items of interest to shippers

[LIPTONW@dteenergy.com]

Two notices in today's (9/10/98) "Federal Register" should be reviewed by 
hazmat shippers: 
 
(1) (pages 48566 - 48569) DOT is withdrawing its requirement for a
"Radiation 
Protection Program", as specified in 49 CFR 172, Subpart I.  This was 
expected.  However, this notice also includes a change to 49 CFR 173.441,
the 
section on dose rate limits.  This section includes a limit of 2 mrem/hr in 
any normally occupied space, i.e., the truck cab.  The exception to this
limit 
had been limited to private carriers where exposed personnel wear dosimetry
as 
part of a radiation protection program.  The new wording makes this
exception 
applicable to all carriers. 
 
(2) (page 48544) DOT is requesting comments on its "Emergency Response 
Guidebook", for incorporation in the next edition.  Now's your chance; don't 
stay silent now and complain later. 
 
The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
 
Bill Lipton 
liptonw@dteenergy.com 
 

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