[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62330-62331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25397]
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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. 75, No. 195 / Friday, October 8, 2010 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 51, 71, and 73
[NRC-2008-0120]
RIN 3150-AI12
Physical Protection of Byproduct Material; Extension of Comment
Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On June 15, 2010, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
published for public comment a proposed rule to establish security
requirements for the use and transport of Category 1 and Category 2
quantities of radioactive material. The public comment period for this
proposed rule was to have expired on October 13, 2010. The NRC received
several requests to extend the comment period to January 18, 2011. Due
to the size and complexity of the proposed rule and the associated
draft implementation guidance, the NRC has decided to extend the
comment period until January 18, 2011.
DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on January
18, 2011. 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: Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0120 in the subject line
of your comments. For instructions on accessing documents related to
this action, see ``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit
comments by any one of the following methods.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2008-0120. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail
[email protected].
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. Hand-deliver comments to: 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm
Federal workdays. (Telephone 301-415-1677)
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at
301-415-1101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merri Horn, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-
8126, e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing Information
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or
aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the
NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to
remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they
should not include any information in their comments that they do not
want publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available documents related to this
proposed rule using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O-1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, 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 NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to
[email protected].
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting
materials related to this proposed rule can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2008-0120.
Discussion
The NRC published a proposed rule that would place the security
requirements for use of Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of
radioactive material into a new Part 37 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations. Category 1 and Category 2 thresholds are based on
the thresholds established for Category 1 and Category 2 in the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Code of Conduct on the Safety
and Security of Radioactive Sources. The NRC considers Category 1 and
Category 2 quantities of radioactive material to be risk-significant
and, therefore, these materials warrant additional protection. The
objective of the proposed rule is to ensure that effective security
measures are in place for the protection of Category 1 and Category 2
quantities of radioactive material against the possibility of misuse of
the radioactive material for malevolent purposes.
The proposed rule was published on June 15, 2010 (75 FR 33902) and
the public comment period was to have expired October 13, 2010. The NRC
received several requests to extend the comment period to January 18,
2011. Due to the size and complexity of the proposed rule and the
associated draft implementation guidance, the NRC has decided to extend
the comment period until January 18, 2011.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of October, 2010.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-25397 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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