[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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