[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21888]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

RIN 3150-AF61


Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to amend its 
rules to clarify when and how licensees and other members of the public 
may use electronic means such as CD-ROM and e-mail to communicate with 
the agency. These amendments are necessary to implement the Government 
Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). In the Rules and Regulations section 
of this Federal Register, the NRC is publishing a direct final rule on 
this subject, because the Agency views this action as noncontroversial 
and anticipates that it will not receive significant adverse comments. 
A detailed rationale for the rulemaking is set forth in the direct 
final rule notice. If the NRC does not receive any significant adverse 
comments on this rule, then the rule will become final without further 
proceedings. If the NRC receives significant material and adverse 
comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and the NRC will 
address all public comments received in a later final rule based on 
this proposed rule. The NRC will not begin a second comment period. At 
the same time that the NRC is proposing to amend its rules, it is also 
making available guidance on how to submit documents to the agency 
electronically. The guidance is appended to the Federal Register 
publication of the direct final rule. When the final rule becomes 
effective, this new guidance document will supersede earlier guidance 
on electronic submissions.

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule ends on October 21, 
2002. Comments received after that date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure only that comments 
received on or before this date will be considered. The NRC staff will 
hold a public meeting to answer questions on issues arising from this 
action on October 3, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    Deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.
    Comments may also be submitted via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site permits a commenter to 
upload comments as files (most formats), if the commenter's Web browser 
supports that function. For information about the interactive 
rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, 301-415-5905, 
[email protected].
    Comments received may be viewed and downloaded electronically via 
the interactive rulemaking Web site. Comments will also be available 
electronically for public inspection in the Publicly Available Records 
System (PARS) Library component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the 
NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov by selecting ``Documents in 
ADAMS'' from the index, and at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). The 
PDR is located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, (First 
Floor), Rockville, MD. If you do not have access to ADAMS, or if you 
have difficulty accessing the documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC 
Public Document Room Reference Staff by phone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-
415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected]. The guidance the agency is 
issuing as an appendix to the direct final rule is also available via 
ADAMS at the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/eie.html, 
by calling (301) 415-6030, by e-mail at [email protected], or by writing to 
the Applications Development Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, at the main NRC address, given under the ADDRESSES heading 
above.
    The public meeting will be held in the auditorium at NRC 
Headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville, MD, beginning at 
8:30 a.m. and ending about 12:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. Skoczlas, 301-415-7186, 
[email protected]; or Brenda J. Shelton, 301-415-7233, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the direct 
final rule of the same title, which is found in the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register.

    Dated at Rockville Maryland, this 22nd day of August, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-21888 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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