[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 55 (Thursday, March 20, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5650]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 40, 50, 70 and 72

RIN 3150-AH45
[NRC-2008-0030]


Decommissioning Planning; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 22, 2008 (73 FR 3812), the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule on 
Decommissioning Planning. The public comment period for this proposed 
rule was to have expired on April 7, 2008. The Nuclear Energy Institute 
(NEI) and several other stakeholders have requested an extension of 90 
days. After due consideration of the requests and considering the 
staff's previous efforts at public outreach during this rulemaking, the 
NRC has decided to extend the comment period by 30 days, until May 8, 
2008. In a letter dated February 29, 2008, NEI requested the additional 
time to provide review of the legacy site issues raised in the proposed 
rule, and to provide input to the NRC staff regarding the specific 
proposed rule text, potential unintended consequences of the 
rulemaking, and draft regulatory guidance released with the proposed 
rule.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on May 8, 
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-AH45 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 NRC's 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: Kevin O'Sullivan, telephone (301) 415-
8112, 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 14th day of March 2008.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
 [FR Doc. E8-5650 Filed 3-19-08; 8:45 am]
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