[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10269-10270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05261]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[NRC-2014-0118]
RIN 3150-AJ41


Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Revised regulatory basis; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
requested comments on a draft revised regulatory basis to support a 
rulemaking that would update special nuclear material physical 
protection requirements, including those applicable to fuel cycle 
facilities. The public comment period originally was scheduled to close 
on April 1, 2019. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment 
period to allow members of the public more time to develop and submit 
their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
March 1, 2019 (84 FR 6980) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than April 19, 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-2014-0118. 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: Timothy Harris, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-3594, email: 
[email protected]; or Edward Lohr, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-0253, email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the 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-2014-0118 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-2014-0118.
     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-2014-0118 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 March 1, 2019, the NRC published a document in the Federal 
Register (84 FR 6980) requesting comments on a draft revised regulatory 
basis to support a rulemaking that would update special nuclear 
material physical protection requirements, including those applicable 
to fuel cycle facilities. The public comment period was originally 
scheduled to close on April 1, 2019. By letter dated March 11, 2019 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19071A014), the Nuclear Energy Institute 
requested that the NRC extend the deadline to comment by 18 days, to 
allow time to develop and submit comments after a scheduled public 
meeting on April 3, 2019, related to generic fuel cycle regulatory 
initiatives, including this rulemaking. The NRC is granting this 
request and will extend the public comment period until April 19, 2019, 
to allow members of the public more time to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of March, 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.
[FR Doc. 2019-05261 Filed 3-19-19; 8:45 am]
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