Radiation protection standards: Conformance, corrections, clarifications, and policy change,

[Federal Register: August 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 165)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 45393]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 20, 32, 35, 36, and 39

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Minor Corrections, Clarifying Changes, and a Minor Policy Change; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 23, 1998 (63 FR 39477), that makes minor corrections and clarifying changes to 10 CFR Part 20 and conforms other regulations with the Commission's 1991 revised radiation protection requirements. In addition, the final rule includes a minor policy change that raises the monitoring criteria for minors from 0.05 rem (0.5 mSv) to 0.1 rem (1 mSv) in a year and for declared pregnant women from 0.05 rem (.5 mSv) to 0.1 rem (1 mSv) during their pregnancies.

DATES: This document is effective on August 21, 1998. The effective date of the rule published at 63 FR 39477 is delayed until October 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne M. McCausland, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a final rule on July 23, 1998 (63 FR 39477) that presented minor corrections, clarifying changes, and a minor policy change to 10 CFR Parts 20, 32, 35, 36, and 39. The effective date noted in that rule was August 24, 1998. A request was made by industry to delay the effective date to allow sufficient time for modification of procedures to comply with the new requirements. In response to this request, NRC is delaying the effective date of the final rule to October 26, 1998.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of August, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. L. Joseph Callan, Executive Director for Operations.

[FR Doc. 98-22862Filed8-21-98; 11:32 am]

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