[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31979-31980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14696]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0053, NRC-2014-0119, and NRC-2016-0158]


Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for 
Manufacturing and Distribution, Program-Specific Guidance About Well 
Logging, Tracer, and Field Flood Study Licenses, and Program-Specific 
Guidance About Possession Licenses for Production of Radioactive 
Material Using an Accelerator

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 12, ``Consolidated Guidance About 
Materials Licenses: Program Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses 
for Manufacturing and Distribution;'' NUREG-1556, Volume 14, 
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Well Logging, Tracer, and Field Flood Study Licenses;'' 
and NUREG-1556, Volume 21, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials 
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for 
Production of Radioactive material Using an Accelerator.'' NUREG-1556, 
Volumes 12, 14, and 21 have been revised to include information on 
updated regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of 
radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes 
in regulatory policies and practices. These volumes are intended for 
use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: NUREG-1556, Volume 14, Revision 1, was published in April 2018, 
and NUREG-1556, Volumes 12 and 21, Revision 1, were published in May 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0053 (NUREG-1556, Vol. 
12, Rev. 1), Docket ID NRC-2014-0119 (NUREG-1556, Vol. 14, Rev. 1) and 
NRC-2016-0158 (NUREG-1556, Vol. 21, Rev. 1) 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 website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0053, NRC-2014-
0119, or NRC-2016-0158. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 
Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; 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]. 
NUREG-1556, Volumes 12, 14, and 21, Revision 1, are located in ADAMS 
under Accession Numbers ML18136A704, ML18120A129, and ML18143A670, 
respectively. These documents are also available on the NRC's public 
website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ under ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses (NUREG-
1556).''
     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: 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 NUREG-1556, Volumes 12, 14, and 21, to 
provide guidance to existing materials licensees covered under these 
types of licenses and to applicants preparing an application for one of 
these types of materials licenses. These NUREG volumes also provide the 
NRC staff with criteria for evaluating these types of license 
applications. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that 
the NUREG-1556 volumes listed in this Federal Register notice were 
issued as final reports.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published notices of the availability of the draft report 
for comment in the Federal Register for NUREG-1556, Volume 12, Revision 
1 on July 13, 2016 (81 FR 45308), NUREG-1556, Volume 14, Revision 1 on 
June 11, 2014 (79 FR 33600), and NUREG-1556, Volume 21, Revision 1 on 
December 16, 2016 (81 FR 91206). Each of these volumes were published 
for a public comment period that was at least 30 days. The public 
comment period for Volume 12 closed on August 26, 2016, for Volume 14 
on July 11, 2014, and for Volume 21 on February 24, 2017. Public 
comments and the NRC staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-
1556, Volume 12, Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No. 
ML18010B155. Public comments and the NRC staff responses to the public 
comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 14, Revision 1 are available under 
ADAMS Accession No. ML18023B550. Public comments and the NRC staff 
responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 21, Revision 1 
are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML17334A206.

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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 NUREG revisions to be major rules as defined 
in the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of July 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State and Tribal 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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