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EPA/AR | RIN: 2060-AH90 | Publication ID: Spring 2010 |
Title: Technical Change to Dose Methodology | |
Abstract: The purpose of this action is to make a technical change to the dose methodology used in subpart A of 40 CFR 191, entitled Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Waste and Transuranic Waste. The current methodology is outdated. The dose methodology used in the rule published on September 19, 1985, was based on the target organ approach recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in Report No. 2. Since that time science has progressed and a new methodology based on an effective dose equivalent approach is currently being recommended by the ICRP in Report No. 26. This action would propose updating the 40 CFR 191, subpart A dose limits published in 1985 from the target organ to the state-of-the-art effective dose equivalent system. There would be no change in the level of protection, just the scientific methodology for determining compliance with the levels of protection established in 1985. | |
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 190(B) 40 CFR 191(A) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: SAN No. 4003. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Ray Clark Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6608J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9198 Fax:202 343-2065 Email: Clark.Ray@epa.gov |