[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6979-6980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03556]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 40

[NRC-2008-0421]
RIN 3150-AI40


Ground Water Protection at Uranium In Situ Recovery Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Request for comment; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 31, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) requested comments on whether it should proceed with a rulemaking 
to promulgate a generic set of regulations for the operation of uranium 
in situ recovery (ISR) facilities, including ground water protection 
requirements, to standardize existing NRC ISR licensing and oversight 
practices. The public comment period originally was scheduled to close 
on March 4, 2019. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment 
period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and 
submit their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
January 31, 2019 (84 FR 574) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than May 3, 2019. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 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-2008-0421. 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.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at 301-415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at 301-415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
     Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal 
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
    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: Andrew G. Carrera, telephone: 301-415-
1078; email: [email protected]; or Gary Comfort, telephone: 301-
415-8106; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0421 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-2008-0421.
     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].
     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-2008-0421 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 January 31, 2019, the NRC published a document in the Federal 
Register (84 FR 574) requesting comments on whether it should proceed 
with a rulemaking to promulgate a generic set of regulations for the 
operation of ISR facilities, including ground water protection 
requirements, to standardize existing NRC ISR licensing and oversight 
practices. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close 
on March 4, 2019. By letter dated February 20, 2019 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML19052A425), the National Resources Defense Council, on behalf of 
itself and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Energy & 
Conservation Law, the Powder River Basin Resource Center, and the 
Western Mining Action Project, requested that the NRC extend the 
deadline to comment by 60 days. The NRC is granting this request and 
will extend the public comment period until May 3, 2019, to allow more 
time for members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of February 2019.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Theresa V. Clark,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
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