[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2445]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 2

RIN 3150-AF88


Procedures Applicable to Proceedings for the Issuance of Licenses 
for the Receipt of High-Level Radioactive Waste at a Geologic 
Repository

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 13, 1997 (62 FR 60789), the NRC published for 
public comment a proposed rule to amend the Rules of Practice for the 
licensing proceeding on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at 
a geologic repository (HLW proceeding). The comment period for this 
proposed rule was scheduled to expire on January 27, 1997. In a letter 
dated December 31, 1997, and received by NRC on January 12, 1998, a 
representative of Clark County, Nevada, requested a 30 to 60-day 
extension of the comment period. This extension is requested to allow 
Clark County, Nevada, and other affected units of local government, 
whose funding for participation in the HLW proceeding has only recently 
been restored, sufficient time to review the proposed rule and submit 
comments. In response to this request, the NRC has decided to extend 
the comment period for 60 days.

DATES: The comment period has been extended 60 days and will now expire 
on March 30, 1998. Comments submitted after this date will be 
considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration 
cannot be given except for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Send comments by mail addressed to the Secretary, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    Hand-deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
web site through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format), if 
your web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-
5905; e-mail [email protected].
    Documents related to this rulemaking, including comments received, 
may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. 
(Lower Level), Washington, DC. These same documents also may be viewed 
and downloaded electronically via the interactive rulemaking website 
established by NRC for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn L. Winsberg, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-1641, 
e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of January, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-2445 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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