ML22353A085
| ML22353A085 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/19/2022 |
| From: | Christopher Regan NRC/NMSS/DREFS |
| To: | |
| References | |
| 10 CFR Part 50, RIN 3150-AK71, NRC-2020-0036 | |
| Download: ML22353A085 (5) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
RIN 3150-AK71
[NRC-2020-0036]
Reporting Requirements for Nonemergency Events at Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory basis; extension of comment period.
SUMMARY
- On November 9, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC)
requested comments on a regulatory basis to support a rulemakin g that would amend its
regulations for nonemergency event notifications. The public c omment period was
originally scheduled to close on January 9, 2023. The NRC is e xtending the comment
period to extend the public comment period to allow more time f or members of the public
to develop and submit their comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on November
9, 2022 (87 FR 67571), is extended. Comments should be filed n o later than January
31, 2023. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so,
but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for com ments received on or
before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; howe ver,
the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking
website:
- Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0036. Address questions about NR C dockets to Dawn
Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407; email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For technical
questions contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INF ORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
- Email comments to: Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do not
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then conta ct us at 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submittin g comments, see
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEME NTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexa Sieracki, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Wash ington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-301-7509; email: Alexa.Sieracki@nrc.gov; or Brian Benney,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory C ommission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2767; email: Brian.Benney@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0036 (formerly Docket ID NRC-2018-0201)
for the associated petition for rulemaking) when contacting the NRC about the
availability of information for this action. You may obtain pu blicly available information
related to this action by any of the following methods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0036 (or Docket ID NRC-2018-0201 for the associated
petition for rulemaking).
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the
reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in th is document are provided
in the Availability of Documents section.
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointm ent to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Frid ay, except Federal
holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the F ederal
rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-
0036 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact inf ormation that
you do not want to be publicly dis closed in your comment submission. The NRC will
post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edi t comment
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other perso ns for
submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying
or contact information that they do not want to be publicly dis closed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information before making the commen t submissions
available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On November 9, 2022, the NRC requested comments on a regulatory basis to
support a rulemaking that would amend its regulations for nonem ergency event
notifications, evaluate the current requirements and guidance f or immediate notification
of nonemergency events for operating nuclear power reactors and assess whether the
requirements present an unnecessary reporting burden.
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on January 9.
2023. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on this document
until January 31, 2023, to allow more time for members of the p ublic to submit their
comments.
The NRC may post materials related to this document, including public
comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket ID NRC-2020-0036. In addition, the Federal rulemaking w ebsite allows
members of the public to receive alerts when changes or additio ns occur in a docket
folder. To subscribe: 1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2 020-0036); 2) click the
Subscribe link; and 3) enter an email address and click on th e Subscribe link.
Dated December 19, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Christopher M. Regan, Director Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.