[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 37461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13338]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NUREG-1748, Draft Report]


Environmental Review Guidance for Licensing Actions Associated 
With NMSS Programs; Notice of Extended Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Extended Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is extending the 
public comment period on the draft document ``Environmental Review 
Guidance for Licensing Actions Associated with NMSS Programs'' (NUREG-
1748) until November 30, 2002. The availability of this document was 
originally noticed in the Federal Register on October 18, 2001 (66 FR 
52951). This document provides guidance for the planning and 
implementation of National Environmental Policy Act requirements. The 
guidance is intended for use by NRC staff and licensees/applicants, and 
provides information to the public. The NRC is seeking public comment 
in order to receive feedback from the widest range of interested 
parties and to ensure that all information relevant to developing the 
document is available to the NRC staff. This document was issued for 
interim use and comment in September 2001. The NRC will review public 
comments received on the draft document. Suggested changes will be 
incorporated, where appropriate, in response to those comments.

DATES: Comments received by November 30, 2002, will be considered. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
practical.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public are invited and encouraged to submit 
comments to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Mail Stop T6-D59, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments 
may also be sent electronically to [email protected].
    NUREG-1748 is available for inspection and copying for a fee at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, U.S. NRC's Headquarters Building, 
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and 
electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web 
site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Electronic Reading Room).
    A free single copy of NUREG-1748 will be made available to 
interested parties until the supply is exhausted. Such copies may be 
requested by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Distribution Services, Washington, DC 20555-0001 or submitting an e-
mail to [email protected]. NUREG-1748 is available on the World Wide 
Web at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1748/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Either of the following: Matthew 
Blevins, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7-J8, 
Washington, DC 20555, Phone Number: (301) 415-7684, e-mail: 
[email protected]; or Melanie Wong, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail 
Stop T7-J8, Washington, DC 20555, Phone Number: (301) 415-6262, e-mail: 
[email protected]. Please e-mail comments to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of May, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Essig,
 Chief, Environmental and Performance Assessment Branch, Division of 
Waste Management, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 02-13338 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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