[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13217]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 110

RIN 3150-AH21


General License for Import of Major Nuclear Reactor Components

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to amend its 
regulations to issue a general license for the import of major 
components of utilization facilities for end-use at NRC-licensed 
reactors. The amendment is necessary to facilitate imports of major 
components of domestic nuclear reactors in furtherance of protection of 
public health and safety and will also reduce unnecessary regulatory 
burdens related to the maintenance of NRC-licensed reactors. 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 on August 11, 2003, 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and the NRC will 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.

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule ends on June 27, 2003. 
Comments received after this 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.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include the following number [RIN 3150-AH21] in the subject line 
of your comments. Comments on rulemakings submitted in writing or in 
electronic form will be made available to the public in their entirety 
on the NRC rulemaking Web site. Personal information will not be 
removed from your comments.
    Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    E-mail comments to: [email protected]. If you do not receive a reply e-
mail confirming that we have received your comments, contact us 
directly at (301) 415-1966. You may also submit comments via the NRC's 
rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address questions 
about our rulemaking Web site to Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-5905; e-
mail [email protected].
    Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, between 7:30 am and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 
(301) 415-1101.
    Publicly available documents related to this rulemaking may be 
examined and copied for a fee at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. Selected documents, including comments, can be 
viewed and downloaded electronically via the NRC's rulemaking Web site 
at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.
    Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/reading-rm/adams.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. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or 
by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace H. Kim, Senior Attorney, Office 
of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-3605, e-mail [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 9th day of May, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director For Operations.
[FR Doc. 03-13217 Filed 5-27-03; 8:45 am]
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