[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31799]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Final Standard Review Plan for Antitrust Reviews: Issuance, 
Availability

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this final 
Standard Review Plan (SRP) for Antitrust Reviews to describe the 
procedures (prescribed in Sections 105 and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended) for performing antitrust reviews and enforcing 
antitrust license conditions. This SRP reflects current regulations and 
policy and will be updated as necessary to reflect changes in NRC 
regulations.
    The revised text for the SRP for Antitrust Reviews includes the 
resolution of public comments received in response to the draft version 
issued on December 27, 1996 (61 FR 68309). The purpose of the draft SRP 
was to solicit comments on the current NRC staff practice in carrying 
out the NRC's antitrust mandate in accordance with the Atomic Energy 
Act, to review construction permit and operating license applications 
and transfer requests, and to enforce antitrust license conditions.
    The NRC has published its Standard Review Plan for Antitrust 
Reviews (NUREG-1574), under Section 109, Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Appropriation Authorization, Public Law 96-295. The SRP describes the 
procedures used to implement the antitrust review and enforcement 
provisions in Sections 105 and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended.
    The final SRP for Antitrust Reviews is a ``rule'' for the purposes 
of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C., 
Chapter 8). The staff, in consultation with the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), has confirmed that this SRP is a not a major rule.
    The final SRP for Antitrust Reviews does not, by itself, establish 
any new or revised requirements. It incorporates previously established 
NRC staff positions, public comments on the draft SRP for Antitrust 
Reviews, and lessons learned from completed reviews of various 
restructuring and reorganization applications. The review guidance in 
the SRP will be used by the NRC staff in evaluating future submittals 
in connection with applications for construction permits, operating 
licenses, combined operating licenses, and operating license transfer 
requests.
    The final SRP for Antitrust Reviews is being made available to the 
public as part of the NRC's policy to inform the nuclear industry and 
the general public of regulatory procedures and policies. The SRP will 
be revised periodically to reflect changes to statutes and NRC rules 
and regulations.
    Copies of NUREG-1574 may be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, 
DC 20013-7082. Copies are also available from the National Technical 
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. A 
copy is also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the 
NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, 
DC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of November, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Essig,
Acting Chief, Generic Issues and Environmental Projects Branch, 
Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-31799 Filed 12-3-97; 8:45 am]
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