[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42319-42320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17983]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0159]


Interim Staff Guidance for Decommissioning Funding Plans for 
Materials Licensees; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 1, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) solicited comments on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) on 
Decommissioning Funding Plans (DFP) for materials licensees in the 
Federal Register. The public comment period was originally scheduled to 
close on September 17, 2018. The NRC has decided to extend the public 
comment period until October 5, 2018, to allow more time for industry 
and members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on 
August 1, 2018 (83 FR 37529), is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than October 5, 2018. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0159. 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.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, 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: Kenneth Kline, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7075, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0159 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0159.
     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 ``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 ISG for DFPs for materials 
licensees is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18163A087.
     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.

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B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0159 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be 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. 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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On August 1, 2018, the NRC solicited comments on its draft ISG on 
DFPs for materials licensees. The purpose of this ISG is to provide NRC 
staff and industry with guidance based on developments and lessons 
learned regarding financial assurance since the last update to NUREG-
1757, Volume 3. The ISG covers decommissioning cost estimates 
describing current facility conditions, evaluating events since the 
last DFP approval, and updates for certain financial instruments. The 
public comment period was originally scheduled to close on September 
17, 2018. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on 
this document until October 5, 2018, to allow more time for industry 
and members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of August 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea L. Kock,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and 
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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