[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71719-71720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24471]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability; NUREG-1574, Rev. 2, ``Standard Review 
Plan on Transfer and Amendment of Antitrust License Conditions and 
Antitrust Enforcement''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the completion 
and availability of NUREG-1574, Rev. 2, ``Standard Review Plan on 
Transfer and Amendment of Antitrust License Conditions and Antitrust 
Enforcement,'' dated November 2007.

ADDRESSES: A copy of NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 is available for inspection 
and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. You may also electronically access 
NUREG-series publications and other NRC records at NRC's Public 
Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven R. Hom, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 301-415-1537, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 (ADAMS accession no. 
ML072260035) reflects the Energy Policy Act of 2005's removal of the 
NRC's antitrust review responsibilities regarding applications for 
licenses under sections 103 and 104 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended. Accordingly, antitrust review procedures that existed in 
the previous

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``Standard Review Plan on Antitrust Reviews'' (NUREG-1574, published 
December 1997) have been omitted from NUREG-1574, Rev. 2. New guidance 
has been incorporated on the appropriate disposition of existing 
antitrust license conditions during direct license transfers and on the 
review of applications to amend antitrust license conditions outside of 
license transfers. NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 also provides guidance regarding 
the NRC's responsibility to refer certain antitrust matters to the 
Attorney General, and regarding the NRC's enforcement of antitrust 
license conditions. NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 supersedes the Standard Review 
Plan on Antitrust Reviews, NUREG-1574, in its entirety.
    Notice of the availability of the draft version of NUREG-1574, Rev. 
2 for public comment was published in the Federal Register on June 7, 
2007 (72 FR 31627). Comments were received from the Nuclear Energy 
Institute (NEI) dated July 9, 2007. NEI stated that the draft NUREG-
1574, Rev. 2 correctly focuses the NRC staff's evaluation of antitrust 
issues as it conducts limited reviews of existing antitrust license 
conditions in the context of certain license transfers and license 
amendment requests related to existing antitrust license conditions. 
According to NEI, the nuclear energy industry believes the draft of 
NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 accurately sets forth the state of the law as it 
applies to NRC licensees. NEI recommended no changes to the draft 
NUREG-1574, Rev. 2. No other comments were received.
    With the exception of some minor editorial changes, the text of the 
draft NUREG-1574, Rev. 2 was carried over to the final NUREG-1574, Rev. 
2.

Congressional Review Act (CRA)

    Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of 1996, the NRC has 
determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified this 
determination with the Office of Management and Budget.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of December, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Michael J. Case,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E7-24471 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]
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