Action
Final rule; editorial revisions and response to a petition for reconsideration.
Summary
On September 28, 1995, RSPA published a final rule which amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations pertaining to the transportation of radioactive materials to harmonize them with those of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and, thus, most major nuclear nations of the world. Several substantive changes were made to provide a more uniform degree of safety for various types of shipments. These changes included requiring offerors and carriers to maintain written radiation protection programs, revising the definition of and packaging for low specific activity radioactive materials, and requiring use of the International System of Units for the measurement of activity in a package of radioactive material. This final rule makes editorial and technical corrections to that final rule and responds to a petition for reconsideration.