[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28814]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 63


Notice of Availability of Staff Recommendations to the 
Commission: Draft Regulations for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive 
Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is reissuing this notice due to an error in the 
website address which appeared in the version published October 14, 
1998 (63 FR 55056). The NRC is making available NRC staff 
recommendations for draft regulations governing disposal of high-level 
radioactive wastes at a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, 
Nevada. The Commission is presently reviewing these staff 
recommendations, and has not yet approved publication of the 
recommended draft regulations as a proposed rule. The Commission is 
making the staff recommendations available now to enable all 
stakeholders to have preliminary access to the document. When the 
Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will be published in the 
Federal Register for formal public comment.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the staff recommendations can be obtained 
electronically at the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website under the 
topic ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive 
Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada'' at 
http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics or from the NRC's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555; 
telephone 202-634-3273; fax 202-634-3343. To view the working paper at 
the Website, select ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level 
Radioactive Waste at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, 
Nevada.''
    Comments may be posted electronically on the NRC Technical 
Conference Forum Website mentioned above. Comments submitted 
electronically can also be viewed at that Website. Comments may also be 
mailed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clark Prichard, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6203; e-mail 
[email protected].; or Timothy McCartin, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6681; e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of October, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 98-28814 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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