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installment agreement, however, the IRS
may authorize the Department of Justice
to file a counterclaim or third-party
complaint in a refund action or to join
that person in any other proceeding in
which liability for the tax that is the
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installment agreement is joined in a
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case is referred back to the IRS for
collection, collection will continue to
occur pursuant to the terms of the
installment agreement. Notwithstanding
the installment agreement, any claim or
suit permitted will be for the full
amount of the liabilities owed.
(g) Suspension of the statute of
limitations on collection. The statute of
limitations under section 6502 for
collection of any liability shall be
suspended during the period that a
proposed installment agreement relating
to that liability is pending with the IRS,
for 30 days immediately following the
rejection of a proposed installment
agreement, and for 30 days immediately
following the termination of an
installment agreement. If, within the 30
days following the rejection or
termination of an installment
agreement, the taxpayer files an appeal
with Appeals, the statute of limitations
for collection shall be suspended while
the rejection or termination is being
considered by Appeals. The statute of
limitations for collection shall continue
to run if an exception under paragraph
(f)(2) of this section applies and levy is
not prohibited with respect to the
taxpayer.
(h) Annual statement. The
Commissioner shall provide each
taxpayer who is party to an installment
agreement under this section with an
annual statement setting forth the initial
balance owed at the beginning of the
year, the payments made during the
year, and the remaining balance as of
the end of the year.
(i) Biannual review of partial payment
installment agreements. The
Commissioner shall perform a review of
the taxpayer’s financial condition in the
case of a partial payment installment
agreement at least once every two years.
The purpose of this review is to
determine whether the taxpayer’s
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the value of the payments being made
or termination of the agreement.
(j) Cross reference. Pursuant to section
6601(b)(1), the last day prescribed for
payment is determined without regard
to any installment agreement, including
for purposes of computing penalties and
interest provided by the Internal
Revenue Code. For special rules
regarding the computation of the failure
to pay penalty while certain installment
agreements are in effect, see section
6651(h) and § 301.6651–1(a)(4).
(k) Effective date. This section is
applicable on the date final regulations
are published in the Federal Register.
Par. 4. Section 301.6331–4 is revised
to read as follows:
§ 301.6331–4 Restrictions on levy while
installment agreements are pending or in
effect.
Cross-reference. For provisions
relating to the making of levies while an
installment agreement is pending or in
effect, see § 301.6159–1.
Mark E. Matthews,
Deputy Commissioner of Services and
Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
29 CFR Part 1910
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0021]
RIN 1218–AC16
Announcement of Stakeholder
Meetings on Occupational Exposure to
Ionizing Radiation
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of stakeholder
meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) invites
interested parties to participate in
informal stakeholder meetings on
Occupational Exposure to Ionizing
Radiation. These meetings are a
continuation of OSHA’s information
collection efforts on ionizing radiation.
DATES: Stakeholder meetings: The
stakeholder meeting dates are:
1. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., March 16,
2007, Washington, DC.
2. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., March 26,
2007, Orlando, FL.
Notice of intention to attend a
stakeholder meeting: You must submit a
notice of intention to attend the
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Washington, DC, or Orlando, FL,
stakeholder meeting by March 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Stakeholder meetings: The
stakeholder meeting locations are:
1. Frances Perkins Building, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
2. For the location of the Orlando, FL,
stakeholder meeting, contact Liset
Navas at (202) 693–1950.
Notices of intention to attend a
stakeholder meeting: You may submit
your notice of intention to attend a
stakeholder meeting by any of the
following methods:
Electronic: OSHA encourages you to
submit your notice of intention to attend
to navas.liset@dol.gov.
Facsimile: You may fax your notice of
intention to attend to (202) 693–1678.
Regular mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, messenger and courier service:
Submit your notice of intention to
attend to Liset Navas, OSHA,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
Room N–3718, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–1950. The Department of Labor’s
and OSHA’s normal hours of operation
are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: For further information
on the stakeholder meetings and
submitting notices of intention to attend
one of the meetings, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
Because of security-related
procedures, the use of regular mail may
cause a significant delay in the receipt
of notices of intention to attend. For
information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of materials by
hand, express mail, messenger or
courier service, please contact Liset
Navas at (202) 693–1950.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice are available at https://
www.regulations.gov. This document,
non-attributed notes from the
stakeholder meetings, as well as news
releases and other relevant information,
will also be available at OSHA’s Web
page at https://www.osha.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Seymour, Director, OSHA,
Office of Physical Hazards, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, Room N–
3718, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–1950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The use of ionizing radiation has
increased significantly in recent years.
