[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25016-25017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11225]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0189]


RG 5.28, ``Evaluation of Shipper-Receiver Differences in the 
Transfer of Special Nuclear Material,'' Revision 0 RG 5.49, ``Internal 
Transfers of Special Nuclear Material,'' Revision 0 RG 5.57, ``Shipping 
and Receiving Control of Strategic Special Nuclear Material,'' Revision 
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AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
the following three regulatory guides (RGs): RG 5.28, ``Evaluation of 
Shipper-Receiver Differences in the Transfer of Special Nuclear 
Material;'' RG 5.49, ``Internal Transfers of Special Nuclear 
Material;'' and RG 5.57, ``Shipping and Receiving Control of Strategic 
Special Nuclear Material.'' These RGs are being withdrawn because the 
guidance has been incorporated into RG 5.41, ``Shipping, Receiving, and 
Internal Transfer of Special Nuclear Material.''

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 5.57 
is May 31, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0189 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 NRC-2016-0189. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals 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 available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that

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a document is referenced. The basis for withdrawal of RGs 5.28, 5.49, 
and 5.57 is available in ADAMS under Accession No(s). ML17055B973, 
ML17055B974, and ML17055B968, respectively.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Tuttle, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7230, email: 
[email protected], and Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Research, 
telephone: 301-415-1699, email: [email protected]. Both are staff 
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is withdrawing RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 
5.57 because this guidance has been incorporated into RG 5.41, 
``Shipping, Receiving, and Internal Transfer of Special Nuclear 
Material,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML16348A213) and RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 
5.57 are therefore no longer needed. These three RGs were issued by the 
NRC staff in the 1970s to 1980s to provide guidance that was considered 
acceptable for complying with the NRC's regulations related to the 
shipment, receipt, and transfer of special nuclear materials. RG 5.41 
is being issued to update the guidance that is being withdrawn. A 
notice issuing RG 5.41 has been published in this issue of the Federal 
Register (see Docket ID NRC-2016-0189).
    The withdrawal of RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 5.57 does not alter any prior 
or existing NRC licensing approval or the acceptability of licensee 
commitments made regarding the withdrawn guidance. Although RGs 5.28, 
5.49, and 5.57 are withdrawn, current licensees referencing these RGs 
may continue to do so, and withdrawal does not affect any existing 
licenses or agreements. However, by withdrawing RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 
5.57, the NRC no longer approves reliance upon such guidance in future 
requests or applications for NRC licensing actions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of May 2017.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-11225 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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