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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of Regulatory 

Issue Summary 2008–18; Information 

on Requests for Extending Use of 

Expiring Transportation Packages 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The NRC staff has issued 

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2008–

18, Information on Requests for 

Extending Use of Expiring 

Transportation Packages. The RIS is 

intended to provide information to 

licensees and certificate holders who 

may request NRC consideration on a 

case-by-case basis for limited domestic 

use of transportation packages beyond 

the October 1, 2008, expiration date. 

The RIS does not impose any additional 

regulatory requirements on NRC 

licensees. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nancy Osgood, Project Manager, 

Licensing Branch, Division of Spent 

Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 

Telephone: (301) 492–3326; fax number: 

(301) 492–3348; e-mail: 

nancy.osgood@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

attachment to this Federal Register 

notice contains RIS 2008–18, 

Information on Requests for Extending 

Use of Expiring Transportation 

Packages. RIS 2008–18 is also available 

electronically in the NRC’s Reading 

Room at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. From this site, you can 

access NRC’s Agencywide Document 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

RIS 2008–18 can be found in ADAMS at 

accession number ML081920729. If you 

do not have access to ADAMS, or if 

there are problems accessing documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room (PDR) Reference 

Staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–

4737, or e-mail pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

This document may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day 

of August 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eric Benner, 

Chief, Licensing Branch, Division of Spent 

Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

Attachment 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. August 14, 

2008. 

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2008–18; 

Information on Requests for Extending Use 

of Expiring Transportation Packages 

Addressees 

Users of, or certificate holders for, 

transportation packages that expire on 

October 1, 2008, specifically: 

(a) Type B packages, that the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) has previously 

approved, but not designated as B(U), B(M), 

B(U)F, or B(M)F in the identification number 

of the NRC Certificate of Compliance, or 

Type AF transportation packages, that NRC 

approved before September 6, 1983; or 

(b) Existing Type B packagings, 

constructed to U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Specification 6M, 

20WC, or 21WC, conforming in all aspects to 

the requirements of 49 CFR Subchapter C, in 

effect on October 1, 2003, or existing fissile 

material packagings constructed to DOT 

Specification 6L, 6M, or 1A2, conforming in 

all aspects to the requirements of 49 CFR 

Subchapter C, in effect on October 1, 2003. 

Intent 

Sections 71.19(a) and 71.20 of 10 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 71 expire on 

October 1, 2008. Section 71.19(a) authorizes 

the use of Type B transportation packages, 

previously approved by NRC, but not 

designated as B(U), B(M), B(U)F, or B(M)F in 

the identification number on the NRC 

Certificate of Compliance or Type AF 

transportation packages approved by NRC, 

before September 6, 1983. Section 71.20 

authorizes use of DOT specification 

containers for fissile material or for a Type 

B quantity of radioactive material, as 

specified in DOT regulations at 49 CFR parts 

173 and 178. NRC is issuing this regulatory 

issue summary (RIS) to inform addressees 

regarding information that will be considered 

in requests for extending use of these 

packages beyond October 1, 2008. 

Background Information 

On January 26, 2004, NRC published a 

final rule in the Federal Register (69 FR 

3698), amending its transportation 

regulations in Part 71, to be compatible with 

the latest version of the International Atomic 

Energy Agency (IAEA) ‘‘Regulations for the 

Safe Transport of Radioactive Material’’

(IAEA Safety Standards Series No. TS–R–1). 

NRC coordinated this rulemaking with DOT, 

since NRC and DOT jointly regulate the 

safety of radioactive material in transport. In 

this rulemaking, NRC and DOT implemented 

a planned phaseout of the Type B and fissile 

material transportation packages described 

above. The phaseout is to be completed by 

October 1, 2008 (when the regulations 

authorizing use of these packages expire). 

Certain licensees have indicated that they 

may need to make shipments in these 

packages after the October 1, 2008, expiration 

date. 

