[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71232-71233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34125]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70


Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material; Request For 
Public Comments on Rulemaking Activities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Request for public input on rule development.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making 
available, through the use of the Internet, draft rule language and 
associated guidance documents governing Domestic Licensing of Special 
Nuclear Material and requesting public comment. The Commission has 
directed the staff to continue public discussion of all relevant 
documents with stakeholders, including use of the Internet, and submit 
a revised proposed rulemaking package for Commission approval in June 
1999. After Commission approval, a proposed rule will be published for 
public comment.

DATES: Public input is solicited during development of the proposed 
rule package, but to be most helpful, should be received by dates that 
will be specified on the Internet site. Comments received after the 
dates specified will be considered for development of the proposed rule 
if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is only able to ensure 
consideration of comments received on or before the specified dates. If 
appropriate, late comments may be considered as part of the comments 
received during the formal public comment period on the proposed rule.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the draft rule language and associated documents 
can be obtained either electronically at the NRC Technical Conference 
Forum Website under the topic ``Revised Requirements for the Domestic 
Licensing of Special Nuclear Material (Part 70)'' 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.
    Comments may be posted electronically on the NRC Technical 
Conference Forum Website at http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/
messages?dom--lic. Comments

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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: Theodore S. Sherr, Andrew Persinko, or 
Barry T. Mendelsohn; Telephone (301) 415-7218, (301) 415-6522, or (301) 
415-7270; Email [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]; Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    In a December 1, 1998 Staff Requirements Memorandum, the Commission 
disapproved publication of the staff's draft proposed rule. The 
Commission directed the staff to continue to discuss all relevant 
documents with stakeholders (NEI, Department of Energy, and others) in 
public, including use of the Internet, and submit a revised proposed 
rulemaking package to the Commission for approval six months from 
December 1, 1998. In the process of developing a revised draft proposed 
rule package, the NRC staff will periodically make interim drafts 
publicly available, as noted above, and seek comments on those drafts. 
When the Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will be published 
in the Federal Register for formal public comment.
    To use the Website to view SECY-98-185, meeting transcripts, and 
letters from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and other commenters, 
select dom lic Library and then click on NRC TECH CONF Text and Other 
Documents to view the documents available in this library. 
Alternatively, you can direct your browser to go directly to: http://
techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/library?source=*&library=dom lic lib&file=*.
    The transcripts of previous meetings and letters from the NEI on 
chemical safety regulation and other issues are near the end of the 
library of documents and can be reached by scrolling down past all of 
the Standard Review Plan sections, which are listed individually.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of December, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-34125 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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