STC-19-017, Comment Period Extension ISR FRN 84 Fr 6979

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Comment Period Extension ISR FRN 84 Fr 6979
ML19064A701
Person / Time
Issue date: 03/01/2019
From: Theresa Clark
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:
References
84FR6979, NRC-2008-0421, RIN 3150-AI40, STC-19-017
Download: ML19064A701 (2)
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register 6979 Vol. 84, No. 41 Friday, March 1, 2019 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 40

[NRC-2008-0421]

RIN 3150-AI40 Ground Water Protection at Uranium In Situ Recovery Facilities AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Request for comment; extension of comment period.

SUMMARY

On January 31, 2019, the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested comments on whether it should proceed with a rulemaking to promulgate a generic set of regulations for the operation of uranium in situ recovery (ISR) facilities, including ground water protection requirements, to standardize existing NRC ISR licensing and oversight practices. The public comment period originally was scheduled to close on March 4, 2019.

The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on January 31, 2019 (84 FR 574) is extended. Comments should be filed no later than May 3, 2019. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0421. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
  • Email comments to:

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 301-415-1677.

  • Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301-415-1101.

  • Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN:

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.

  • Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(Eastern Time) Federal workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.

For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew G. Carrera, telephone: 301-415-1078; email: Andrew.Carrera@

nrc.gov; or Gary Comfort, telephone:

301-415-8106; email: Gary.Comfort@

nrc.gov. Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0421 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods:

adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with 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.

  • NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0421 in your comment submission.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission.

The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS.

The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 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 disclosed in their comment submission.

Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion On January 31, 2019, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (84 FR 574) requesting comments on whether it should proceed with a rulemaking to promulgate a generic set of regulations for the operation of ISR facilities, including ground water protection requirements, to standardize existing NRC ISR licensing and oversight practices. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on March 4, 2019. By letter dated February 20, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19052A425), the National Resources Defense Council, on behalf of itself and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Energy &

Conservation Law, the Powder River Basin Resource Center, and the Western Mining Action Project, requested that the NRC extend the deadline to comment by 60 days. The NRC is granting this request and will extend the public comment period until May 3, 2019, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their comments.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of February 2019.

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6980 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 41 / Friday, March 1, 2019 / Proposed Rules For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Theresa V. Clark, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 2019-03556 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 73

[NRC-2014-0118]

RIN 3150-AJ41 Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Revised regulatory basis; request for comment.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting comments on a draft revised regulatory basis to support a rulemaking that would update special nuclear material (SNM) physical protection requirements for fuel cycle facilities. The rule would establish generically applicable security requirements similar to those imposed by security orders issued by the NRC following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

DATES: Submit comments by April 1, 2019. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so; however, the NRC is only able to ensure consideration of comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0118. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
  • Email comments to:

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 301-415-1677.

  • Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301-415-1101.

  • Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN:

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.

  • Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(Eastern Time) Federal workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.

  • Comments that contain proprietary or sensitive information: Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document to determine the most appropriate method for submitting those comments.

For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy Harris, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-3594, email:

Timothy.Harris@nrc.gov; or Edward Lohr, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-0253, email: Edward.Lohr@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0118 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods:

adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with 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.

  • NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2014-0118 in your comment submission.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission.

The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS.

The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons to not include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission.

Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

Please note that the NRC will not provide formal written responses to each of the comments received on the draft revised regulatory basis. However, the NRC will consider all comments received in the development of the final regulatory basis.

II. Discussion On April 22, 2015, the NRC published in the Federal Register (ADAMS Accession No. ML14321A007) a regulatory basis for the Rulemaking for Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material proposed rule. The proposed rule would amend the requirements in part 73 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Physical Protection of Plants and Materials. The Commission recently directed that resources be allocated for this rulemaking with the exclusive scope of codifying the requirements of the post-9/11 security orders.

Consistent with this direction and the NRCs rulemaking process, the staff has prepared a draft revised regulatory basis to describe and document the results of assessments and analyses performed by the NRC in support of the proposed rule for enhancing security for SNM. The draft revised regulatory basis document is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18332A053.

The 2015 regulatory basis set forth four objectives for the rulemaking: (1)

Make generically applicable physical protection measures similar to those imposed by security orders issued following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (post-9/11 security orders); (2) consider risk insights gained from new national laboratory studies, implementation and oversight experience, and international guidance; (3) improve consistency and clarity of SNM physical protection requirements; and (4) use a risk-informed and performance-based structure. The NRC VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:12 Feb 28, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\\FR\\FM\\01MRP1.SGM 01MRP1 jbell on DSK30RV082PROD with PROPOSALS

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