[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17431]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Change of Control and About Bankruptcy Involving 
Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material Licenses, Availability 
of Draft NUREG

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NRC is announcing the availability of and requesting comment 
on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 15, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials 
Licenses: Guidance about Change of Control and about Bankruptcy 
Involving Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material Licenses,'' 
dated May 1999.
    NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign its 
materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539, ``Methodology 
and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process Redesign.'' A 
critical element of the new process is consolidating and updating 
numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports. This draft 
NUREG report is the 15th guidance document developed to support an 
improved materials licensing process.
    This guidance is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and NRC 
staff, and will also be available to Agreement States. This document 
combines and updates the guidance found in NRC Information Notice 89-
25, Rev. 1: ``Unauthorized Transfer of Ownership or Control of Licensed 
Activities''; NRC Information Notice 97-30: ``Control of Licensed 
Material During Reorganizations, Employee-Management Disagreements, and 
Financial Crises''; and Policy and Guidance Directive 8-11, ``NMSS 
Procedures for Reviewing Declarations of Bankruptcy.'' Upon publication 
in final form, the guidance in this report will supersede Policy and 
Guidance Directive 8-11. This draft report takes a more risk-informed, 
performance-based approach to evaluating changes of control or 
bankruptcy of byproduct, source, and special nuclear material 
licensees, reducing the information (amount and level of detail) needed 
to properly inform NRC of a change of control or bankruptcy. Note that 
this document is strictly for public comment and is not for use in 
preparing or reviewing notifications of changes of control or 
bankruptcy until it is published in final form. It is being distributed 
for comment to encourage public participation in its development.

DATES: The comment period ends October 7, 1999. Comments received after 
that time will be considered if practicable.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be 
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to 
[email protected].
    Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of 
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 15, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the 
Internet by addressing electronic mail to [email protected]. A copy of draft 
NUREG-1556, Volume 15, is also available for inspection and/or copying 
for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower 
Level), Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.
    The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal 
government's writing be in plain language. The NRC requests comments on 
this licensing guidance NUREG specifically with respect to the clarity 
and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, telephone (301) 415-7874; 
electronic mail address: [email protected].

Electronic Access

    Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 15 is available electronically by visiting 
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of June, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
 Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-17431 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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