[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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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.
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