[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 31669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11825]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[RIS-2016-06; NRC-2011-0146]


NRC Regulation of Radium-226 Under Military Control and for 
Coordination on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act Response Actions at the U.S. Department of Defense Sites 
With Radioactive Materials

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory issue summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
regulatory issues summary (RIS) NRC-2016-06, ``NRC Regulation of 
Radium-226 Under Military Control and for Coordination on Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) 
Response Actions at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Sites with 
Radioactive Materials,'' and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 
between the NRC and the DoD for coordination on CERCLA response actions 
at DoD sites with unlicensed radioactive materials.

DATES: This RIS was issued on May 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0146 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding these documents. 
You may obtain publicly-available information related to these 
documents using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0146. 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.
     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 this 
document.
     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.
     The RIS is also available on the NRC's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ 
(select 2016 and then select ``RIS-2016-06'').
     The MOU is also available on the NRC's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1609/ML16092A294.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Chang, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5563; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    The RIS summarizes the NRC's regulatory oversight of radium-226 
under military control, and explains that the NRC and the DoD will 
coordinate on CERCLA response actions at the DoD sites with radioactive 
material, including radium, that is not licensed under the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA) through an MOU. On April 28, 2016, 
the NRC and the DoD entered into an MOU that governs both agencies' 
roles and responsibilities with respect to the DoD's CERCLA response 
actions for radium contamination and other unlicensed material 
contamination.
    The final RIS and an enclosure containing a summary of public 
comments on the draft RIS and NRC's responses are available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML15167A324. The MOU is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML16092A294.

II. Congressional Review Act

    This RIS is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of May 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christepher McKenney,
Acting Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2016-11825 Filed 5-18-16; 8:45 am]
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