[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9841-9842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04960]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0073]
Agency Activities in Response to a Portion of the Nuclear Energy
Innovation and Modernization Act
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Public meetings; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is undertaking
activities to implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization
Act (NEIMA) and develop a report identifying best practices for
establishment and operation of local community advisory boards
associated with decommissioning activities, including lessons learned
from existing boards. As part of developing the report, the NRC will
host a minimum of ten public meetings to consult with host States,
communities within the emergency planning zone of a nuclear power
reactor, and existing local community advisory boards. The NRC is
seeking stakeholder input to inform the selection of public meeting
locations.
DATES: Requests for a public meeting conducted in accordance with NEIMA
must be filed by April 17, 2019.
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-2019-0073. Address
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya
Castellon; telephone: 301-287-9122; email: [email protected].
For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
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: Kim Conway, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1335; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0073 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-2019-0073.
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-2019-0073 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.
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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 to not
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. Introduction
The NRC is planning to coordinate activities in accordance with
Section 108 of NEIMA to collect information on the use local community
advisory boards during decommissioning activities and issue a best
practices report.
The contents of this report, scheduled to be issued to Congress by
June 2020, will include a description of the type of topics that could
be brought before a community advisory board; how the board's input
could inform the decision-making process of stakeholders for various
decommissioning activities; how the board could interact with the NRC
and other Federal regulatory bodies to promote dialogue between the
licensee and affected stakeholders; and how the board could offer
opportunities for public engagement throughout all phases of the
decommissioning process. The report will also include a discussion of
the composition of existing community advisory boards and best
practices identified during the establishment and operation of such
boards, including logistical considerations, frequency of meetings, and
the selection of board members.
In developing a best practices report, and as required by NEIMA,
the NRC plans to consult with host States, communities within the
emergency planning zone of a nuclear power reactor, and existing local
community advisory boards. This consultation also includes a minimum of
ten Category 3 public meetings to be held in locations that ensure
geographic diversity across the United States, with priority given to
States that (i) have a nuclear power reactor currently undergoing the
decommissioning process; and (ii) request a public meeting under this
provision of NEIMA. At NRC Category 3 public meetings, the public will
be invited to participate by providing comments and asking questions.
III. Opportunity To Request a Public Meeting
The NRC is seeking stakeholder input to inform the selection of
public meeting locations. Within 30 days from the date of publication
of this notice, persons may submit a written request for the NRC to
host a public meeting that would address the potential best practices
for the establishment and use of a local community advisory board at
decommissioning nuclear power reactors. After receiving these requests
for public meetings, the NRC will determine the location and timing of
the public meetings in order to ensure a geographic diversity across
the United States, consistent with NEIMA. Meeting requests should be
submitted as described in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of March 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bruce A. Watson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning,
Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2019-04960 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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