[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR40.5]

[Page 640-642]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 40_DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SOURCE MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 40.5  Communications.

    (a) Unless otherwise specified or covered under the regional 
licensing program as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, any 
communication or report concerning the regulations in this part and any 
application filed under these regulations may be submitted to the 
Commission as follows:
    (1) By mail addressed: ATTN: Document Control Desk, Director, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, or Director of Nuclear 
Security, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    (2) By hand delivery to the NRC's offices at 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    (3) Where practicable, by electronic submission, for example, via 
Electronic Information Exchange, or CD-ROM. Electronic submissions must 
be made in a manner that enables the NRC to receive, read, authenticate, 
distribute, and archive the submission, and process and retrieve it a 
single page at a time. Detailed guidance on making electronic 
submissions can be obtained by visiting the NRC's Web site at http://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/eie.html, by calling (301) 415-6030, by e-mail to 
EIE@nrc.gov, or by writing the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The 
guidance discusses, among other topics, the formats the NRC can accept, 
the use of electronic signatures, and the treatment of nonpublic 
information.
    (b) The Commission has delegated to the four Regional Administrators 
licensing authority for selected parts of its decentralized licensing 
program for nuclear materials as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section. Any communication, report, or application covered under this 
licensing program must be submitted to the appropriate Regional 
Administrator. The administrators' jurisdictions and mailing addresses 
are listed in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

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    (1) The delegated licensing program includes authority to issue, 
renew, amend, cancel, modify, suspend, or revoke licenses for nuclear 
materials issued pursuant to 10 CFR parts 30 through 36, 39, 40, and 70 
to all persons for academic, medical, and industrial uses, with the 
following exceptions:
    (i) Activities in the fuel cycle and special nuclear material in 
quantities sufficient to constitute a critical mass in any room or area. 
This exception does not apply to license modifications relating to 
termination of special nuclear material licenses that authorize 
possession of larger quantities when the case is referred for action 
from NRC's Headquarters to the Regional Administrators.
    (ii) Health and safety design review of sealed sources and devices 
and approval, for licensing purposes, of sealed sources and devices.
    (iii) Processing of source material for extracting of metallic 
compounds (including Zirconium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Titanium, Niobium, 
etc.).
    (iv) Distribution of products containing radioactive material to 
persons exempt pursuant to 10 CFR 32.11 through 32.26.
    (v) New uses or techniques for use of byproduct, source, or special 
nuclear material.
    (vi) Uranium enrichment facilities.
    (2) Submission--(i) Region I. The regional licensing program 
involves all Federal facilities in the region and non-Federal licensees 
in the following Region I non-Agreement States and the District of 
Columbia: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania, and Vermont. All mailed or hand-delivered inquiries, 
communications, and applications for a new license or an amendment or 
renewal of an existing license specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section must use the following address: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 
19406-1415; where e-mail is appropriate it should be addressed to 
RidsRgn1MailCenter@nrc.gov.
    (ii) Region II. The regional licensing program involves all Federal 
facilities in the region and non-Federal licensees in the following 
Region II non-Agreement states and territories: Virginia, West Virginia, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. All mailed or hand-delivered 
inquiries, communications, and applications for a new license or an 
amendment or renewal of an existing license specified in paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section must use the following address: U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Region II Material Licensing/Inspection Branch, 
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, Suite 23T85, 61 Forsyth Street, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8931; where e-mail is appropriate it should be 
addressed to RidsRgn2MailCenter@nrc.gov.
    (iii) Region III. The regional licensing program involves all 
Federal facilities in the region and non-Federal licensees in the 
following Region III non-Agreement States: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. All mailed or hand-delivered inquiries, 
communications, and applications for a new license or an amendment or 
renewal of an existing license specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section must use the following address: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Region III, Material Licensing Section, 801 Warrenville 
Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351; where e-mail is appropriate it should 
be addressed to RidsRgn3MailCenter@nrc.gov.
    (iv) Region IV. The regional licensing program involves all Federal 
facilities in the region and non-Federal licensees in the following 
Region IV non-Agreement States and a territory: Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, 
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Guam. All mailed or hand-delivered 
inquiries, communications, and applications for a new license or an 
amendment or renewal of an existing license specified in paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section must use the following address: U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Region IV, Material Radiation Protection Section, 
611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011-4005; where e-
mail is

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appropriate it should be addressed to RidsRgn4MailCenter@nrc.gov.

[48 FR 16031, Apr. 14, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 19631, May 9, 1984; 49 
FR 47824, Dec. 7, 1984; 50 FR 14694, Apr. 15, 1985; 51 FR 36001, Oct. 8, 
1986; 52 FR 8241, Mar. 17, 1987; 52 FR 38392, Oct. 16, 1987; 52 FR 
48093, Dec. 18, 1987; 53 FR 3862, Feb. 10, 1988; 53 FR 43420, Oct. 27, 
1988; 57 FR 18390, Apr. 30, 1992; 58 FR 7736, Feb. 9, 1993; 58 FR 64111, 
Dec. 6, 1993; 59 FR 17466, Apr. 13, 1994; 60 FR 24551, May 9, 1995; 62 
FR 22880, Apr. 28, 1997; 68 FR 58806, Oct. 10, 2003]