[NukeNet] List of 34 states approved to license nuclear byproduct material

[Dolph Honicker]

Who can translate this into publically understandable language?  What is the impact on the environment and people?  Is this deregulating nuclear waste?
  Jeannine
 
 
 
Federal Register: December 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 232)][Rules and Regulations][Page 68043]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr04de07-1]   ========================================================================Rules and RegulationsFederal Register________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documentshaving general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyedto and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is publishedunder 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of eachweek. ========================================================================   [[Page 68043]]   NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Chapter I RIN 3150-AH84  Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material; Notification of WaiverTermination AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of waiver termination. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document announces that on November 30, 2007, inaccordance with Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and theprovisions of the ``Plan for the Transition of Regulatory AuthorityResulting from the Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material''(transition plan) issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission(Commission or NRC) on October 19, 2007 (72 FR 59157), the Commissiondetermined that the States listed below have a program to licensebyproduct material, as defined in Sections 11e.(3) and (4) of theAtomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, that is adequate to protect thepublic health and safety. This determination is based on certificationsprovided to the Commission by Governors of these States. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida,Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, NewHampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. In accordance with Section 651(e)(4)(C)(iii) of the Energy Policy Actof 2005, the Agreements entered into between the Commission and each ofthese States under Section 274b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, asamended, are considered to include byproduct material as defined inSections 11e.(3) and (4) as of October 19, 2007.Accordingly, on November 30, 2007, the Commission terminated thetime-limited waivers of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requirementsgranted by the Commission (70 FR 51581; August 31, 2005) to the each ofthese States. Users of the newly added byproduct material currentlylicensed or registered by these States will continue to be subject tothe State regulatory authority. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim K. Lukes, Office of Federal andState Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6701 or e-mail kxk2 at nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Governors' certifications andthe Commission's decision may be reviewed at the NRC Web sitehttp://www.nrc.gov.  Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of November 2007. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Annette L. Vietti-Cook,Secretary of the Commission.[FR Doc. E7-23470 Filed 12-3-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P 
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