ML20046C615
| ML20046C615 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/02/1993 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Lieberman J SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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| ML20046C616 | List: |
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| FRN-58FR36902, RULE-PR-60 NUDOCS 9308110228 | |
| Download: ML20046C615 (1) | |
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July 2, 1993 The Honorable Joseph Lieberman, Chairman i
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed for the information of the subcommittee is a copy of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to be published in the Federal Reaister, for public comment.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to amend 10 CFR Part 60, its regulation governing the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in geologic repositories.
The proposed rule would clarify the regulatory requirements for the assessment of the repository siting criteria of 10 CFR 60.122 and the relationship of those requirements to post-closure performance.
Part 60 would be further amended, to remove from the siting criteria, the terms " adequately investigated" and " adequately evaluated," which have been identified as sources of regulatory uncertainty.
Finally, the procedural provisions related to the assessment methodology are revised and moved from 10 CFR 60.122 to 10 CFR 60.21, the procedural section of the rule. These proposed amendments are necessary to provide clarity and consistency in the Commission's regulations.
The proposed rule will resolve regulatory uncertainties identified by the NRC and its Federally Funded Research and Development Center, The Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.
Sincerely, f)&vfb W
ennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs
Enclosure:
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