[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21250]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2013-0186]


Draft Guidance for Reciprocity

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its 
licensing guidance for reciprocity. The NRC is requesting public 
comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 19, Revision 1, ``Consolidated 
Guidance about Materials Licenses: Guidance for Agreement State 
Licensees about NRC Form 241 `Report of Proposed Activities in Non-
Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, of Offshore 
Waters' and Guidance for NRC Licensees Proposing to Work in Agreement 
State Jurisdiction (Reciprocity).'' The document has been updated from 
the previous revision to include safety culture, security of 
radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes 
in regulatory policies and practices. This document is intended for use 
by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff and will also be available 
to Agreement States.

DATES: Submit comments by September 30, 2013. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is only able to assure consideration of comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related 
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, 
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2013-
0186. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0186. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44MP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    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: Tomas Herrera, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
7138; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0186 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses 
and is publicly available, by the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0186.
     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 draft NUREG-1556, Volume 
19, Revision 1, is available under ADAMS Accession Number ML13234A048.
     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.
    The draft NUREG-1556, Volume 19, Revision 1, is also available on 
the NRC's public Web site on the: (1) ``Consolidated Guidance About 
Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556)'' page at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/; and the (2) ``Draft NUREG-
Series Publications for Comment'' page at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment.html#nuregs.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2013-0186 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 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, and 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. Further Information

    The NUREG provides guidance to an applicant applying to perform 
work under reciprocity and provides the NRC criteria for evaluating a 
reciprocity application. The purpose of this notice is to provide the 
public with an opportunity to review and provide comments on draft 
NUREG-1556, Volume 19, Revision 1; ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Guidance for Agreement State Licensees about NRC 
Form 241 `Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States, Areas 
of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, of Offshore Waters' and Guidance for 
NRC Licensees Proposing to Work in Agreement State Jurisdiction 
(Reciprocity).'' These comments will be considered in the final version 
or subsequent revisions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August, 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian J. McDermott,
Director, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Office of 
Federal and State Materials, and Environmental Management Programs.
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