[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51964-51965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21169]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 20 and 61
[NRC-2011-0012; NRC-2015-0003]
RIN 3150-AI92
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule and draft NUREG; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On March 26, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) requested public comment on a proposed rule that would amend its
regulations that govern low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal
facilities. The proposed rule would require new and revised site-
specific technical analyses, permit the development of site-specific
criteria for LLRW acceptance based on the results of those analyses,
facilitate implementation, and better align the requirements with
current health and safety standards. Also on March 26, 2015, the NRC
requested comment on draft guidance to address the implementation of
the proposed regulations (NUREG-2175, ``Guidance for Conducting
Technical Analyses for 10 CFR part 61''). The public comment period for
the proposed rule and draft guidance closed on July 24, 2015. The NRC
is reopening the public comment periods for the proposed rule and draft
guidance to allow more time for members of the public to develop and
submit their comments.
DATES: The comment periods for the proposed rule published on March 26,
2015 (80 FR 16081), and the draft guidance published on March 26, 2015
(80 FR 15930), have been reopened. Comments should be filed no later
than September 21, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The methods for submitting comments on the proposed rule are
different from the methods for submitting comments on the draft
guidance.
Proposed Rule: You may submit comments on the proposed rule by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0012.
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.
Draft Guidance: You may submit comments on the draft guidance by
any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0003.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone:
(301) 415-3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions
contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this document.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Comfort, telephone: (301) 415-
8106, email: [email protected]; or Stephen Dembek, telephone: (301)
415-2342, email: [email protected]. Both of the Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0012 (proposed rule) and Docket
ID NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance) when contacting the NRC about the
availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-
available information related to the proposed rule and draft guidance
by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0012 (proposed
rule) or Docket ID NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance).
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 draft guidance, NUREG-2175, is available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML15056A516.
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-2011-0012 (proposed rule) or Docket ID
NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance) in your comment submission.
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 into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On March 26, 2015 (80 FR 16081), the NRC requested comment on a
proposed rule that would amend its regulations that govern LLRW
disposal facilities to require new and revised site-specific technical
analyses, to permit the development of site-specific criteria for LLRW
acceptance based on the results of those analyses, to facilitate
implementation, and to better align the requirements with current
health and safety standards. Also on March 26, 2015 (80 FR 15930), the
NRC requested comments on draft guidance to address the implementation
of the proposed regulations (NUREG-2175, ``Guidance for Conducting
Technical Analyses for
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10 CFR part 61''). The public comment periods for the proposed rule and
draft guidance closed on July 24, 2015. The NRC has decided to reopen
the public comment periods for the proposed rule and draft guidance
until September 21, 2015, to allow more time for members of the public
to develop and submit their comments.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-21169 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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