[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64207-64209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22482]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0121, NRC-2011-0265, NRC-2013-0104, NRC-2013-0052, NRC-2014-
0068, NRC-2014-0057 and NRC-2013-0186]
Issuance of Updates to NUREG-1556 (Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses), Volumes 1 (Portable Gauges), 2 (Industrial
Radiography), 3 (Sealed Sources and Devices), 4 (Fixed Gauges), 10
(Master Material Licenses), 15 (Changes of Control and Bankruptcy), and
19 (Reciprocity)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Revision 2 to NUREG-1556, Volumes 1 and 3 and Revision 1 to NUREG-1556,
Volumes 2, 4, 10, 15, and 19, revising licensing guidance for various
materials licenses. These documents have been updated to include
information on updated regulatory requirements, safety culture,
security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information,
and
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changes in regulatory policies and practices. The documents are
intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.
DATES: Volume 3 was published in September 2015. Volume 2 was published
in February 2016. Volumes 1, 10, 15, and 19 were published in June
2016. Volume 4 was published in July 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID numbers [NRC-2012-0121, NRC-2013-
0104, NRC-2011-0265, NRC-2013-0052, NRC-2014-0068, NRC-2014-0057 and
NRC-2013-0186] when contacting the NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document using any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID numbers [NRC-2012-0121,
NRC-2013-0104, NRC-2011-0265, NRC-2013-0052, NRC-2014-0068, NRC-2014-
0057 and NRC-2013-0186]. 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]. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of 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.
These NUREG-1556 volumes are also available on the NRC's public Web
site on the: ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-
1556)'' page at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2746; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC issued revisions to these NUREG volumes to provide guidance
to existing materials licensees and to applicants preparing a license
application for various materials licenses. These NUREG volumes also
provide the NRC staff with criteria for evaluating license
applications. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that
the NUREG-1556 volumes listed in this FRN were issued as Final Reports.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 1, Revision 2 in the Federal
Register on May 30, 2012 (77 FR 31894) for a 30-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on June 29, 2012. Public
comments on Volume 1, Revision 2 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15069A043.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 2, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on November 21, 2011 (76 FR 72005) for a 53-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on January 13, 2012. Public
comments on Volume 2, Revision 1 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15033A308.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 3, Revision 2 in the Federal
Register on June 4, 2013 (78 FR 33447) for a 31-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on July 5, 2013. Public
comments on Volume 3, Revision 2 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15055A343.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 4, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on March 25, 2013 (78 FR 17943) for a 30-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on April 24, 2013. Public
comments on Volume 4, Revision 1 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15055A205.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 10, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on April 25, 2014 (79 FR 23018) for a 32-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on May 27, 2014. Public
comments on Volume 10, Revision 1 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15159B271.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 15, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on March 26, 2014 (79 FR 16833) for a 30-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on April 25, 2014. Public
comments on Volume 15, Revision 1 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15224B599.
The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 19, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on August 30, 2013 (78 FR 53792) for a 31-day public comment
period. The public comment period closed on September 30, 2013. Public
comments on Volume 19, Revision 1 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML16056A319.
III. Congressional Review Act
These NUREG volumes are rules as defined in the Congressional
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and
Budget has not found these to be major rules as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as
indicated.
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Document title ADAMS Accession No.
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NUREG-1556, Volume 1, Revision 2, ML16175A375
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance
About Portable Gauge Licenses''.
NUREG-1556, Volume 2, Revision 1, ML16062A091
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance
About Industrial Radiography Licenses''.
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NUREG-1556, Volume 3, Revision 2, ML15246A317
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Applications for Sealed Source
and Device Evaluation and Registration''.
NUREG-1556, Volume 4, Revision 1, ML16188A048
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance
About Fixed Gauge Licenses''.
NUREG-1556, Volume 10, Revision 1, ML16181A111
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance
About Master Materials Licenses''.
NUREG-1556, Volume 15, Revision 1, ML16181A003
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Guidance About Changes of
Control and About Bankruptcy Involving
Byproduct, Source, and Special Nuclear
Materials Licenses''.
NUREG-1556, Volume 19, Revision 1, ML16175A107
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Guidance for Agreement State
Licensees About NRC Form 241 ``Report of
Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement
States, Areas of Exclusive Federal
Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters'' and
Guidance for NRC Licensees Proposing to
Work in Agreement State Jurisdiction
(Reciprocity)''.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of September 2016.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pamela J. Henderson,
Deputy Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and
Rulemaking Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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