ML21028A664
| ML21028A664 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/28/2021 |
| From: | John Lubinski Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| To: | Margaret Doane NRC/EDO |
| Trussell, Gregory | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML21028A646 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2018-0300, RIN 3150-AK54 | |
| Download: ML21028A664 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 28, 2021 MEMORANDUM TO: Margaret M. Doane Executive Director for Operations FROM: John W. Lubinski, Director /RA/
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING -
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (RIN 3150-AK54; NRC-2018-0300)
Your approval and signature are requested on the enclosed Federal Register notice for an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR). In Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM)-SECY-20-0065, Rulemaking Plan-Categorical Exclusions from Environmental Review, dated November 30, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20336A009), the Commission approved the staffs recommendation to initiate a rulemaking to add new categorical exclusions and amend existing categorical exclusions in Part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions. The Commission also approved the staffs recommendation to delegate authority for issuing the ANPR to the Executive Director for Operations.
Staff has developed the ANPR to request public input on specific topics and ask questions on possible revisions to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) requirements for categorical exclusions from environmental review. Stakeholder input will be used to inform the development of the proposed rule. In developing the ANPR, the staff used targeted internal communications to identify examples of possible changes related to categorical exclusions in accordance with direction from SRM-SECY-20-0065. For example, staff launched a challenge campaign through the IdeaScale platform from February 16 to March 2, 2021, to seek input from NRC staff to help identify amendments, clarifications, or new category of actions for inclusion in the ANPR. Staff publicized this campaign through agencywide announcements, the intranet home page banner, newsletters, and targeted e-mails. Staff also met with licensing project management staff who regularly apply the categorical exclusions to identify other potential categorical exclusion changes. In addition, as requested in SRM-SECY-20-0065, staff briefed the Commissioners Assistants on the ANPR contents on April 5, 2021.
Coordination: The Office of the General Counsel has no legal objection.
Enclosure:
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking CONTACT: Gregory Trussell, NMSS/REFS 301-415-6244
M21028A646 (pkg.); ML21028A664 (memo)
OFFICE PM:NMSS/REFS/MRPB RS:NMSS/REFS/MRPB BC:NMSS/REFS/RASB BC:NMSS/REFS/ERMB NAME GTrussell LRonewicz CBladey JQuintero DATE 1/28/2021 1/28/2021 2/19/2021 2/18/2021 OFFICE BC:NMSS/REFS/ENRB BC:NMSS/REFS/ELRB BC:NRR/DORL/LPL1 BC:NMSS/REFS/MRPB NAME KErwin RElliott JDanna JCai DATE 2/19/2021 2/19/2021 2/19/2021 2/12//2021 OFFICE NRR/DORL/D NMSS/REFS/D NMSS/DFM/D R-I Administrator NAME CErlanger KCoyne AKock DLew DATE 3/08/2021 3/11/2021 3/04/2021 3/01/2021 OFFICE R-II Administrator R-III Administrator R-IV Administrator NMSS/DUWP/D NAME LDudes JGiessner SMorris PHolahan DATE 3/03/2021 3/03/2021 3/08/2021 3/19/2021 OFFICE OGC - NLO NMSS/TE NMSS/D EDO NAME SClark CGoode (WMoore for) JLubinski (RLewis for) MDoane DATE 3/24/2021 3/29/2021 4/02/2021 04/28/21