Summary of Issue 

NRC regulations for packaging and 

transportation of radioactive materials are 

contained in part 71. These regulations are 

amended from time to time, to harmonize 

them with periodic revisions to IAEA 

regulations, which are used internationally. 

Grandfathering provisions, such as 10 CFR 

71.19(a) and 71.20, have historically been 

included both in NRC and IAEA regulations. 

The grandfathering provisions allow 

continued use, with some conditions, of 

transportation packages approved to previous 

editions of the regulations. The purpose of 

the grandfathering provisions is to minimize 

cost and impact on implementing the 

changes to the regulations. 

In the January 2004 rulemaking, NRC 

adopted revised regulations in part 71, to 

harmonize with the 1996 edition of the IAEA 

regulations (TS–R–1), which no longer 

authorized the use of the Type B and fissile 

material transportation packages described 

above. Among other changes, the 10 CFR 

71.19(a) and 10 CFR 71.20 grandfathering 

provisions were adopted to allow continued 

use of these Type B and fissile material 

transportation packages until October 1, 

2008. 

Certain licensees and certificate holders 

have indicated that there may be instances 

where limited use of these packages may be 

needed beyond the October 1, 2008, 

expiration date. This RIS is intended to 

provide information to licensees and 

certificate holders in requesting authorization 

for such limited use. 

NRC Review of Requests 

Requests for limited use of these packages 

after the October 1, 2008, expiration date 

must address all five elements listed below. 

NRC will consider these requests on a caseby-case basis. Applicants should note that 

these requests will not be considered a form 

of certificate renewal, either under 10 CFR 

71.38 or any other NRC regulation. 

Licensees or certificate holders who have 

identified the need to use these packages 

should provide the following information to 

NRC and DOT before the October 1, 2008, 

expiration date: 

(1) Package Information. NRC Certificate of 

Compliance Number or DOT Specification 

Number. 

(2) Identification of Shipments. (a) Number 

of shipments; (b) number of packages per 

shipment; (c) packaging serial numbers; (d) 

package contents; (e) end use of the 

radioactive material; (f) shipment origin and 

destination; (g) mode; (h) general timeframe 

(e.g., first quarter 2009); and (i) date last 

shipment will be completed. 

(3) Reasons for Requesting Extended Use. 

Justification for extending the use of expiring 

packages must describe why acquiring 

replacement packages is not practical and 


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why shipments cannot be made before the 

October 1, 2008, expiration date. The 

justification must demonstrate that: (a) There 

are no alternative domestically approved 

packages available; (b) the contents cannot be 

reconfigured such that transport can be 

conducted in accordance with the 

regulations; and (c) the transport schedule 

cannot be adjusted so as to be conducted in 

accordance with the regulations. The 

justification must also describe any goodfaith efforts to acquire replacement packages 

that meet the current package performance 

requirements, including a detailed 

description of past activities and the current 

status of acquiring replacement packages. In 

addition, any adverse impacts that will result 

if the shipment is not conducted should be 

fully described. 

(4) Safety Justification for Continued Use 

and Proposed Compensatory Measures. Since 

the expiring package designs may lack safety 

enhancements included in newer designs, 

the request must include a safety justification 

for continued use and a description of 

compensatory measures that will be used to 

provide an equivalent level of safety. 

Examples of compensatory measures that 

may be considered are: (a) Special package 

inspections, tests, or determinations that 

ensure that the packaging is in unimpaired 

physical condition; (b) transport by exclusive 

use; (c) transport during time of low road 

usage; and (d) accompaniment of shipment 

by escort equipped to effect a recovery in an 

emergency situation or in case of a 

transportation accident. 

(5) A Plan and Schedule to Acquire 

Replacement Packages or Complete 

Necessary Shipments. Details about the 

planned acquisition of replacement packages 

must be provided, along with key milestones, 

and proposed implementation dates, unless 

the licensee can show why acquiring a 

replacement package is not practical and why 

shipments cannot be made before the October 

1, 2008, expiration date. 