Today, ionizing radiation is used in a
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wide variety of workplaces and
operations, including security
operations, hospitals and medical
offices, dental offices, manufacturing
worksites, research facilities, forestry
and other agricultural worksites, and
wastewater treatment plants.
In 2005, OSHA initiated information
collection efforts to obtain data,
information, and comment on the
increased workplace use of ionizing
radiation and other related issues. These
efforts started with the publication of a
Request for Information (RFI) on May 3,
2005 (70 FR 22828). OSHA received 51
comments in response to the RFI. To
supplement this information, OSHA is
inviting interested parties to attend
informal stakeholder meetings on the
Occupational Exposure to Ionizing
Radiation. OSHA will use the data and
materials obtained through these
information collections efforts to
determine, in conjunction with other
Federal agencies, whether regulatory
action is necessary to protect employees
from ionizing radiation exposure.
OSHA’s existing standard on Ionizing
Radiation (29 CFR 1910.1096) was
adopted in 1971 pursuant to section 6(a)
of the Act (29 U.S.C. 655). The standard
has remained largely unchanged since
that time.
OSHA’s Ionizing Radiation standard
applies to all workplaces except
agricultural operations and those
workplaces exempted from OSHA
jurisdiction under section 4(b)(1) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 653). Section
4(b)(1) states:
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Nothing in this Act shall apply to working
conditions of employees with respect to
which other Federal agencies, and State
agencies acting under section 274 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42
U.S.C. 2021), exercise statutory authority to
prescribe or enforce standards or regulations
affecting occupational safety and health.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has statutory authority for
licensing and regulating nuclear
facilities and materials as mandated by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (as
amended)(42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (as
amended), the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Act of 1978, and other applicable
statutes. Specifically, the NRC has the
authority to regulate source, byproduct
and certain special nuclear materials
(e.g., nuclear reactor fuel). This
authority covers radiation hazards in
NRC-licensed nuclear facilities
produced by radioactive materials and
plant conditions that affect the safety of
radioactive materials and thus present
an increased radiation hazard to
workers.
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In 1988, OSHA and NRC signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
delineating the general areas of
responsibility of each agency (CPL 2.86,
December 22, 1989). The MOU specifies
that at NRC-licensed facilities OSHA
has authority to regulate occupational
ionizing radiation sources not regulated
by NRC (CPL 2.86). Examples of nonNRC regulated radiation sources include
X-ray equipment, accelerators, electron
microscopes, betatrons, and some
naturally occurring radiation sources
(CPL 2.86). (See the Ionizing Radiation
RFI (70 FR 22828) for additional
information on sources of ionizing
radiation exposure, workplace uses of
ionizing radiation, and health effects of
ionizing radiation exposure.)
Most recently, the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 authorized NRC to regulate
material made radioactive by
accelerators by adding ‘‘acceleratorproduced material’’ to the definition of
‘‘byproduct material’’ that NRC is
authorized to license and regulate. The
Energy Policy Act directed NRC to issue
licensing and compliance oversight
regulations to carry out the legislation.
Until NRC issues and begins enforcing
those regulations, OSHA retains
authority over both accelerators and the
materials they produce.
Stakeholder Meetings
OSHA intends to hold four
stakeholder meetings on Occupational
Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, two of
which the Agency is announcing in this
notice. OSHA will publish a Federal
Register notice announcing the other
two stakeholder meetings when meeting
arrangements are finalized. The first
stakeholder meeting, to be held in
Washington, DC, will cover the uses of
ionizing radiation in the healing arts,
including medicine, dentistry,
chiropractor services and veterinary
medicine. The second stakeholder
meeting, to be held in Orlando, FL, in
conjunction with the Annual Research
Symposium of the American Society for
Nondestructive Testing, will cover
nondestructive testing. The other two
stakeholder meetings will cover nonmedical use of accelerators and the use
of ionizing radiation in security
operations. OSHA encourages interested
parties to attend only the stakeholder
meeting that deals with their industry,
occupation, or operation.
