[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27045-27046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12338]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 1, 2, 50, 51, 52, 54, 60, 70, 73, 76, and 110

RIN 3150-AG49


Changes to Adjudicatory Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On April 16, 2001 (66 FR 19610), the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule amending 
its rules of practice to make the NRC's hearing process more effective 
and efficient. Jonathan M. Block and the Nuclear Information and 
Resource Service (NIRS) requested a 90 and 120 day extension, 
respectively, to the public comment period. Their requests were based 
on the fact that the transcripts of a public meeting on NRC Hearing 
Processes which was held on October 26-27, 1999, had not been placed in 
the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) as was indicated in the April 16, 
2001 Federal Register notice for the proposed rule, nor otherwise made 
available for electronic downloading on the NRC Web page or through 
ADAMS. The Commission placed the transcripts in the PDR on April 26, 
2001, and subsequently placed the transcripts on the NRC's Web page 
(http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/meettrans.html) and in ADAMS (Accession 
Nos. ML011160507, ML011160525). In view of the 10-day delay in placing 
the transcripts in the PDR and in the interest of obtaining

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public comment from the broadest range of stakeholders, the comment 
period on the proposed rule is being extended for an additional 60 days 
from the original July 16, 2001 deadline to September 14, 2001.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on 
September 14, 2001. Comments received after this date will be 
considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received before this date.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    Hand delivered comments should also be addressed to the Secretary, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and delivered to: 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website (http://ruleforum.llnl). This site also 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].
    Certain documents relating to this rulemaking, including comments 
received, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O1-F21, Rockville, MD. The same documents may also 
be viewed and downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website, 
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Documents created or received at the NRC 
after November 1, 1999 are also available electronically at the NRC's 
Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into 
the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), 
which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. For more 
information, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff 
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geary S. Mizuno, Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone (301) 415-1639, e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of May, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-12338 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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