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Extension: Proposed Rule for Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies (Federal Register Notice) - Enclosure (STC-20-056)
ML20205L370
Person / Time
Issue date: 07/21/2020
From:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:
References
NRC-2015-0225, RIN 3150-AJ68, STC-20-056
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44025 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 140 Tuesday, July 21, 2020 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER do not receive an automatic email reply NRC cautions you not to include contains notices to the public of the proposed confirming receipt, then contact us at identifying or contact information that issuance of rules and regulations. The 301-415-1677. you do not want to be publicly purpose of these notices is to give interested

  • Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. disclosed in your comment submission.

persons an opportunity to participate in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The NRC will post all comment rule making prior to the adoption of the final Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: submissions at https://

rules.

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. www.regulations.gov as well as enter the For additional direction on obtaining comment submissions into ADAMS.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY information and submitting comments, The NRC does not routinely edit COMMISSION see Obtaining Information and comment submissions to remove Submitting Comments in the identifying or contact information.

10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of If you are requesting or aggregating this document. comments from other persons for

[NRC-2015-0225] submission to the NRC, then you should FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

RIN 3150-AJ68 Robert Beall, Office of Nuclear Material inform those persons not to include Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301- identifying or contact information that Emergency Preparedness for Small 415-3874; email: Robert.Beall@nrc.gov they do not want to be publicly Modular Reactors and Other New and Eric Schrader, Office of Nuclear disclosed in their comment submission.

Technologies Security and Incident Response; Your request should state that the NRC AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory telephone: 301-287-3789; email: does not routinely edit comment Commission. Eric.Schrader@nrc.gov. Both are staff of submissions to remove such information the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory before making the comment ACTION: Proposed rule and guidance; Commission, Washington, DC 20555- submissions available to the public or request for comment; extension of entering the comment into ADAMS.

comment period. 0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: II. Discussion

SUMMARY

On May 12, 2020, the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) I. Obtaining Information and On June 24, 2020, the NRC received issued for public comment proposed Submitting Comments three emails (ADAMS Accession amendments to its regulations regarding Numbers ML20177A319, A. Obtaining Information ML20177A320, and ML20177A318) new alternative emergency Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015- requesting the comment period for the preparedness requirements for small 0225 when contacting the NRC about proposed rule be extended by an modular reactors and other new the availability of information for this additional 6 months. Two requestors technologies. The public comment action. You may obtain publicly- state that due to the complexity of the period was originally scheduled to close available information related to this rulemaking and the number of related on July 27, 2020. The NRC is extending action by any of the following methods: documents that need to be reviewed, the public comment period to allow

  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to additional time is needed to submit more time for members of the public https://www.regulations.gov and search comments. The third requestor states and other stakeholders to develop and for Docket ID NRC-2015-0225. that due to the COVID-19 public health submit their comments.
  • NRCs Agencywide Documents emergency, this is not the time to ask DATES: The comment period for the Access Management System (ADAMS): communities, emergency response document published on May 12, 2020 You may obtain publicly-available leaders, and disaster readiness (85 FR 28436) is extended. Comments documents online in the ADAMS Public personnel to be commenting on a should be filed no later than September Documents collection at https:// proposed rule.

25, 2020. Comments received after this www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC seeks to ensure the public date will be considered, if it is practical To begin the search, select Begin Web- and other stakeholders have a to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure based ADAMS Search. For problems reasonable opportunity to provide the consideration only for comments with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs NRC with comments on this proposed received on or before this date. Public Document Room (PDR) reference action. The NRC acknowledges that the ADDRESSES: You may submit comments staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, rulemaking documents contain a by any of the following methods: or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. significant amount of information.

  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
  • Attention: The PDR, where you may Accordingly, the NRC has decided to https://www.regulations.gov and search examine and order copies of public extend the comment period for the for Docket ID NRC-2015-0225. Address documents is currently closed. You may proposed rule for an additional 60 days.

questions about NRC dockets to Carol submit your request to the PDR via A 60-day extension provides a Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1- reasonable opportunity for all jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with PROPOSALS email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 800-397-4209 between 8:00 a.m. and stakeholders to review these documents technical questions contact the 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through and to develop informed comments on individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER Friday, except Federal holidays. these documents.

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this The NRC is extending the public document. B. Submitting Comments comment period for the proposed rule

  • Email comments to: Please include Docket ID NRC-2015- until September 25, 2020, to allow more Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 0225 in your comment submission. The time for members of the public and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:03 Jul 20, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\21JYP1.SGM 21JYP1

44026 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 140 / Tuesday, July 21, 2020 / Proposed Rules other stakeholders to submit their Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, comments. 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 2020, DOE published a RFI in the Dated July 16, 2020. Washington, DC 20585-0121. If Federal Register soliciting public For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

possible, please submit all items on a comment on its test procedures for compact disc (CD), in which case it is commercial prerinse spray valves. 85 FR Annette L. Vietti-Cook, not necessary to include printed copies. 34541. Comments were originally due Secretary to the Commission.

Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance on July 6, 2020. On June 25, 2020, DOE

[FR Doc. 2020-15731 Filed 7-20-20; 8:45 am] and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. received a comment from Plumbing BILLING CODE 7590-01-P Department of Energy, Building Manufacturers International (PMI)

Technologies Office, 950 LEnfant Plaza requesting extension of the comment SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. period by 30 days due to the need for DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Telephone: (202) 287-1445. If possible, more detailed feedback from its please submit all items on a CD, in members to inform PMIs comments.1 10 CFR Part 431 which case it is not necessary to include PMI stated that feedback has been printed copies.

[EERE-2019-BT-TP-0025] difficult to obtain due to the current No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be pandemic and related business impacts RIN 1904-AE55 accepted.

and priorities. DOE has reviewed the Docket: For access to the docket to Energy Conservation Program: Test read background documents, or request and considered the benefit to Procedures for Commercial Prerinse comments received, go to the Federal stakeholders in providing additional Spray Valves eRulemaking Portal at http:// time to review the RFI and gather www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail; information/data that DOE is seeking.

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and D=EERE-2019-BT-TP-0025. Accordingly, DOE has determined that a Renewable Energy, Department of The docket, which includes Federal re-opening of the comment period is Energy. Register notices, public meeting appropriate, and will accept comments ACTION: Reopening of public comment attendee lists and transcripts, until August 20, 2020. DOE will period. comments, and other supporting consider any comments received from documents/materials, is available for July 6, 2020 through the end of the

SUMMARY

The U.S. Department of review at http://www.regulations.gov. comment period to be timely submitted.

Energy (DOE) is reopening the public All documents in the docket are listed DOE feels that the additional time comment period for its Request for in the http://www.regulations.gov index. provided is adequate for stakeholders to Information (RFI) regarding test However, some documents listed in the respond to the RFI.

procedures for commercial prerinse index may not be publicly available, spray valves. DOE published the RFI in such as those containing information Signing Authority the Federal Register on June 5, 2020, that is exempt from public disclosure.

establishing a 30-day public comment This document of the Department of The docket web page can be found at: Energy was signed on July 7, 2020, by period that ended on July 6, 2020. On http://www.regulations.gov/

June 25, 2020, DOE received a comment Alexander N. Fitzsimmons, Deputy

  1. !docketDetail;D=EERE-2019-BT-TP-requesting extension of the comment Assistant Secretary for Energy 0025. The docket web page contains period by 30 days. DOE is reopening the Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and instructions on how to access all public comment period for submitting documents, including public comments, Renewable Energy, pursuant to comments for an additional 30 days. in the docket. delegated authority from the Secretary DATES: The comment period for the RFI of Energy. That document with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

published on June 5, 2020 (85 FR original signature and date is Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of 34541), is re-opened. DOE will accept maintained by DOE. For administrative Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and comments, data, and information purposes only, and in compliance with Renewable Energy, Building regarding this RFI received no later than Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 requirements of the Office of the Federal August 20, 2020. Independence Avenue SW, Washington, Register, the undersigned DOE Federal ADDRESSES: Interested persons are DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586- Register Liaison Officer has been encouraged to submit comments, 0371. Email: authorized to sign and submit the identified by docket number EERE- ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ document in electronic format for 2019-BT-TP-0025, by any of the ee.doe.gov. publication, as an official document of following methods: Ms. Kathryn McIntosh, U.S. the Department of Energy. This Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Department of Energy, Office of the administrative process in no way alters www.regulations.gov. Follow the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 the legal effect of this document upon instructions for submitting comments. Independence Avenue SW, Washington, publication in the Federal Register.

Email: CPSV2019TP0025@ee.doe.gov. DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586- Signed in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2020.

Include the docket number EERE-2019- 2002. Email: Kathryn.McIntosh@ Treena V. Garrett, BT-TP-0025 and/or RIN 1904-AE55 in hq.doe.gov.

the subject line of the message. Submit Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.

For further information on how to jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with PROPOSALS Department of Energy.

electronic comments in WordPerfect, submit a comment or review other Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file [FR Doc. 2020-15002 Filed 7-20-20; 8:45 am]

public comments and the docket contact format, and avoid the use of special the Appliance and Equipment BILLING CODE 6450-01-P characters or any form of encryption. Standards Program staff at (202) 287-Postal Mail: Appliance and 1445 or by email: 1 DOE has posted this comment to the docket at Equipment Standards Program, U.S. ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-Department of Energy, Building ee.doe.gov. 2019-BT-TP-0025-0002.

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