[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30865]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 70
[NRC-2010-0271]
RIN 3150-AJ34
Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material Written Reports
and Clarifying Amendments
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of January 26, 2015, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2014. This direct
final rule amended regulations related to reportable safety events
involving special nuclear material. This rule increases the time
licensees are allowed to submit a written follow-up report from within
30 days to within 60 days after the initial report of an event, updates
the reporting framework for certain situations, and removes redundant
reporting requirements.
DATES: The effective date of January 26, 2015, for the direct final
rule published September 26, 2014 (79 FR 57721), is confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0271 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may
access publicly-available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0271. 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.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC
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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith McDaniel, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-5252, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
On September 26, 2014 (79 FR 57721), the NRC published a direct
final rule amending its regulations in part 70 of Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to increase the time licensees are
allowed to submit a written follow-up report from within 30 days to
within 60 days after the initial report of an event, update the
reporting framework for certain situations, and remove redundant
reporting requirements. These amendments affect a licensee or an
applicant that is, or plans to be, authorized to possess greater than a
critical mass of special nuclear material.
II. Public Comments on the Companion Proposed Rule
A companion proposed rule was also published in the Federal
Register on September 26, 2014 (79 FR 57840) which provided an
opportunity for public comment. In the direct final rule, the NRC
stated that if no significant adverse comments were received, the
direct final rule would become effective on January 26, 2015. The
substantive changes being made in this rulemaking are to reporting
provisions in 10 CFR 70.74 and Appendix A to part 70. These changes
increase the time--from 30 to 60 days--that licensees subject to part
70, Subpart H (Additional Requirements for Certain Licensees Authorized
to Possess a Critical Mass of Special Nuclear Material) will have to
submit a written follow-up report after the initial report of certain
significant events to the NRC Operations Center.
The NRC received one public comment (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14296A322). The commenter agrees with the proposed changes, but the
commenter requested that the NRC also revise a 10 CFR 70.50 reporting
provision that is within part 70, Subpart G (Special Nuclear Material
Control, Records, Reports and Inspections). The commenter wants
licensees subject to Subpart G to also be given 60 rather than 30 days
to submit a written follow-up report.
The comment letter does not warrant the withdrawal of the direct
final rule. The direct final rule is of limited scope, and arose from
PRM-70-8 (ADAMS Accession No. ML091110449, dated April 16, 2009, filed
by the Nuclear Energy Institute) that did not seek changes to 10 CFR
70.50. The commenter has not provided a sufficient basis to expand the
direct final rule's scope to include revising the 30-day reporting
requirement in 10 CFR 70.50, and the NRC does not agree with the
commenter's claim that his proposal meets the criteria for being a
significant adverse comment. Therefore, this rule will become effective
as scheduled.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of December, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carol Gallagher,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
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