[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3473]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 28, 2007 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50, 72, and 73
RIN 3150-AG63
Power Reactor Security Requirements; Reopening of Public Comment
Period
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: Reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 26, 2006 (71 FR 62664), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule that
would amend its current security regulations and would add new security
requirements pertaining to nuclear power reactors. Additionally, this
rulemaking includes new proposed security requirements for Category I
strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) facilities for access to
enhanced weapons and firearms background checks. A 75-day comment
period was provided for the proposed rule that expired on January 9,
2007. The comment period for the information collection aspects of the
proposed rule expired on November 27, 2006. The comment period for this
rulemaking was extended on January 5, 2007 (72 FR 480) to close on
February 23, 2007. In the same notice, the comment period for the
information collection aspects of the rulemaking was extended to
January 11, 2007.
The comment period for the proposed rule has been reopened and now
expires on March 26, 2007. This includes an extension to the comment
period on the information collection aspects of the rulemaking to have
both comment periods close on the same day.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule has been reopened and
now expires on March 26, 2007. This applies to all aspects of the
rulemaking, both general comments, as well as comments on the
information collection aspects of the rulemaking. 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, DC 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
Web site: http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. 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 Web site:
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 Reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, 202-634-3273 or by e-mail to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Reed, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-1462; e-mail: [email protected] or Mr. Dennis
Gordon, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-
6671; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to inclement weather, a public meeting
scheduled to be held on February 14, 2007 was postponed until March 9,
2007. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the proposed rule with
members of the public and thereby provide information to the public to
help inform their comments on the proposed rulemaking. Subsequently on
February 16, 2007, the NRC received two separate requests for extension
of the comment period on the proposed rule from Riverkeeper, Inc., and
the New York State Attorney General's Office. Both requests suggested
an extension of the comment period until a date after the public
meeting planned for February 14, 2007, was rescheduled. Riverkeeper
requested a 60-day extension, while the New York State Attorney
General's Office did not specify a particular date.
In order to enable this dialogue with stakeholders to take place
prior to the close of the comment period on this proposed rule, and in
response to requests from Riverkeeper and the New York State Attorney
General, the comment period for the proposed rulemaking is reopened for
an additional 30 days. This action is consistent with the NRC's desire
to receive informed comments from external stakeholders on this
proposed rulemaking. Note that the NRC is now extending the comment
period on the information collection aspects of this rulemaking to
close on the same day as the general comment period.
The deadline for comments on any aspect of this proposed rulemaking
is extended to March 26, 2007.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-3473 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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