[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10187-10188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3597]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 60, 63, 73, and 74

RIN 3150-AI06


Geologic Repository Operations Area Security and Material Control 
and Accounting Requirements; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 20, 2007 (72 FR 72522), the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule on 
Geologic Repository Operations Area Security and Material Control and 
Accounting Requirements. The public comment period for this proposed 
rule was to have expired on March 4, 2008. The Nuclear Energy Institute 
(NEI) has requested an extension to May 5, 2008. Due to the complex 
nature of the proposed rule, the NRC has decided to extend the comment 
period until May 5, 2008. In a letter dated January 22, 2008, NEI 
requested the additional time to fully capture the relevant industry 
experience with the type of post September 11, 2001 security

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enhancements discussed in the proposal.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on May 5, 
2008. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to assure consideration only 
for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include the following number RIN 3150-AI06 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 
in NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). 
Personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-
mail address, etc., will not be removed from your submission.
    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 301-415-1677. Comments can also be submitted via 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov.
    Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. (Telephone 
301-415-1677).
    Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 
301-415-1101.
    Publicly available documents related to this rulemaking, including 
comments, may be viewed electronically on the public computers located 
at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee.
    Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC after 
November 1, 1999, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic 
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this 
site, the public can gain entry into 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 PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 
or by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merri Horn, telephone (301) 415-8126, 
e-mail, [email protected] of the Office of Federal and State Materials and 
Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of February 2008.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
 [FR Doc. E8-3597 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
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