[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69065-69066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27519]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20

[NRC-2009-0279]
RIN 3150-AJ29


Radiation Protection

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On July 25, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
published for comment an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) 
to obtain input from stakeholders on the development of a draft 
regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis would identify potential 
changes to the NRC's current radiation protection regulations. The 
potential changes, if implemented, would achieve a closer alignment 
between the NRC's radiation protection regulations and the 
recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological 
Protection (ICRP) contained in ICRP Publication 103 (2007). The public 
comment period was originally scheduled to close on November 24, 2014. 
The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on the ANPR to 
provide additional time for members of the public and other 
stakeholders to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The comment period in the notice published on July 25, 2014 (79 
FR 43284) is extended. Comments should be filed no later than March 24, 
2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure 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-NRC-2009-0279. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual 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 
obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining 
Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.
     Comments that contain proprietary or sensitive 
information: Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document to determine the most 
appropriate method for submitting these comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cardelia Maupin, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2312; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0279 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0279.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 
ANPR document is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14183B023.
     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-2009-0279 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

    On July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43284), the NRC published for comment an 
ANPR to obtain input from stakeholders on the development of a draft 
regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis would identify potential 
changes to the NRC's current radiation protection regulations.

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The potential changes, if implemented, would achieve a closer alignment 
between the NRC's radiation protection regulations and the 
recommendations in ICRP Publication 103 (2007).
    The ANPR identifies specific questions and issues with respect to a 
possible revision of NRC's radiation protection requirements. 
Stakeholder comments, including responses to the specific questions, 
will be considered by the NRC staff when it develops the draft 
regulatory basis. The public comment period was originally scheduled to 
close on November 24, 2014. The NRC has decided to extend the public 
comment period to allow more time for members of the public and other 
stakeholders to develop and submit their comments. The deadline for 
submitting comments is extended to March 24, 2015.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of November 2014.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Laura A. Dudes,
Director Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2014-27519 Filed 11-19-14; 8:45 am]
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