Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/04/07/03-8316/regulatory-flexibility-act-section-610-and-plain-language-reviews
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A Proposed Rule by the Research and Special Programs Administration on 04/07/2003
Notice No. 03-04
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RSPA requests comments on the economic impact of its regulations on small entities. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act and as published in DOT's Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda, we are analyzing the rules applicable to the transportation of radioactive materials to identify requirements that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. We also request comments on ways to make these regulations easier to read and understand.
Address written comments to the Dockets Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Identify the docket number RSPA-03-14793 at the beginning of your comments and submit two copies. If you want to receive confirmation of receipt of your comments, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard. You can also submit comments by e-mail by accessing the Dockets Management System on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov or by fax to (202) 366-3753.
Eileen Edmonson, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, telephone (202) 366-8553; or Donna O'Berry, Office of Chief Counsel, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, telephone (202) 366-4400.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) published its Semiannual Regulatory Agenda on December 9, 2002, listing in Appendix D (67 FR 74799) those regulations that each operating administration will review Start Printed Page 16752under section 610 during the next 12 months. Appendix D also contains DOT's 10-year review plan for all of its existing regulations.
General Information, Regulations, and Definitions Part 171.
Transportation Program Procedures Part 107.
During Year 5 (2002-2003), the Analysis Year, we will conduct a preliminary assessment of the rules in 49 CFR parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, and 178 applicable to radioactive materials transportation. The review will include the following parts and subparts:
Appendix B to Part 172 Trefoil Symbol.
Subpart B Preparation of Hazardous Materials for Transportation.
Subpart I Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials.
Subpart D Handling of Placarded Rail Cars, Transport Vehicles and Freight Containers.
Subpart B Loading, Unloading, and Handling.
Subpart C Specific Regulations Applicable According to Classification of Material.
Subpart K Specifications for Packagings for Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials.
We are seeking comments on whether any requirements for radioactive materials transportation in parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, and 178 have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. “Small entities” include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations under 50,000. If your business or organization is a small entity and if any of the radioactive materials requirements in parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, and 178 have a significant economic impact on your business or organization, please submit a comment explaining how and to what degree these rules affect you, the extent of the economic impact on your business or organization, and why you believe the economic impact is significant.
For an example of a rule drafted in plain language, you can refer to RSPA's final rule entitled “Revised and Clarified Hazardous Materials Safety Rulemaking and Program Procedures,” which was published June 25, 2002 (67 FR 42948). This final rule revised and clarified the hazardous materials safety rulemaking and program procedures by rewriting 49 CFR part 106 and subpart A of part 107 in plain language and creating a new part 105 that would contain definitions and general procedures.
In conjunction with our section 610 reviews, we will be performing plain language reviews of the HMR over a 10-year period on a schedule consistent with the section 610 review schedule. Thus, our review of requirements in parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, and 178 applicable to radioactive materials transportation will also include a plain language review to determine if the regulations can be reorganized and/or rewritten to make them easier to read, understand, and use. We encourage interested persons to submit draft regulatory language that clearly and simply communicates regulatory requirements, and other recommendations, such as putting information in tables or consolidating regulatory requirements, that may make the regulations easier to use.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 31, 2003 under authority delegated in 49 CFR part 106.
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