The stakeholder meetings will be an
opportunity for informal discussion and
the exchange of data, ideas, and points
of view. To make the stakeholder
meetings as productive as possible,
OSHA requests that interested parties
attending stakeholder meetings be
prepared to discuss the following issues
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relating to occupational exposure to
ionizing radiation in their respective
industries, occupations, or operations:
• Uses of ionizing radiation;
• Available exposure data;
• Controls utilized to minimize
exposure; and
• Training.
In addition, OSHA will use the
stakeholder meetings to discuss
comments and materials received in
response to the RFI.
Each stakeholder meeting will begin
with OSHA’s presentation on Agency
responsibilities related to occupational
exposure to ionizing radiation followed
by stakeholder questions. OSHA will
devote the remainder of each meeting to
informal discussions on the topics
above and related issues. In particular,
OSHA is interested in hearing firsthand
from employers and employees and in
reviewing exposure data. Meeting
participants are not expected to prepare
and present formal testimony.
Public Participation—Submission of
Notices of Intention To Attend and
Access to Docket
You may submit notices of intention
to attend one of the stakeholder
meetings (1) electronically, (2) by
facsimile, or (3) by hard copy. All
notices must identify the Agency name
and docket number for this notice
(Docket No. OSHA–2007–0021).
Because of security-related procedures,
the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
notices of intention to attend. For
information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of materials by
hand, express mail, messenger or
courier service, please contact Liset
Navas at (202) 693–1950.
Notices of intention to attend a
stakeholder meeting must include the
following information:
• Name and contact information;
• Affiliation (e.g., organization,
association), if any;
• The stakeholder meeting you plan
to attend;
• Whether you wish to be an active
participant or observer; and
• Whether you need any special
accommodations in order to attend or
participate in a stakeholder meeting.
For access to comments and materials
received in response to the RFI, go to
OSHA Docket No. H–016 on OSHA’s
Web page at https://www.osha.gov.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office, Docket
No. H–016, Room N–2625, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2350 (OSHA’s TTY
number is (877) 889–5627) for
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information about materials in the RFI
docket that are not available through
OSHA’s Web page and for assistance in
using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice are available at https://
www.regulations.gov. This document, as
well as news releases and other relevant
information, also are available at
OSHA’s Web page at https://
www.osha.gov.
Authority
This notice was prepared under the
direction of Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Occupational
Safety and Health. It is issued under
Sections 4 and 8 of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
653, 657), and Secretary of Labor’s
Order No. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC on this 27th day
of February, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the
comment period on the proposed
amendments to the General Provisions
of the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants published on
January 3, 2007, is being extended until
May 4, 2007.
DATES: Comments. The comment period
has been extended from March 5, 2007.
Comments must now be received on or
before May 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0094, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
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comments.
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• Facsimile: (202) 566–1741,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0094.
• Mail: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA West (Air
Docket), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Room: 3334, Mail Code: 6102T,
Washington, DC, 20460, Attention EDocket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–
0094.
• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Room: 3334,
Mail Code: 6102T, Washington, DC,
20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2004–0094. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–
0094. The EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through, or e-mail. Send or
deliver information identified as CBI
only to the following address: Mr.
Roberto Morales, OAQPS Document
Control Officer, U.S. EPA (C404–02),
Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0094, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711. Clearly mark the part
or all of the information that you claim
to be CBI. The Web site is an
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means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
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to EPA without going through , your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
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Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the index. Although listed
in the index, some information is not
publicly available, (i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute). Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket, EPA/DC,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington,
DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the Air
and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered
damage due to flooding during the last week
of June 2006. The Docket Center is
continuing to operate. However, during the
cleanup, there will be temporary changes to
Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses,
and hours of operation for people who wish
to make hand deliveries or visit the Public
Reading Room to view documents. Consult
EPA’s Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for
current information on docket operations,
locations and telephone numbers. The
Docket Center’s mailing address for U.S. mail
and the procedure for submitting comments
to are not affected by the flooding and will
remain the same.
Rick
Colyer, Program Design Group (D205–
02), Sector Policies and Programs
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, U.S. EPA, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone
number (919) 541–5262, electronic mail
(e-mail) address, colyer.rick@epa.gov.
