[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66858-66859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26726]
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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. 78, No. 216 / Thursday, November 7, 2013 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 51
[NRC-2012-0246]
RIN 3150-AJ20
Waste Confidence--Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On September 13, 2013, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule revising its generic
determination on the environmental impacts of the continued storage of
spent nuclear fuel beyond a reactor's licensed life for operation and
prior to ultimate disposal. The public comment period for this proposed
rule was to have ended on November 27, 2013. Due to the lapse in
Federal funding and the subsequent shutdown of the NRC, and requests
from members of the public to extend the comment period, the NRC has
decided to extend the comment period until December 20, 2013. Although
public meetings are not required for rulemaking, the extension of the
comment period will also allow the NRC to attempt to reschedule
meetings related to this rulemaking that were cancelled due to the
government shutdown so that they occur during the comment period.
DATES: For the proposed rule published on September 13, 2013 (78 FR
56776), the comment period has been extended and now ends on December
20, 2013. 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: 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-2012-0246. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
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: Merri Horn, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9167; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0246 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this proposed rule. You may
access publicly-available information related to this proposed rule by
any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0246.
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].
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-2012-0246 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 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 into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On September 13, 2013, the NRC published a proposed rule revising
the generic determination of the environmental impacts of the continued
storage of spent nuclear fuel beyond a reactor's licensed life for
operation and prior to ultimate disposal. (78 FR 56776). The NRC
prepared a draft generic environmental impact statement to support this
proposed rule. In the proposed rule, the Commission proposes to
conclude that the generic environmental impact statement generically
addresses the environmental impacts of continued storage of spent
nuclear fuel beyond the licensed life for operation of a reactor and
supports the determinations that it is feasible to safely store spent
nuclear fuel beyond
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the licensed life for operation of a reactor and to have a mined
geologic repository within 60 years following the licensed life for
operation of a reactor. The proposed rule also would clarify that the
generic determination applies to a license renewal for an independent
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI).
The public comment period for the proposed rule and the draft
generic environmental impact statement was to have expired on November
27, 2013. Due to the lapse in Federal funding and the subsequent
shutdown of the NRC, and requests from members of the public to extend
the comment period, the NRC has decided to extend the comment period
until December 20, 2013.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of November 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-26726 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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