[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9756-9757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02574]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0227]


Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its 
licensing guidance for licenses authorizing initial distribution of 
byproduct material or source material to persons exempt from the 
requirements (exempt distribution) for an NRC license. The NRC is 
requesting public comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 8, Revision 1, 
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses.'' The document has been 
updated from the original version to include information on safety 
culture, protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory 
policies and practices. This document is intended for use by 
applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: Submit comments by March 17, 2017. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practicable to do so, but the NRC is 
only able to assure consideration of comments received on or before 
this date.

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-2016-0227. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    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: Katie Wagner, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6202; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0227 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0227.
     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 NUREG-1556, Volume 8, Revision 1, is

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available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17031A153.
     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-2016-0227 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want 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, and 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 submissions into ADAMS.

II. Further Information

    This NUREG provides guidance to existing licensees initially 
distributing byproduct material or source material to persons exempt 
from the requirements (exempt distribution) for an NRC license under 10 
CFR 30.14, 10 CFR 30.15, 10 CFR 30.18, 10 CFR 30.19, 10 CFR 30.20, 10 
CFR 30.21, 10 CFR 30.22, and 10 CFR 40.13(c) and exempt from licensing 
requirements under the equivalent provisions in Agreement State 
regulations. This NUREG also provides guidance to applicants preparing 
a license application to distribute such materials. Additionally, this 
NUREG provides NRC reviewers with criteria for evaluating such a 
license application. The purpose of this notice is to provide the 
public an opportunity to review and comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 
8, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: 
Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses.'' These 
comments will be considered in the final version or subsequent 
revisions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of February, 2017.
    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-02574 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am]
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