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Regulated Entities. Categories and
entities potentially regulated by this
action include all major sources
regulated under section 112 of the CAA.
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to being available in the docket, an
electronic copy of today’s notice will be
available on the WWW through the
Technology Transfer Network (TTN).
Following the Assistant Administrator’s
signature a copy of this notice will be
posted on EPA’s Technology Transfer
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rules at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1910
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0021]
RIN 1218-AC16
Announcement of Stakeholder Meetings on Occupational Exposure to
Ionizing Radiation
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of stakeholder meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
invites interested parties to participate in informal stakeholder
meetings on Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. These meetings
are a continuation of OSHA's information collection efforts on ionizing
radiation.
DATES: Stakeholder meetings: The stakeholder meeting dates are:
1. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 16, 2007, Washington, DC.
2. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 26, 2007, Orlando, FL.
Notice of intention to attend a stakeholder meeting: You must
submit a notice of intention to attend the Washington, DC, or Orlando,
FL, stakeholder meeting by March 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Stakeholder meetings: The stakeholder meeting locations are:
1. Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
2. For the location of the Orlando, FL, stakeholder meeting,
contact Liset Navas at (202) 693-1950.
Notices of intention to attend a stakeholder meeting: You may
submit your notice of intention to attend a stakeholder meeting by any
of the following methods:
Electronic: OSHA encourages you to submit your notice of intention
to attend to navas.liset@dol.gov.
Facsimile: You may fax your notice of intention to attend to (202)
693-1678.
Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger and
courier service: Submit your notice of intention to attend to Liset
Navas, OSHA, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Room N-3718, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone (202) 693-1950. The Department of Labor's and OSHA's
normal hours of operation are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: For further information on the stakeholder meetings
and submitting notices of intention to attend one of the meetings, see
the ``Public Participation'' heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice.
Because of security-related procedures, the use of regular mail may
cause a significant delay in the receipt of notices of intention to
attend. For information about security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express mail, messenger or courier
service, please contact Liset Navas at (202) 693-1950.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at
https://www.regulations.gov. This document, non-attributed notes from
the stakeholder meetings, as well as news releases and other relevant
information, will also be available at OSHA's Web page at https://
www.osha.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Seymour, Director, OSHA,
Office of Physical Hazards, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Room
N-3718, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The use of ionizing radiation has increased significantly in recent
years. Today, ionizing radiation is used in a
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wide variety of workplaces and operations, including security
operations, hospitals and medical offices, dental offices,
manufacturing worksites, research facilities, forestry and other
agricultural worksites, and wastewater treatment plants.
In 2005, OSHA initiated information collection efforts to obtain
data, information, and comment on the increased workplace use of
ionizing radiation and other related issues. These efforts started with
the publication of a Request for Information (RFI) on May 3, 2005 (70
FR 22828). OSHA received 51 comments in response to the RFI. To
supplement this information, OSHA is inviting interested parties to
attend informal stakeholder meetings on the Occupational Exposure to
Ionizing Radiation. OSHA will use the data and materials obtained
through these information collections efforts to determine, in
conjunction with other Federal agencies, whether regulatory action is
necessary to protect employees from ionizing radiation exposure.
OSHA's existing standard on Ionizing Radiation (29 CFR 1910.1096)
was adopted in 1971 pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C.
655). The standard has remained largely unchanged since that time.
OSHA's Ionizing Radiation standard applies to all workplaces except
agricultural operations and those workplaces exempted from OSHA
jurisdiction under section 4(b)(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 653). Section 4(b)(1) states:
Nothing in this Act shall apply to working conditions of
employees with respect to which other Federal agencies, and State
agencies acting under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 2021), exercise statutory authority to
prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational
safety and health.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has statutory authority for
licensing and regulating nuclear facilities and materials as mandated
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (as amended)(42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (as amended), the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Act of 1978, and other applicable statutes.
Specifically, the NRC has the authority to regulate source, byproduct
and certain special nuclear materials (e.g., nuclear reactor fuel).
This authority covers radiation hazards in NRC-licensed nuclear
facilities produced by radioactive materials and plant conditions that
affect the safety of radioactive materials and thus present an
increased radiation hazard to workers.
