[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09403]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[NRC-2014-0118]
RIN 3150-AJ41


Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory basis.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making 
available a regulatory basis document to support a rulemaking 
potentially amending its regulations concerning the security of special 
nuclear material. The NRC is not seeking public comments on this 
document.

DATES: At this time, the NRC is not soliciting public comments on this 
document. There will be an opportunity for formal public comment on the 
proposed rule when it is published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0118 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to www.regulations.gov and 
search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0118. Address questions about NRC dockets 
to Carol Gallagher; telephone:
    (301) 415-3463; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, please 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 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 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: Timothy Harris, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: (301) 287-3594 email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Background
II. Publicly-Available Documents
III. Plain Writing

I. Background

    On June 18, 2014, the NRC solicited comment from members of the 
public on a draft regulatory basis addressing the need for a rulemaking 
to enhance the security of special nuclear material (79 FR 34641). The 
public comment period ended on October 17, 2014. The NRC received a 
total of 26 comment submissions from individuals, non-government 
organizations, and industry. The NRC staff reviewed and considered the 
comments in finalizing the regulatory basis. The regulatory basis is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14321A007 or on the Federal 
rulemaking Web site, www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2014-
0118.

II. Publicly-Available Documents

    As the NRC continues its ongoing proposed rulemaking effort to 
amend portions of part 73 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) to enhance security of special nuclear material, 
the NRC is making documents publicly available on the Federal 
rulemaking Web site, www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2014-
0118. By making these documents publicly available, the NRC seeks to 
inform stakeholders of the current status of the NRC's rulemaking 
development activities and to provide preparatory material for future 
public meetings.
    The NRC may post additional materials relevant to this rulemaking 
at www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2014-0118. Please take the 
following actions if you wish to receive alerts when changes or 
additions occur in a docket folder: (1) Navigate to the docket folder 
(NRC-2014-0118); (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).

III. Plain Writing

    The Plain Writing Act of 2010, (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal 
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner 
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or 
field and the intended audience. Although regulations are exempt under 
the Act, the NRC is applying the same principles to its rulemaking 
documents. Therefore, the NRC has written this document to be 
consistent with the Plain Writing Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of April 2015.

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. 2015-09403 Filed 4-21-15; 8:45 am]
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