[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 80709-80710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32599]
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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. 80, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2015 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 26, 50, 52, 73, and 140
[NRC-2015-0070]
RIN 3150-AJ59
Regulatory Improvements for Decommissioning Power Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On November 19, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) requested comments on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPR) on regulatory improvements for decommissioning power reactors.
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on January
4, 2016. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to
allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their
comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
November 19, 2015, (80 FR 72358) is extended. Comments should be filed
no later than March 18, 2016, providing a comment period of 120 days.
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-2015-0070. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason B. Carneal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1451; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0070 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
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-2015-0070.
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 on regulatory improvements for decommissioning power reactors is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15167A010.
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-2015-0070 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 November 19, 2015, the NRC requested comments on an ANPR on
regulatory improvements for decommissioning power reactors. The NRC is
specifically seeking input from stakeholders for the development of a
draft regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis will explore the
NRC's options for addressing various regulatory issues involved with
the decommissioning of nuclear power reactors. The ANPR's public
comment period was originally scheduled to close on January 4, 2016. In
response to several requests to extend the public comment period, the
NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on the ANPR to
March 18, 2016, providing a comment period of 120 days from the date of
publication, in order to allow more time for members of the public to
submit their comments. As stated in the November 19, 2015, publication
of the ANPR, the NRC does not intend to provide detailed responses to
comments on this ANPR.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of December 2015.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor M. McCree,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-32599 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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