In 1988, OSHA and NRC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
delineating the general areas of responsibility of each agency (CPL
2.86, December 22, 1989). The MOU specifies that at NRC-licensed
facilities OSHA has authority to regulate occupational ionizing
radiation sources not regulated by NRC (CPL 2.86). Examples of non-NRC
regulated radiation sources include X-ray equipment, accelerators,
electron microscopes, betatrons, and some naturally occurring radiation
sources (CPL 2.86). (See the Ionizing Radiation RFI (70 FR 22828) for
additional information on sources of ionizing radiation exposure,
workplace uses of ionizing radiation, and health effects of ionizing
radiation exposure.)
Most recently, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized NRC to
regulate material made radioactive by accelerators by adding
``accelerator-produced material'' to the definition of ``byproduct
material'' that NRC is authorized to license and regulate. The Energy
Policy Act directed NRC to issue licensing and compliance oversight
regulations to carry out the legislation. Until NRC issues and begins
enforcing those regulations, OSHA retains authority over both
accelerators and the materials they produce.
Stakeholder Meetings
OSHA intends to hold four stakeholder meetings on Occupational
Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, two of which the Agency is announcing
in this notice. OSHA will publish a Federal Register notice announcing
the other two stakeholder meetings when meeting arrangements are
finalized. The first stakeholder meeting, to be held in Washington, DC,
will cover the uses of ionizing radiation in the healing arts,
including medicine, dentistry, chiropractor services and veterinary
medicine. The second stakeholder meeting, to be held in Orlando, FL, in
conjunction with the Annual Research Symposium of the American Society
for Nondestructive Testing, will cover nondestructive testing. The
other two stakeholder meetings will cover non-medical use of
accelerators and the use of ionizing radiation in security operations.
OSHA encourages interested parties to attend only the stakeholder
meeting that deals with their industry, occupation, or operation.
The stakeholder meetings will be an opportunity for informal
discussion and the exchange of data, ideas, and points of view. To make
the stakeholder meetings as productive as possible, OSHA requests that
interested parties attending stakeholder meetings be prepared to
discuss the following issues relating to occupational exposure to
ionizing radiation in their respective industries, occupations, or
operations:
Uses of ionizing radiation;
Available exposure data;
Controls utilized to minimize exposure; and
Training.
In addition, OSHA will use the stakeholder meetings to discuss comments
and materials received in response to the RFI.
Each stakeholder meeting will begin with OSHA's presentation on
Agency responsibilities related to occupational exposure to ionizing
radiation followed by stakeholder questions. OSHA will devote the
remainder of each meeting to informal discussions on the topics above
and related issues. In particular, OSHA is interested in hearing
firsthand from employers and employees and in reviewing exposure data.
Meeting participants are not expected to prepare and present formal
testimony.
Public Participation--Submission of Notices of Intention To Attend and
Access to Docket
You may submit notices of intention to attend one of the
stakeholder meetings (1) electronically, (2) by facsimile, or (3) by
hard copy. All notices must identify the Agency name and docket number
for this notice (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0021). Because of security-
related procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a significant
delay in the receipt of notices of intention to attend. For information
about security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express mail, messenger or courier service, please contact Liset Navas
at (202) 693-1950.
Notices of intention to attend a stakeholder meeting must include
the following information:
Name and contact information;
Affiliation (e.g., organization, association), if any;
The stakeholder meeting you plan to attend;
Whether you wish to be an active participant or observer;
and
Whether you need any special accommodations in order to
attend or participate in a stakeholder meeting.
For access to comments and materials received in response to the
RFI, go to OSHA Docket No. H-016 on OSHA's Web page at https://
www.osha.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. H-016, Room N-
2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA's TTY number is
(877) 889-5627) for
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information about materials in the RFI docket that are not available
through OSHA's Web page and for assistance in using the Web page to
locate docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at
https://www.regulations.gov. This document, as well as news releases and
other relevant information, also are available at OSHA's Web page at
https://www.osha.gov.
Authority
This notice was prepared under the direction of Edwin G. Foulke,
Jr., Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health. It is
issued under Sections 4 and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 657), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002
(67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC on this 27th day of February, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. E7-3689 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am]
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