[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70618-70619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29108]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70, 170 and 171
[NRC-2009-0084]
RIN 3150-AH15
Distribution of Source Material to Exempt Persons and to General
Licensees and Revision of General License and Exemptions; Extension of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 26, 2010, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or the Commission) published for public comment a proposed rule to
amend its regulations to require that the initial distribution of
source material to exempt persons or general licensees be explicitly
authorized by a specific license. The proposed rule would also modify
the existing possession and use requirements of the general license for
small quantities of source material and revise, clarify, or delete
certain source material exemptions from licensing. The public comment
period for this proposed rule was to have expired on November 23, 2010.
The NRC has determined a need to develop draft implementation guidance
to support this proposed rule and plans to publish such draft guidance
no later than early January 2011. In order to allow the public
sufficient time to review and comment on the proposed rule with the
benefit of review of the draft implementation guidance, the NRC has
decided to extend the comment period until February 15, 2011.
DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on February
15, 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-2009-0084 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-2009-0084. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone: 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Comfort, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-
8106, 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, Room 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-2009-0084.
Discussion
The NRC published a proposed rule that would amend its regulations
in part 40 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations to require
that the initial distribution of source material to exempt persons or
general licensees be explicitly authorized by a specific license, which
would include new reporting requirements. The proposed rule is intended
to provide the Commission with more complete and timely information on
the types and quantities of source material distributed for use either
under exemption or by general licensees. In addition, the NRC is
proposing to modify the existing possession and use requirements of the
general license for small quantities of source material to better align
the requirements with current health and safety standards. Finally, the
NRC is proposing to revise, clarify, or delete certain source material
exemptions from licensing to make the exemptions more risk informed.
This proposed rule would affect manufacturers and distributors of
certain products and materials containing source material and certain
persons using source material under general license and under
exemptions from licensing.
The proposed rule was published on July 26, 2010 (75 FR 43425) and
the public comment period was to have expired November 23, 2010. The
NRC has determined a need to develop draft implementation guidance to
support this proposed rule and plans to publish the draft
implementation guidance no
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later than early January 2011. In order to allow the public sufficient
time to review and comment on the proposed rule with the benefit of
review of the draft implementation guidance, the NRC has decided to
extend the comment period until February 15, 2011.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of November 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-29108 Filed 11-17-10; 8:45 am]
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