Filing Requests for Extension 

Requests to extend use of these packages 

should be sent to NRC, with a copy sent 

separately to DOT (applications to DOT 

should be in accordance with 49 CFR 

107.105). The requests should be addressed 

as follows: 

ATTN: Document Control Desk, Director, 

Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 

Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 

20555–001; 

ATTN: Special Permits, PHH–31, Associate 

Administrator for Hazardous Material 

Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Backfit Discussion 

This RIS outlines information that 

licensees should consider for incorporation 

in voluntary submittals for extending the use 

of the subject transportation packages. The 

identified information will assist the NRC in 

the regulatory process and aids licensees in 

developing thorough submittals. Any 

requests to extend the use of the subject 

transportation packages are proposed by 

licensees and are therefore not backfits. 

Further, this RIS requires no action or written 

response and therefore is not a backfit. 

Consequently, the staff did not perform a 

backfit analysis. 

Federal Register Notification 

A notice of opportunity for public 

comment on this RIS was not published in 

the Federal Register because it is 

informational and pertains to a staff position 

that does not represent a departure from 

current regulatory status and practice. This 

RIS is being published in the Federal 

Register for information. 

Congressional Review Act 

This RIS is not a rule, as designated by the 

Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808) 

and, therefore, is not subject to the Act. 

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement 

This Regulatory Issue Summary contains 

information collections that are subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501, et seq.). These information collections 

were approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget, approval number 3150–0008. 

Public Protection Notification 

If a means used to impose an information 

collection does not display a currently valid 

OMB control number, the NRC may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a request for 

information collection. 

Contact 

Please direct any questions about this 

matter to the technical contact listed below. 

E. William Brach, Director, 

Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 

Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

Technical Contact: Nancy L. Osgood, 

NMSS/SFST, (301) 492–3326, e-mail: 

Nancy.Osgood@nrc.gov. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PEACE CORPS 

Proposed New Information Collection 

Requests Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Peace Corps. 

ACTION: Notice of public use form 

review request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

SUMMARY: The Peace Corps Office of 

Communications invites comments on 

the information collection request as 

required pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). This notice announces that 

the Peace Corps Office of 

Communications has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request to approve the use of: PC–836, 

Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Archive 

Submission Form (On-line Version) (06/ 

2008); PC–837, 50th Anniversary 

Archive Project Material Submission 

Authorization and Agreement (Print 

Version) (06/2008); PC–839, 50th 

Anniversary Archive Submission 

Guidelines (06/2008); and PC–841, 50th 

Anniversary Archive (Print Version) 

(06/2008). The purpose of this notice is 

to allow for comments on whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for proper performance of the 

functions of the Peace Corps’ Office of 

Communications; including whether the 

information will have practical use; the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarify of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

to on those who are to respond, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques, when 

appropriate, and other forms of 

technology. The initial Federal Register 

notice was published on July 2, 2008, 

Volume 73, No. 128, pgs. 37997–37998 

for 60 days. Also available at GPO 

Access: wais.access.gpo.gov. No 

comments, inquiries or responses to the 

notice were received. Comments may be 

directed to: Stacia Clifton, 50th 

Anniversary Archive Project Manager, 

Peace Corps, Office of Communications, 

1111 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20256. Ms. Clifton can also be contacted 

by telephone at 202–692–2234 or by email at archive@peacecorps.gov. 

Comments should be received on or 

before September 22, 2008. 

Information Collection Abstract 

Title: 50th Anniversary Archive 

Submission Form. 

Need for and Use of This Information: 

The Peace Corps is collecting contact 

information, stories, photos and 

historical documents related to their 

Peace Corps service from Returned 

Peace Corps Volunteers. Submissions 

will be received electronically through 

an online submission form. The 

information will be used in 

informational and promotional articles, 

exhibits and events celebrating the 

history of the Peace Corps. 

Respondents: Returned Peace Corps 

Volunteers. 

Respondents’ Obligation to Reply: 

Voluntary. 

Burden on the Public: 

a. Annual reporting burden: 250 

hours. 

b. Annual record keeping burden: 50 

hours. 


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