[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38742-38743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16115]
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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. 77, No. 126 / Friday, June 29, 2012 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2011-0087]
RIN 3150-AI96
Non-Power Reactor License Renewal
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Preliminary draft regulatory basis; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is making available a preliminary draft regulatory basis for a proposed
rulemaking that would amend the NRC's regulations concerning the
license renewal requirements for non-power reactors. This contemplated
rulemaking would also make conforming changes to address technical
issues in existing non-power reactor regulations. The NRC is seeking
input from the public, licensees, certificate holders, and other
stakeholders on the preliminary draft regulatory basis.
DATES: Submit comments by July 31, 2012. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this preliminary draft regulatory basis, which the NRC possesses and
are publicly available, by searching on http://www.regulations.gov
under Docket ID NRC-2011-0087. You may submit comments by any of the
following methods (unless this document describes a different method
for submitting comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0087. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Hardesty, Project Manager,
Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Mail Stop: O12-E20,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-3724; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0087 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this preliminary draft
regulatory basis. You may access information related to this
preliminary draft regulatory basis, which the NRC possesses and are
publicly available, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0087.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced. The preliminary draft regulatory basis is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML12167A383.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0087 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Background
In response to Commission direction in a Staff Requirements
Memorandum for SECY-08-0161 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML082550140 and
ML090850159), the NRC has developed a preliminary draft regulatory
basis for a proposed rulemaking regarding non-power reactor licenses.
The preliminary draft regulatory basis document describes the NRC's
overall objectives, conceptual approaches, potential solutions,
integration with the NRC's strategic goals, and related technical and
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regulatory clarity issues for the proposed rulemaking. The NRC is
soliciting comments on this preliminary draft regulatory basis document
from the public, licensees, and other stakeholders to confirm that an
adequate regulatory basis exists to proceed with rulemaking to issue
amended license renewal regulations for non-power reactors. The NRC
conducted public meetings and Webinars on September 13 (ML112710285),
and December19, 2011 (ML113630166), and on June 20, 2012 (ML12177A334),
to discuss the regulatory basis and to facilitate the public's and
stakeholders' submission of informed comments.
The NRC is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on the
preliminary draft regulatory basis to streamline non-power reactor
license renewal. After the NRC staff considers public comments, it will
make a determination regarding issuance of the final regulatory basis.
Any subsequent versions of the regulatory basis will be posted on
www.regulations.gov in Docket ID NRC-2011-0087. Regulations.gov allows
you to receive alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket
folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the docket folder, NRC-2011-0087;
(2) click the ``Email Alert'' link; and (3) enter your email address
and select how frequently you would like to receive emails (daily,
weekly or monthly).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of June, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jessie F. Quichocho,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy
and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-16115 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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