[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 56274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27208]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20


Control of Release of Solid Materials at Licensed Facilities: 
Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period on Issues Paper

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period on Issues Paper.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an early 
and ongoing enhanced participatory process to consider issues and 
possible alternatives related to setting specific requirements on 
control of releases of solid materials. The NRC previously announced 
that the public comment period to provide early input on the issues and 
alternatives would end on November 15, 1999, however it is extending 
the comment period to December 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Cardile; e-mail [email protected], 
telephone: (301) 415-6185; Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, USNRC, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC previously announced in a Federal 
Register Notice (FRN) dated June 30, 1999 (64 FR 35090), that it is 
considering issues and possible alternatives related to setting 
specific requirements on control of releases of solid materials. The 
FRN included an Issues Paper which describes issues and possible 
alternatives related to controlling the release of solid materials. The 
FRN also indicated that NRC is supplementing its standard rulemaking 
process by conducting enhanced public participatory activities to 
solicit early and ongoing public input, including whether the NRC 
should proceed with a rulemaking. This enhanced process includes four 
facilitated public meetings which were originally scheduled from August 
through November 1999, in Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and 
Washington, DC. It also included a request in the FRN for written or 
electronic comments on the Issues Paper to be submitted by November 15, 
1999.
    The first public meeting planned was to be held in Chicago, 
Illinois, on August 4 and 5, 1999. However the NRC decided to postpone 
the Chicago meeting and reschedule it because several stakeholder 
groups indicated that the short time frame between publication of the 
June 30, 1999, FRN and the August 4-5 meeting did not allow for 
adequate preparation and participation. The postponed meeting has been 
rescheduled for December 7-8, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, in Chicago, IL, at the 
Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street.
    To coincide with the rescheduling of the Chicago meeting, the NRC 
is extending the period for submittal of written and electronic 
comments until December 22, 1999.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of October 1999.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-27208 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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