ADAMS.” ADAMS 

is the Agency-wide Document 

Access and Management System. 

Help in using ADAMS is available 

from the NRC Public Document 

Room, telephone: 301-415-4737 or 

1-800-397-4209. 

Portable Gauges

Universal Testing, LLC (EA-06-259; 

07-230) 

On November 6, 2007, a 

Confirmatory Order (effective 

immediately) was issued to 

confirm commitments made as 

a result of an Alternative Dispute 

Resolution (ADR) settlement 

agreement. The licensee requested 

ADR following the NRC’s February 

23, 2007, Notice of Violation and 

Proposed civil penalty of $6,500 

for a willful violation involving 

the licensee’s failure to secure 

from unauthorized removal or 

access licensed material that was 

stored in an unrestricted area. As 

part of the agreement, Universal 

Testing has agreed to implement 

a comprehensive management 

review and oversight program. 

In addition, Universal Testing 

has agreed to write and submit 

an article for publication by the 

Non-Destructive Testing Managers 

Association (NDTMA) addressing 

the value that the new Universal 

Testing management oversight 

program adds to overall safe and 

effective operations. In recognition 

of Universal Testing’s extensive 

corrective actions, the NRC 

agreed to reduce the civil penalty 

originally proposed to $500.

Indiana Department of 

Transportation (EA-07-253) 

On December 12, 2007, a Notice of 

Violation and Proposed Imposition 

of Civil Penalty in the amount of 

$3,250 was issued for a Severity 

Level III problem. The licensee 

twice failed to use a minimum 

of two independent controls 

that form tangible barriers to 

secure portable gauges from 

unauthorized removal during a 

period when the portable gauges 

were not under the control and 

constant surveillance of the 

licensee, resulting in a violation 

of 10 CFR 30.34(i). Specifically, 

a gauge was stolen from a 

temporary job site when the 

gauge operator walked away from 

the gauge while the gauge was 

on the ground behind the back 

of a pick-up truck. On another 

occasion the gauge was secured 

to the truck bed with only one 

physical control while not under 

the constant surveillance of an 

authorized user.


Tyme Engineering, Inc. 

(EA-07-276) 

On January 7, 2008, a Notice of 

Violation and Proposed Imposition 

of Civil Penalty in the amount 

of $3,250 was issued to Tyme 

Engineering, Inc. This action 

is based on a Severity Level 

III violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i) 

involving the licensee’s failure 

to maintain a minimum of two 

independent physical controls 

that formed tangible barriers to 

secure a portable gauge from 

unauthorized removal during a 

period when the portable gauge 

was not under the control and 

constant surveillance of the 

licensee. Specifically, the licensee 

had only a single tangible barrier 

in place when a gauge was stolen 

from an unattended licensee 

vehicle parked at the licensee’s 

business parking lot. 

Industrial Radiography

Alaska Industrial X-Ray, Inc. 

(EA-07-261) 

On November 8, 2007, a Relaxation 

of Order Suspending Licensed 

Activities (Effective Immediatelydated October 19, 2007) was 

issued to Alaska Industrial X-Ray, 

Inc. (AIX) based on the licensee’s 

proposal to implement several 

actions to provide the NRC with 

assurance that AIX will comply 

with the 2-person rule during 

NRC-licensed radiographic 

operations. Specifically, the 

licensee’s actions include: use of a 

capable, independent consultant 

to perform unannounced audits 

of AIX’s radiographic activities, 

with emphasis on the 2-man 

rule and results of the audits will 

be reported to NRC monthly; 

strengthening of the controls 

over personnel access to the 

radiography location; construction 

of a dark room at the radiographic 

locations; communication of AIX’s 

schedule for radiographic activities 

in advance to both the consultant 

and NRC; and designation of 

a different Radiation Safety 

Officer. However, this relaxation 

does not have any effect on the 

ongoing Office of Investigation’s 

investigation or any potential 

enforcement action that may be 

taken based on the outcome of 

that investigation.

Individual Actions

Cary W. Hedger (IA-07-048)

On December 20, 2007, an 

Immediately Effective Order 

prohibiting an individual, the 

Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), 

President, and Owner of Alpha 

Omega Services, Inc., from 

involvement in all NRC-licensed, 

certificate, and Quality Assurance 

Program approval activities for a 

period of three years from the date 

the Order was issued. The Order 

was issued based on activities that 

occurred in January 2003. At that 

time, during the performance of 

a maintenance inspection of a 

package, the individual, thenOperations Manager and Assistant 

RSO, signed a maintenance 

checklist indicating that the 

package was in compliance with 

the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 

and approved for use, when he 

knew it was not. 

SELECTED FEDERAL 

REGISTER NOTICES

October 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

“Requirements for Expanded 

Definition of Byproduct Material” 

72 FR 55863, October 1, 2007.

Contact: Lydia Chang, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-6319, e-mail: 

lwc1@nrc.gov; or Catherine R. 

Mattsen, Office of Federal and 

State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, (301) 415-

6264, e-mail: crm@nrc.gov.

“Exemptions From Licensing, 

General Licenses, and Distribution 

of Byproduct Material: Licensing 

and Reporting Requirements” 72 

FR 58473, October 16, 2007.

Contact: Andy Imboden, Office 

of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415–2327, e-mail: 

asi@nrc.gov.

“Notification of the Plan for the 

Transition of Regulatory Authority 

Resulting From the Expanded 

Definition of Byproduct Material” 

72 FR 59157, October 19, 2007.

Contact: Kim K. Lukes, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-6701 or email: KXK2@NRC.GOV.

“National Source Tracking 

of Sealed Sources; Revised 

Compliance Dates” 72 FR 59162, 

October19, 2007.

Contact: Merri Horn, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-8126, e-mail: 

mlh1@nrc.gov.

“Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 

9.1, 9.2, and 9.3” and “Withdrawal 

of Regulatory Guide 9.4” 

72 FR 59574, October 22, 2007.

Contact: Marquis P. Orr, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

(301) 415-6373; email:

MPO1@nrc.gov.

“William Stein, III, M.D.; Denial of 

a Petition for Rulemaking” 72 FR 

60285, October 24, 2007.

Contact: James R. Firth, Office 

of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-6628; e-mail: 

jrf2@nrc.gov.

“State of Nevada; Denial of a 

Petition for Rulemaking” 72 FR 

60288, October 24, 2007.

Contact: E. Neil Jensen, Office of 

the General Counsel, (301) 415-

1637 or Toll Free: 1-800-368-5642.

“List of Approved Spent Fuel 

Storage Casks: TN-68 Revision 1, 

Confirmation of Effective Date” 

72 FR 60760; October 26, 2007.

Contact: Jayne M. McCausland, 

Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, (301) 415-

6219, e-mail: jmm2@nrc.gov


“PRM Friends United for 

Sustainable Energy; Denial of 

Petition for Rulemaking” 

72 FR 63141, November 8, 2007. 

Contact: Michael T. Lesar, Office 

of Administration, (301)-415-7163, 

or toll free: 800–368–5642, e-mail: 

MTL@nrc.gov.

NUREG-1556, Volume 21, 

“Consolidated Guidance About 

Materials Licenses ProgramSpecific Guidance About 

Possession Licenses for Production 

of Radioactive Material Using 

an Accelerator” 72 FR 63942, 

November 13, 2007.

Contact: Torre Taylor, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-7900, email: tmt@nrc.gov; or Duane 

White, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, (301) 415-

6272, e-mail: dew2@nrc.gov.

“Clarification of NRC Civil Penalty 

Authority Over Contractors and 

Subcontractors Who Discriminate 

Against Employees for Engaging in 

Protected Activities” 72 FR 63969, 

November 14. 2007.

Contact: Doug Starkey, Office of 

Enforcement, (301) 415-3456; email: drs@nrc.gov.

“State of California; Supplement 

to a Petition for Rulemaking” 72 FR 

64003, November 14, 2007. 

Contact: Michael T. Lesar, Office 

of Administration, 301-415-7163, 

or toll free: 800-368-5642; e-mail: 

mtl@nrc.gov.

“Regulations for the Safe Transport 

of Radioactive Material; Notice of 

Document Availability and Request 

for Comments (Draft 2009 Revision 

to International Atomic Energy 

Agency Regulations)” 72 FR 65470, 

November 21, 2007.

Contact: Michele M. Sampson, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, (301) 492-3292; 

e-mail: mxs14@nrc.gov.

“Revised Regulatory Guides; 

Impending issuance, Availability of 

Regulatory Guides in Divisions 3, 

6, and 10” 72 FR 67764, November 

30, 2007. 

Contact: Andrea D. Valentin, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 

301-415-7143 or e-mail ADW1@

nrc.gov.

“Expanded Definition of Byproduct 

Material; Notification of Waiver 

Termination” 72 FR 68043, 

December 4, 2007.

Contact: Kim K. Lukes, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-6701 or e-mail 

kxk2@nrc.gov.

“Occupational Dose Records, 

Labeling Containers and the Total 

Effective Dose Equivalent,”

 72 FR 68043, December 4, 2007.

Contact: Stewart Schneider, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

(301) 415-4123; e-mail: sxs4@nrc.

gov.

“NUREG-1556, Volume 13, Revision 

1, Consolidated Guidance About 

Materials Licenses; ProgramSpecific Guidance About 

Commercial Radiopharmacies” 72 

FR 69718; December 10, 2007.

Contact: Torre Taylor, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management 

Programs, (301) 415-7900, email: tmt@nrc.gov; or Duane 

White, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, telephone 

(301) 415-6272, e-mail: dew2@nrc.

gov; and Jayne M. McCausland, 

Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, (301) 415-

6219, e-mail: jmm2@nrc.gov.

“List of Approved Spent Fuel 

Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 

Revision 5” 72 FR 74209, December 

31 2007. 

Contact: Jayne M. McCausland, 

Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, (301) 415-

6219; e-mail: jmm2@nrc.gov.

General Contact: Gwendolyn 

Davis, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental

Management Programs, 301-415-

8165; e-mail: gxd@nrc.gov

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